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Conference Program
 
Dynamics at Surfaces
August 12-17, 2007
Proctor Academy
Andover, NH
Chair:
Bret E. Jackson

Vice Chair:
Sylvia T. Ceyer

Contributors

SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 11:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmSCATTERING FROM LIQUIDS
Discussion Leader: John Morris (Virginia Tech)
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm Gilbert Nathanson (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
"Collisions and Reactions at the Surfaces of Pure and Salty Glycerol"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm David Nesbitt (University of Colorado, Boulder)
"Collision Dynamics at Gas-Liquid Interfaces: A Quantum State Resolved Perspective"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm Reception
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmSTATE-TO-STATE DYNAMICS
Discussion Leader: Didier Lemoine (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse)
9:00 am - 9:45 am Alec Wodtke (University of California, Santa Barbara)
"State-Specific Molecule-Surface Scattering"
9:45 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am Geert-Jan Kroes (Universiteit Leiden)
"Scattering of Molecules from Metal Surfaces: Adiabatic or Not?"
11:15 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm Rainer Beck (EPFL, Lausanne)
"Quantum State Resolved Studies of Silane Chemisorption on Si(100)"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I (even numbered posters presented)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmADSORBATE DYNAMICS
Discussion Leader: Kristen Fichthorn (Penn State University)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm Ellen Backus (University of Zürich)
"Real-Time Observation of Surface Molecular Motion"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm Andrew Jardine (University of Cambridge)
"Surface Dynamics Studied using Helium-3 Spin Echo Spectroscopy"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm Poster Session I (even numbered posters presented)
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmNON-ADIABATIC EFFECTS
Discussion Leader: John Tully (Yale University)
9:00 am - 9:45 am Tamar Seideman (Northwestern University)
"Time-resolved surface nanochemistry"
9:45 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am Mats Persson (University of Liverpool)
"Electronic friction and excitations in molecule-surface interactions"
11:15 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm Christian Frischkorn (Freie Universität Berlin)
"Femtochemistry at Metal Surfaces: Non-adiabatic Reaction Dynamics"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I (odd numbered posters presented)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmDYNAMICS OF DESORPTION
Discussion Leader: Stephen Holloway (University of Liverpool)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm Phil Cohen (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis)
"Resonant Infrared Induced Desorption of Hydrogen from Surfaces"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm Peter Saalfrank (Universität Potsdam)
"Shaking and Breaking Adsorbate Bonds: Quantum Dynamical Approaches"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm Poster Session I (odd numbered posters presented)
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmULTRAFAST DYNAMICS
Discussion Leader: Tony Heinz (Columbia University)
9:00 am - 9:45 am Y. Ron Shen (University of California, Berkeley)
"Ultrafast Dynamics of Stretch Vibrations at Water Interfaces"
9:45 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am Hrvoje Petek (University of Pittsburgh)
"Ultrafast microscopy of surface plasmon dynamics: Imaging light with electrons"
11:15 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm Bradley Siwick (McGill University)
"Making movies of molecules with femtosecond electron diffraction"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session II (even numbered posters presented)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmWATER AT INTERFACES
Discussion Leader: Mary Shultz (Tufts University)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm Geri Richmond (University of Oregon)
"How Nitric Acid Adsorption at an Aqueous Surface Alters its Acidity"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm Gregory Kimmel (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
"Electron-Stimulated Reactions in Thin Water Films Adsorbed on TiO2(110) and Pt(111)"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm Poster Session II (even numbered posters presented)
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 amBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
9:00 am - 12:30 pmNANO-SCALE STRUCTURES
Discussion Leader: Dinko Chakarov (Chalmers University)
9:00 am - 9:45 am Karina Morgenstern (University of Hannover)
"STM Investigations of Non-adiabatic Reactions on Surfaces"
9:45 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am Jason Crain (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
"Scanning Tunneling Noise Spectroscopy of Atom Dynamics at Cu(111) Surfaces"
11:15 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm Andrew Rappe (University of Pennsylvania)
"Dipolar Nanoparticles: Rearranging Electrons in Metals"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session II (odd numbered posters presented)
6:00 pmDinner
8:00 pm - 9:30 pmYOUNG INVESTIGATOR PROGRAM
Discussion Leader: Bruce Kay (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Young Investigator #1
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm Young Investigator #2
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm Young Investigator #3
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm Poster Session II (odd numbered posters presented)
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

 
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