Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Photochemistry on Oxides
Discussion Leader: Hajo Freund (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Annabella Selloni (Princeton University, USA)
"Structure, Chemistry and Photoactivity of TiO2 Surfaces and Aqueous Interfaces"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Hiroshi Onishi (Kobe University, Japan)
"Atom-Scale and Nano-Scale Architectures of NaTaO3 Photocatalysts Doped with Guest Metal Cations"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mineral Surfaces: Simple Oxides
Discussion Leader: Edvin Lundgren (Lund University, Sweden)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Gareth Parkinson (TU Wien, Austria)
"Partially-Dissociated Water Agglomerates at Iron-Oxide Surfaces: Experiment and Theory Combined"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
María Ganduglia Pirovano (Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry, CSIC, Spain)
"Theoretical Perspective of the Ceria Defect Structure and Its Role as Catalyst Support: State-of-the-Art"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Joachim Paier (Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany)
"Small Molecule Activation on the (111) Surface of the Spinel Fe3 O4 "
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Mineral Surfaces: Concrete
Discussion Leader: Zdenek Dohnalek (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Peter Thissen (Institute of Functional Interfaces, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
"Corrosion of Concrete by Water-Induced Metal-Proton Exchange: Microscopic Insights from IR-Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Paulo Monteiro (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Characterization of Advanced Cementitious Materials Using X-Ray Synchrotron Radiation"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Nanoparticles/Nanocluster: Surface Phenomena
Discussion Leader: Lars Grabow (University of Houston, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Younan Xia (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Colloidal Metal Nanocrystals Enclosed by a Single Facet: A New Platform for Investigating Catalytic Reactions"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Tatsuya Tsukuda (University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Hydride-Doped Gold-Based Superatoms: Synthesis, Structure and Transformation"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Directing Hydrogen Transfer Traffic During C-H Bond Cleavage and Formation on Transition Metal Surfaces"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Organic Adsorbates on Inorganic Substrates
Discussion Leader: Charles Campbell (University of Washington, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Sabine Maier (Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
"On-Surface Assembly and Reactions of Molecular Nanostructures: From Metals to Insulating Surfaces"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Nian Lin (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
"Metal-Organic Coordination on Surfaces: Towards Complexity and Functionality"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Rational Design of Organic Surfaces
Discussion Leader: Hans-Peter Steinruck (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Armin Goelzhaeuser (Bielefeld University, Germany)
"Building Functional Separation Membranes from Organic Surfaces"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Manfred Buck (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
"Molecular Assembly at the Liquid/Solid Interface: How Much Control Do We Have?"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Joerg Lahann (Biointerfaces Institute, University of Michigan, USA)
"Templated Synthesis in Anisotropic Media"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Surface Chemistry on Oxides
Discussion Leader: John Vohs (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Jason Weaver (University of Florida, USA)
"Growth and Surface Chemistry of IrO2 (110)"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Qiang Fu (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Surface Chemistry over Confined Catalytic Systems"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Molecular Architectures Using Layer-by-Layer Methods
Discussion Leader: Andrew Gellman (Carnegie Mellon Unviersity, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Joseph Hupp (Northwestern University, USA)
"Using Light to Move Excitons, Electrons, Holes and Ions Through MOFs and MOF-Supported Catalysts"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Hiroshi Kitagawa (Kyoto University, Japan)
"Emergence of Surface- and Interface-Induced Novel Structures and Properties in Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Andreas Terfort (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
"The Early Stages Determine the Fate: Growth of Metal-Organic Frameworks on Surfaces"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Virtual Design of Interface Properties
Discussion Leader: Axel Gross (Ulm University, Germany)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Nicholas Abbott (Cornell University, USA)
"Chemical Reactions at Surfaces in Contact with Liquid Crystals"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Jens Nørskov (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
"Activating the N2 Molecule: Opportunities and Challenges"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure