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Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions
August 3-8, 2008
Salve Regina University
Newport, RI
Chairs:
Leif Hammarstrom & Malcolm D.E. Forbes

Vice Chairs:
Gerald J. Meyer, Maria A. Rampi & Robert J. Cave

The final program for the 2008 Gordon Research Conference on Electron Donor-Acceptor Interactions is given below. The conference presents and advances the current frontiers in experimental and theoretical studies of Electron Transfer and Transport in Molecular and Nano-scale Systems. The program includes sessions on coupled electron transfers, molecular solar energy conversion, biological and biomimetic systems, spin effects, ultrafast reactions and technical frontiers as well as electron transport in single molecules and devices. Over 100 poster presentations are scheduled. Four oral presentations will be selected from the posters by a committee of meeting chairs, vice-chairs and past chairs. If you want to have your poster considered for oral presentation please inform any of the vice chairs before the meeting.

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 pm ELECTRON TRANSFER AND TRANSPORT IN NANO-SCALE ASSEMBLIES AND MACROMOLECULES
Discussion Leader: Dirk Guldi (University of Erlangen)
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm Luisa de Cola (Wilhelms-Universität Munster)
"Photoinduced processes in nanomaterials"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:50 pmJoseph T. Hupp (Northwestern University)
"New Architectures for Light to Electrical Energy Conversion"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pmElizabeth Harbron (College of William and Mary)
"Photoresponsive Conjugated Polymers"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm SPIN AND MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS IN ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS
Discussion Leader: James McCusker (Michigan State University)
9:00 am - 9:40 amMichael R. Wasielewski (Northwestern University)
"Dynamics of Photogenerated Three-Spin Systems in Electron Donor-Acceptor Molecules"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break / Group Photo (10:15 am)
10:40 am - 11:20 amDavid Schultz and Marty Kirk (North Carolina State University / University of New Mexico)
"Donor-Acceptor Biradicals: From Nanoscale Electron Correlation to Analogs of Photoinduced Charge-Separated Excited States"
11:20 am - 11:40 am Discussion
11:40 am - 11:55 amTatiana Nekipelova (Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics)
"Effect of Solvent-Dihydroquinoline and Solvent-Solvent Interactions on ESPT Dynamics in Dihydroquinolines"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pmMasa-Aki Haga (CHUO University)
"Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reaction in Surface Immobilized Ru Complexes Bearing Tetrapodal Phosphonic Acid Tethers on Electrode"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm ULTRAFAST ELECTRON TRANSFER AND TECHNICAL FRONTIERS
Discussion Leader: Eric Vauthey (University of Geneva)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmErik T.J. Nibbering (Max-Born-Institut fur Nichlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie)
"Femtosecond vibrational spectroscopy probing bimolecular charge transfer reactions in solution: electrons, protons, protons and electrons?"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmDongho Kim (Yonsei University)
"Excitation Energy Migration Processes in Cyclic Porphyrin Arrays (Ensemble vs. Single Molecule Measurements)"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pmMajed Chergui (EPFL Lausanne)
"Ultrafast spin and structural relaxation in molecular complexes probed by laser and X-ray spectroscopies"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFERS
Discussion Leader: Justine Roth (Johns Hopkins University)
9:00 am - 9:40 am Daniel G. Nocera (Massachussets Institute of Technology)
"Solar fuels production by proton-coupled electron transfer"
9:40 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 amGregory Voth (University of Utah)
"Proton Solvation and Transport: Insights and Surprises from Computer Simulation"
11:10 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pmSharon Hammes-Schiffer (Pennsylvania State University)
"Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions in Solution, Proteins, and Electrochemistry"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm SINGLE MOLECULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER AND TRANSPORT I, AND CONTRIBUTED TALKS
Discussion Leaders: Henrik Ottosson and Clifford Kubiak (Uppsala University / UC San Diego)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmTheresa Mayer (Pennsylvania State University)
"Electrical and spectroscopic characterization of nanoscale metal-molecule-metal junctions"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmBo Albinsson (Chalmers University of Technology)
"On the distance and energy gap dependence of electron transfer reactions: the applicability of beta-values"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm Contributed Talk 1: TBA
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm Contributed Talk 2: TBA
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm SINGLE MOLECULAR ELECTRON TRANSFER AND TRANSPORT II, AND CONTRIBUTED TALKS
Discussion Leaders: Henrik Ottosson and Clifford Kubiak (Uppsala University / UC San Diego)
9:00 am - 9:40 am Marcel Mayor (University of Basel)
"Inter- and Intramolecular Effects in ‘Single’ Molecule Junctions"
9:40 am - 9:55 am Discussion
9:55 am - 10:15 amMarc Tornow (TU Braunschweig)
"Semiconductor based nanogap devices for hybrid molecular electronics"
10:15 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:30 amLatha Venkataraman (Columbia University)
"Measuring the Conductance of Single Molecule Junctions"
11:30 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:00 pm Contributed Talk 3: TBA
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm Contributed Talk 4: TBA
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm BIOLOGICAL ELECTRON TRANSFER
Discussion Leader: Ksenija Glusac (Bowling Green State University)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pmSteven Boxer (Stanford University)
"Re-engineering photosynthetic charge separation: how well can we model electrostatics?"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pmJoanne Stubbe (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Site Specific Incorporation of Unnatural Amino Acids to Investigate Long Range PCET in E. coli Ribonucleotide Reductase"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pmBrian Hoffman (Northwestern University)
"Modulation of Interprotein ET by Interfacial Dynamics"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION
Discussion Leader: Felix Castellano (Bowling Green University)
9:00 am - 9:30 amTom Mallouk (Pennsylvania State University)
"Designing catalysts for visible light water photolysis"
9:30 am - 9:45 am Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 amStenbjörn Styring (Uppsala University)
"Ruthenium-Manganese chemistry for water oxidation - from natural to artificial photosynthesis"
10:15 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 amJames Durrant (Imperial College)
"Electron transfer dynamics in nanostructured solar cells"
11:30 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm Villy Sundström (Lund University)
"Light harvesting and photoinduced charge generation in nanostructured organic materials: the primary steps"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm ELECTRON TRANSFER ON A LARGER SCALE
Discussion Leader: Harry B Gray (California Institute of Technology)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm Mark Ratner (Nortwestern University)
Introduction
7:40 pm - 8:15 pmTom Meade (Northwestern University)
"Probing Weak Interactions with Transition Metal Reporters"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:35 pmMarshal Newton (Brookhaven)
Introduction
8:35 pm - 9:15 pmRudolph A Marcus (California Institute of Technology)
"Theory of Electron Transfer Processes: Origin, Applications, and Fluorescence Intermittency of Semiconductor Nanoparticles"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture
 
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