| July 18 |
Sunday evening, 7:30 p.m. |
| Opening Remarks/Introductory Lectures |
- Discussion Leader: M.I. Baskes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
- M. Scheffler, Fritz Haber Institüt der Max Planck Gesellschaft, Berlin-Dahlem, Germany
Dissociation of H2 and adsorption of H at transition metal surfaces
- R. Eder, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
The switchable mirror compounds as orbital Kondo insulators
Reception immediately following the session (Simon Center)
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| July 19 |
Monday, morning, 9:00 a.m. |
| Neutron Scattering Studies I |
- Discussion Leader: B. Hauback, Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway
- B.J. Heuser, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
Small-angle neutron scattering studies of bulk deuteride formation in single crystal metals
- V.A. Yartys, Institute for Energy Technology, Kjeller, Norway
Novel ternary intermetallic hydrides: structure - properties - relationship
- Coffee Break
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| Hydride Formation Kinetics |
- Discussion Leader: A.J. Goudy, West Chester University, West Chester, PA, USA
- I. Jacob, Ben-Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
The relation between hydride formation kinetics and the bonding properties of the starting intermetallic compounds
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| July 19 |
Monday evening, 7:30 p.m. |
| Battery Related Studies |
- Discussion Leader: A. Percheron Guegan, CNRS, Meudon Cedex, France
- P.H.L. Notten, Phillips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
The evolution of AB5 - type hydride forming compounds for rechargeable NiMH batteries
- T. Vogt, Brookhaven National Laboratories, Upton, NY,USA
Crystallography of stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric insertion electrodes
Poster Session I
Poster Chair: M.-Y. Chou, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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| July 20 |
Tuesday morning, 9:00 a.m. |
| Neutron Scattering Studies II |
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Conference Photograph (8:45)
Near the Bell Tower, behind the Simon Center
- Discussion Leader: E. Gray, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
- P. Vajda, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
Neutron scattering investigations of the magnetic properties in rare - earth hydrides: commensurate and incommensurate magnetism in RD2+x systems (R = Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er)
- T.J. Udovic, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Recent neutron scattering of metal - hydrogen systems at NIST
- Coffee Break
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| Hydrogen in Multilayers |
- Discussion Leader: A. Weidinger, Hahn Meitner Institüt Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- B. Hjorvarsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
Superlattices and multilayers: a playground for elastic and magnetic interactions!
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| July 20 |
Tuesday evening, 7:30 p.m. |
| Vacancies Formation Under High Hydrogen Pressure |
- Discussion Leader: T.B. Flanagan, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
- Y. Fukai, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
Formation of superabundant vacancies in metals and some of its consequences
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| Metal Hydrides:Properties and Practical Applications |
- Discussion Leader: T.B. Flanagan, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
- S. Mitrokhin, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Metal hydrides - properties and practical applications. Review of the work in Russia.
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| July 21 |
Wednesday morning, 9:00 a.m. |
| Phenomena Related to Metal - Insulator Transition in Rare - Earth Hydrides |
- Discussion Leader: Louis Schlapbach, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
- S.J. van der Molen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Visualization of hydrogen migration using switchable mirrors
- J. Hayoz, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Angle scanned photomission from thin Rare-Earth Hydride films grown on W(110)
- Coffee Break
- Discussion Leader: R.C. Bowman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
- E.S. Kooij, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Electrochemistry: a powerful tool to study the metal - insulator transition in switchable mirrors
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| Proton Potential Energy Surfaces |
- Discussion Leader: R.C. Bowman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA
- D. K. Ross, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom
Neutron Scattering Studies of the Proton Potential Energy Surface in Palladium
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| July 21 |
Wednesday evening, 7:30 p.m. |
| Hydrogen Site Occupancy and Dynamics |
- Discussion Leader: Robert M. Cotts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- Andrew McDowell, Knox College, Galesburg, IL, USA
NMR studies of quasicrystal hydrides: structure and dynamics
- G. Majer, Max Planck Institüt, Stuttgart, Germany
Model - independent measurements of the hydrogen diffusivity in the lanthenum dihydride - trihydride system
Poster Session II
Poster Chair: M.-Y. Chou
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| July 22 |
Thursday morning, 9:00 a.m. |
| Hydrogen in Complex Hydrides and Novel Materials |
- Discussion Leader: Gary Sandrock, Suna Tech, Inc., Ringwood, NJ, USA
- R. Zidan, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
Catalytically enhanced aluminum hydrides: practical hydrogen storage materials?
- D. Noreus, Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Hydrogen - a stabilizing ligand in formal low valent transition metal complexes
- Coffee Break
- N. Rodrigues, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
Interaction of hydrogen with graphite nanofibers
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| July 22 |
Thursday evening, 7:30 p.m. |
| General Interest Lecture |
- Discussion Leader: J.J. Reilly, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
- L. Schlapbach, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Some stories from the history of science and technology of hydrogen
- Concluding Remarks
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| July 23 |
Friday morning |
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