Conference Program
 
CHEMICAL REACTIONS AT SURFACES

February 13-18, 2005
Ventura Beach Marriott
Ventura, CA

Chair:
Charles T. Campbell

Vice Chair:
Cynthia M. Friend

Conference supporters:

Elsevier Science Publishing
Omicron NanoTechnology USA
Department of Energy Office of Basic Energy Sciences
LK Technology
Pacific Northwest National Labs EMSL


SUNDAY
4:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and check-in
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmIMAGING SURFACE REACTIONS
Welcome from Chair: Charles T. Campbell (U. Washington)
Discussion Leader: Bob Madix (Stanford University)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmFlemming Besenbacher (University of Aarhus)
"Dynamics processes at surfaces studied by high resolution fast scanning STM"
8:30 pm - 9:30 pmMiguel Salmeron (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
"In situ studies of surface reactions: the nature of active sites, adsorbate diffusion and the role of impurities and poisons"
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmNANOPARTICLES IN CATALYSIS
Discussion Leader: D. Wayne Goodman (Texas A&M University)
9:00 am - 10:00 amHajo Freund (Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft)
"Nanoparticles as models for heterogeneous catalysts"
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:15 am - 11:15 amDonna Chen (University of South Carolina)
"Studies of the Growth and Reactivity of TiO2-Supported Metal Nanoclusters as Models for Heterogeneous Catalysts"
11:15 am - 11:30 amConference Photo (outside nearby)
11:30 am - 12:30 pmJose Rodriguez (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
"The Activation of Gold on Oxide and Carbide Surfaces: Photoemission, XANES and Density-Functional Studies"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 5:00 pmFree Time
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Set-up (~4-5 pm) / Poster Session I (~5-6 pm)
Discussion Leader: J.G. Chen (University of Delaware)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmNANOPARTICLE AND FILM GROWTH
Discussion Leader: Shirley Chiang (University of California at Davis)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmJohn Ekerdt (The University of Texas at Austin)
"Nucleation of films and nanoparticles on insulating surfaces"
8:30 pm - 11:00 pmPoster Session I (continued)
Discussion Leader: J.G. Chen (University of Delaware)
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS AT SURFACES
Discussion Leader: J. Michael White (University of Texas at Austin)
9:00 am - 10:00 amYasuhiro Iwasawa (The University of Tokyo)
"Reaction sites and mechanisms for thermal and photochemical reactions on TiO2(110), TiO2(001), and CeO2(111) surfaces by STM and NC-AFM"
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amMike Henderson (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
"Heterogeneous Photocatalysis on Single Crystal Oxides"
11:30 am - 12:30 pmKaterina Al-Shamery (Oldenburg University)
"(Photo) chemistry at nanoparticulate systems"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 5:00 pmFree Time
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Set-up (~4-5 pm) / Poster Session II (~5-6 pm)
Discussion Leader: Lisa McElwee-White (University of Florida)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSURFACE REACTIONS IN CATALYSIS
Discussion Leader: Francisco Zaera (University of California Riverside)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmPeter Stair (Northwestern University)
"The Structure/Chemistry Relationship on Surfaces"
8:30 pm - 9:30 pmMark Barteau (University of Delaware)
"Turning Surface Science and DFT into new catalysts"
9:30 pm - 11:00 pmPoster Session II (continued)
Discussion Leader: Lisa McElwee-White (University of Florida)
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmADVANCES IN THEORETICAL MODELLING OF SURFACE REACTIONS
Discussion Leader: Karsten Reuter (Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin)
9:00 am - 10:00 amBill Schneider (University of Notre Dame)
"Catalytic Reactivity at the Intersection of Metals and Oxides"
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amManos Mavrikakis (The University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"Transition Metals Reactivity through DFT: From reaction mechanisms to the identification of promising catalysts"
11:30 am - 12:30 pmEmily Carter (Princeton University)
"Surface and Interface Chemistry Related to Steel Erosion"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 5:00 pmFree Time
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Poster Set-up (~4-5 pm) / Poster Session III (~5-6 pm)
Discussion Leader: Fredrick Henn (Omicron Nanotechnology USA)
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBUSINESS MEETING: All participants are expected to attend!
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSURFACE REACTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY & ORGANOFUNCTIONALIZATION
Discussion Leader: John N. Russell, Jr. (Naval Research Laboratory)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pmScot T. Martin (Harvard University)
"Surface Chemistry of Environmentally Important Minerals"
8:30 pm - 9:30 pmSteve Bernasek (Princeton University)
"Structure and Reactivity of Self-Assembled Organic Thin Films"
9:30 pm - 11:30 pmPoster Session III (continued)
Discussion Leader: Ian Harrison (University of Virginia)
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmSURFACE REACTIONS FOR MAKING ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Discussion Leader: Stacey Bent (Stanford University)
9:00 am - 10:00 amYves Chabal (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
"Semiconductor surface chemical functionalization for electronic devices"
10:00 amCoffee Break
10:30 am - 11:30 amJane P. Chang (University of California, Los Angeles)
"Surface chemistry in synthesizing and patterning of high-k dielectric materials"
11:30 am - 12:30 pmZhenan Bao (Stanford University)
"Surface Reactions and Modifications for Organic Thin Film Transistors"
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 5:00 pm Free Time
5:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Set-up (~4-5 pm) / Poster Session IV (~5-6 pm)
Discussion Leader: Jan Hrbek (Brookhaven National Labs)
6:00 pm Conference Banquet
7:45 pm - 8:45 pmSURFACE REACTIONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Discussion Leader: Paul Cremer (Texas A&M University)
7:45 pm - 8:45 pmRalph Nuzzo (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Grayscale Patterning of Proteins via Microfluidic Depletion and Dynamics at the Solid-liquid Interface"
Closing Remarks by Vice Chair: Cynthia Friend (Harvard University)
8:45 pm - 11:00 pmPoster Session IV (continued)
Discussion Leader: Jan Hrbek (Brookhaven National Labs)
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am Departure

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