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Challenges in Physical Chemistry and Nanoscience (ISACS2)


Programme


ISACS2 provided a state-of-the-art review of current research developments in physical chemistry and nanoscience. Topics covered included: 

  • Nanoscience and nanotechnology 
    • Bionanotechnology
    • Nanooptics and nanophotonics 
    • Single molecule studies 
  • Fundamental physical chemistry 
    • Gas phase photochemistry and photophysics 
    • Reaction dynamics and molecular structure 
    • Spectroscopy 
  • Energy, catalysis and sustainability 
    • Interfacial phenomena 
    • Solar energy and photocatalysis 


The plenary programme was supplemented by large poster sessions 


Tuesday 13th July 2010


Wednesday 14th July 2010



0900 - 0940 Moungi G Bawendi

Science and Technology of Semiconductor Nanocrystal Quantum Dots


0940 - 1020 Hongkun Park

Optoplasmonic Engineering of Light-Matter Interacation



1120 - 1200 Xuemin Yang

Photocatalyzed Dissociation of Methanol on TiO2(110) Surface


1200 - 1240 Mike N R Ashfold

Excited states in molecular photochemistry



1410 - 1450 Martin Wolf

Dynamics of Electron Transfer at Polar Molecule/Metal Interfaces



1630 - 1710 Lukas Novotny

Nanoscale spectroscopy with optical antennas



Thursday 15th July 2010

0900 - 0940 Michel Orrit

Structure and Dynamics Probed with Single Molecules and Gold Nanoparticles


0940 - 1020 Vahid Sandoghdar

Interferometric microscopy and spectroscopy of single nano-objects in the absence of fluorescence



1120 - 1200 Kopin Liu

Effects of reactant vibration on chemical reactivity


1200 - 1240 Alec M Wodtke

Energy Transfer at Interfaces beyond the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation: Observation of vibrational overtone excitation



1410 - 1450 Toshio Yanagida

Single Molecule Nanobioscience: Fluctuation and Function of Life


1450 - 1530 Haw Yang

Real-Time Single-Particle Tracking Spectroscopy for Probing Local Dynamics



1630 - 1710 Daniel M Neumark

Ultrafast soft x-ray science and its application to molecules and clusters


1710 - 1750 David C Clary

Combining quantum dynamics and quantum chemistry for reactions of polyatomic molecules



Friday 16th July 2010

0900 - 0940 Teri Odom

Concentrating Light using Anisotropic Nanopyramidal Shells


0940 - 1020 Tianquan Lian

Multi-Exciton Dissociation in Semiconductor Quantum Dots