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Introduction

The study of gas-phase molecular reaction dynamics has long proved to be a central and fruitful field of research, with impact in many areas of science, for both experimental and theoretical physical chemists/chemical physicists. 

While further advances in the characterization of gas-phase reactions are actively pursued, the methods and concepts developed so far are also the basis of the molecular approach of investigations of reaction dynamics at interfaces (gas-liquid and gas-solid) and in condensed phases. 

Work in several labs has been focused on developing a theoretical understanding of this ultrafast dynamics. The hope is to discern the molecular mechanisms of events such as solvation and vibrational relaxation - the elementary steps that determine the course of chemical reactions in liquids.

This Discussion is particularly timely because of the exciting developments of the last decade in the various areas and of the prospect that they are generating. Because of the broad topic area which underlies what is perhaps the core of chemistry, namely chemical reactivity, a large audience is anticipated.

The Scientific Committee warmly invites you to take part in the Discussion and looks forward to welcoming you to Assisi.  

Aims

This discussion is intended to bring together practitioners, both experimentalists and theorists, of reaction dynamics in the gas phase, at interfaces and in the condensed phase. The vision is to define the state-of-the-art as we move into the second decade of the new millennium and to outline the future prospects for this whole exciting area of research, with impact in many fields of science. 

Themes 

• Bimolecular reaction dynamics in the gas-phase
  
• Photodissociation dynamics in the gas and liquid-phase
  
• Reaction dynamics at interfaces (gas-liquid and gas-solid) 
  
• Ultrafast reaction dynamics in the condensed phase        

Co-sponsorship

We would like to thank the Società Chimica Italiana for their co-sponsorship support of FD157.

Scientific Committee

Professor Piergiorgio Casavecchia (University of Perugia, Italy) (Chair)
Professor Andrew J. Orr-Ewing (University of Bristol, UK)
Professor David C. Clary (University of Oxford, UK)
Professor George C. Schatz (Northwestern University, USA)
Professor Alec Wodtke (University of California Santa Barbara, USA)
Professor Dr Peter Hamm (University of Zürich, Switzerland)

Sponsorship

We would like to thank the Royal Society of Chemistry Books Department for their sponsorship of this event.