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Dynamics at Surfaces (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Understanding Surface and Interface Interactions: From Scattering Dynamics to Heterogeneous Catalysis

July 29 - 30, 2017
Chairs and
Salve Regina University
36 Ochre Point Avenue
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Dynamics at Surfaces is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

Focusing on the same topics as the related Gordon Research Conference, this meeting offers young theoreticians and experimentalists investigating surface and interface dynamics an opportunity to present and actively discuss their work with their peers. Two established scientists in the field will provide introductory lectures to open each session; the presented talks will be selected from abstracts submitted by young investigators. A career panel featuring representatives in the field will close the GRS. GRS participants are encouraged to attend the following GRC on Dynamics at Surfaces.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Dynamics at Surfaces" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Tools, Challenges, and Opportunities in Research
Discussion Leader:
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
"There's Gold in Them Thar Hills - Tools, Challenges, and Opportunities in Research"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Messy Surfaces
Not all interfaces are perfect crystals and not all processes that take place at surfaces are simple and clear-cut. The provocative title "Messy Surfaces" embraces liquid interfaces and self-assembly as well as the "messy" task of disentangling a multitude of processes influencing dynamics at surfaces.
Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Gas–Liquid Scattering Studies of Atmospheric Reactions at the Surfaces of Sea-Spray Mimics"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Atomic-Scale Diffusion and Friction on a Topological Insulator Surface: H2O on Bi2Te3(111)"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Oxidative Destruction of Nerve Agent Simulants by O(3P) Atomic Oxygen"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"Quantum State-Resolved Collision Dynamics at the Gas-Liquid Interface"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Difficult Surfaces
Are surfaces difficult? The physical and chemical processes happening at solid-gas interfaces certainly are! Steps, impurities, phonons, vibrations, and a myriad of interacting electrons can crucially influence reaction rates and reaction mechanisms.
Discussion Leaders: and
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Templated Growth of a Chiral Thin Film Oxide"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Observation of Vibrational Energy Redistribution in a Gas-Surface Encounter: State-to-State Scattering of CH4 from Ni(111)"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Resolving the Simplest of Reactions: Low Energy D2 Dissociation on Pt"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
"Rotationally-Resolved Scattering of Formaldehyde from the Au(111) Surface"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Career Panel
Three established career scientists will be available for an informal forum discussing the potential career paths in academia and industry: Dr. David Nesbitt, JILA Fellow and Adjoint Professor at University of Colorado Boulder; Dr. Arthur Utz, Associate Professor at Tufts University; and Dr. Amy Brunsvold, Research Scientist at SINTEF, Energy Research.
Discussion Leaders: and
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
So You Have a PhD... What's Next?
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes

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