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Chemical Reactions at Surfaces (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Making Sense of Multi-Disciplinary Science and Technology

April 27 - 28, 2013
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Les Diablerets Conference Center
Eurotel Victoria
Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr), Switzerland
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting is to openly discuss diverse reactions that take place on surfaces and learn about the fundamental aspects that are common across all fields of study. There will be an introductory talk as well as a panel at the end of the seminar consisting of a North American and a European scientist to provide a perspective on the similarities and differences about the career paths that are available in both continents.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Chemical Reactions at Surfaces" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:30 pm - 4:30 pmArrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pmKeynote Lecture
Discussion Leader: Soonjung Jung (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research)
3:15 pm - 3:45 pmUlrike Diebold (Technical University of Vienna)
"Surface Chemistry: Progress, Challenges, Opportunities"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pmDiscussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmPoster Session I
5:30 pm - 7:30 pmExploring the Nature of Catalytic Relevant Surface Reactions
Discussion Leader: Dennis Ashford (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
5:30 pm - 5:50 pmNatalia Martin (Lund University)
"Gas adsorption studies on PdO (101)"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pmDiscussion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pmMatthew Herdiech (Yale University)
"Modification of ferroelectric surfaces for catalysis"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pmDiscussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pmJorge Boscoboinik (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society)
"An ultra-thin clay with very acidic bridging hydroxyls (and psst...a model system for surface science studies of zeolites)"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pmDiscussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pmSabrina Peczonczyk (University of Michigan)
"X-ray and vibrational spectroscopic measurements of stability and reactivity of GaAs(111)A and GaP(111)A surfaces after a Grignard reaction sequence"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pmDiscussion
8:00 pmDinner
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amDiversity in Surface Chemistry
Discussion Leader: Charina Choi (Stanford University)
9:00 am - 9:20 amSubha Pratihar (Texas Tech University)
"Scattering of high incident energy Xe from ice: Chemical dynamincs simulations and experimental studies"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amDi He (University of New South Wales)
"Effects of aggregate structure on the dissolution kinetics of citrate-stabilized silver nanoparticles"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amMaura Crobu (ETH Zurich)
"Surface-analytical tools for understanding tribochemistry"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amRobert Lindner (Johannes Gutenberg University)
"Photoactivated covalent bonding of organic molecules on an insulator surface"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmPanel Q&A session: Future Research Directions and Careers in Interfacial Chemistry
Discussion Leaders: Karin Gotterbarm (University of Erlangen-Nurnberg) and Alexis Johnson (Northwestern University)
Panelists:
  • Charlie Campbell (University of Washington)
  • Sabine Maier (University of Erlangen-Nurnberg)
  • Petra Rudolf (University of Groningen)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
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3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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