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Vibrational Spectroscopy
Probing Structure and Dynamics
August 1-6, 2010
University of New England
Biddeford, ME
Chairs:
Tianquan Lian & Brooks H. Pate

Vice Chairs:
Franz M. Geiger & Edwin L. Sibert
Application Deadline
Applications are no longer being accepted for this meeting. If you have been instructed to apply by the Conference Chair, please contact your Conference Coordinator for further instructions.

The Vibrational Spectroscopy conference focuses on using vibrational spectroscopy to probe structure and dynamics of molecules in gases, liquids, and at interfaces. The conference explores the wide range of state-of-the-art techniques based on vibrational motion. These techniques span the fields of time-domain, high-resolution frequency-domain, spatially-resolved, nonlinear and multidimensional spectroscopies. The conference highlights the application of these techniques in chemistry, materials, biology, and medicine. The theory of molecular vibrational motion and its connection to spectroscopic signatures and chemical reaction dynamics is the third major theme of the meeting. The goal is to bring together a collection of researchers who share common interests and who will gain from discussing work at the forefront of several connected areas. The intent is to emphasize the insights and understanding that studies of vibrations provide about a variety of molecular systems ranging from small polyatomic molecules to large biomolecules and nanomaterials.

Contributors
AIR FORCE OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
INFRARED ASSOCIATES, INC.
INFRARED SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CORP.
PRINCETON INSTRUMENTS
QUANTRONIX CORP.
ULTRAFAST SYSTEMS LLC
COHERENT INC.
NEWPORT CORPORATION
SUNDAY
2:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmLiquid Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Edwin L. Sibert (University of Wisconsin at Madison)
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm Michael D. Fayer (Stanford University)
"Dynamics of Water Interacting with Interfaces and Ions - Ultrafast IR Experiments"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:00 pm Igor V. Rubtsov (Tulane University)
"Accessing Distances Exceeding 11 Å using Relaxation-Assisted 2DIR Spectroscopy That Utilizes Vibrational Energy Transport in Molecules"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm Poster Talk 1: Chuanshan Tian (University of California at Berkeley)
"Ion Adsorption at the Hydrophobic Water Interfaces"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmInterfacial Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Franz M. Geiger (Northwestern University)
9:00 am - 9:35 am Kenneth B. Eisenthal (Columbia University)
"Photoexcitation Probed by Time Resolved Sum Frequency Generation"
9:35 am - 9:45 am Discussion
9:45 am - 10:20 am Elsa C.Y. Yan (Yale University)
"Protein Folding at Interfaces Probed by Sum Frequency Generation"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am Mischa Bonn (AMOLF)
"Dynamics of Water Around Protons and Ions"
11:35 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm David J. Nesbitt (JILA)
"State-Resolved Collision Dynamics and Spectroscopy at Gas-Liquid Interfaces"
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 pmTHz Spectroscopy
Discussion Leader: David F. Plusquellic (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm Edwin J. Heilweil (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
"Terahertz Spectroscopy for Investigating Biomolecular Structure and Carrier Dynamics in Photovoltaic Nanofilms"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:50 pm Klaas Wynne (University of Strathclyde)
"Terahertz to Kilohertz Spectroscopy of Dynamics in Liquids: Structure from Ångstroms to Millimeters"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm Poster Talk 2: Igor Stiopkin (University of Wisconsin at Madison)
"Hydrogen bonds at the air/water interface probed by heterodyne-detected SFG spectroscopy"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmSpatially-Resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy
Discussion Leader: Gilbert C. Walker (University of Toronto)
9:00 am - 9:35 am Hiro-O Hamaguchi (The University of Tokyo)
"Raman Spectroscopy and Imaging of Life: From a Single Cell to Biofilms and Human Tissues"
9:35 am - 9:45 am Discussion
9:45 am - 10:20 am Jennifer P. Ogilvie (University of Michigan)
"Biological Imaging with Raman Contrast"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am Markus B. Raschke (University of Washington)
"Vibrational Spectroscopy in the Optical Near-Field: from Raman Nano-Crystallography to Ultrafast Dynamics"
11:35 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm Bruno Pettinger (Fritz-Haber-Institut der MPG)
"Recent Developments in Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy"
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 pmDynamics in Biological Systems
Discussion Leader: Christopher M. Cheatum (University of Iowa)
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm Steve A. Corcelli (University of Notre Dame)
"Theoretical Studies of Vibrational Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:50 pm R. Brian Dyer (Emory University)
"Residue Specific Resolution of Protein Folding Dynamics using Time-Resolved Isotope Edited Infrared Spectroscopy"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm Poster Talk 3: Amanda Remorino (University of Pennsylvania)
"Structure of alphaIIb dimer from 2D IR isotope dilution experiments"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmVibration Motion in Chemical Reactions
Discussion Leader: David S. Perry (The University of Akron)
9:00 am - 9:35 am Yuan-Pern Lee (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
"Vibration of Unstable Species Using Time-Resolved FTIR and IR-VUV Time-of-Flight Mass Detection Techniques"
9:35 am - 9:45 am Discussion
9:45 am - 10:20 am Arthur L. Utz (Tufts University)
"Vibrational Energy Flow and Vibrationally-Mediated Chemistry at the Gas-Surface Interface"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am Marsha I. Lester (University of Pennsylvania)
"Association Reactions of Hydroxyl Radicals with Atmospheric Species"
11:35 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm David M. Leitner (University of Nevada at Reno)
"Vibrational Relaxation During Photochemical Reactions in Gases and Biomolecules"
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
7:00 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 pmVibration Spectroscopy in Solar Energy Conversion
Discussion Leader: Tianquan Lian (Emory University)
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm Xiaoyang Zhu (The University of Texas at Austin)
"Coherent vibrations induced by hot electron relaxation and transfer at PbSe QD/TiO2 interfaces"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:50 pm John B. Asbury (Pennsylvania State University)
"Mechanism of Photocurrent Generation in Organic Photovoltaic Materials Examined with Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm Poster Talk 4: Satoshi Nihonyanagi (RIKEN)
"Water Structure at aqueous charged interfaces probed by heterodyne-detected VSFG spectroscopy"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmNew Techniques for Probing Structures and Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Judy E. Kim (University of California at San Diego)
9:00 am - 9:35 am David W. McCamant (University of Rochester)
"Two Dimensional Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy"
9:35 am - 9:45 am Discussion
9:45 am - 10:20 am Sylvie Roke (Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research)
"A New Soap Opera Starts: The Liquid/liquid Molecular Interfacial Structure of Nanoscopic Oil Droplets in Water Probed by Vibrational Sum Frequency Scattering Spectroscopy"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am Lin X. Chen (Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory)
"Probing Dynamic Fluctuations of Molecular Orbital Energies and Nuclear Configurations by Lights"
11:35 am - 11:45 am Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn (JILA)
"Molecular Dynamics Probed by Ultrafast Coherent X-Rays"
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 pmPerspectives and Retrospectives on Vibration Spectroscopy
Discussion Leader: Brooks H. Pate (University of Virginia)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm F. Fleming Crim (University of Wisconsin)
"Vibrations in Chemical Reaction Dynamics: The Road Behind and the Road Ahead"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm James T. Hynes (University of Colorado)
"Vibrational Dynamics in Liquid Water: Something Old, Something New and Something Borrowed for Something Blue"
8:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDeparture
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