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Molecular & Ionic Cluster Conference 2010 Program
(All the titles are tentative and will be updated in due course)
Sunday (September 5, 2010) |
12:00 - 18:00 |
Arrival and Check-in |
18:00 - 19:20 |
Dinner |
19:20 - 19:35 |
Opening Remarks (Masaaki Fujii, Ken Jordan and Eizi Hirota) |
19:35 - 21:35 |
Session 1 : He Droplets and Quantum Condensed Phase
Discussion Leader: Nadine Halberstadt (Université Paul Sabatier-Toulouse)
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19:35 - 19:50 |
Discussion Leader's Overview |
19:50 - 20:25 |
Takamasa Momose (University of British Columbia)
“Helium nanodroplet spectroscopy for the study of atomic and molecular clusters”
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20:25 - 20:35 |
Discussion |
20:35 - 20:45 |
Hot Topics: Andrey Vilesov (University of Southern California)
“Different modes of cluster growth in He droplets - from nano-droplets to micro-droplets”
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20:45 - 20:50 |
Discussion |
20:50 - 21:25 |
Frank Stienkemeier (Universität Freiburg)
“Phase and Structural Transitions of Hydrogen, Argon and Neon Clusters Attached to Helium Nanodroplets”
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21:25 - 21:35 |
Discussion |
21:50 - 23:00 |
Welcome Party (Arena) |
Monday (September 6, 2010) |
7:00 - 8:30 |
Breakfast |
9:00 - 12:30 |
Session 2 : Ionic Clusters
Discussion Leader: Asuka Fujii (Tohoku University)
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9:00 - 9:15 |
Discussion Leader's Overview |
9:15 - 9:50 |
Mark Johnson (Yale University)
“Exploring the solvation landscape using Ar-mediated pump-probe spectroscopy in the vibrational manifolds”
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9:50 - 10:00 |
Discussion |
10:00 - 10:10 |
Hot Topics: Kiyokazu Fuke (Kobe University)
“Development of Gas-Phase NMR Spectroscopy for Mass-Selected Cluster Ions”
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10:10 - 10:15 |
Discussion |
10:15 - 10:25 |
Hot Topics: Namjoon Kim (Chungbuk National University)
“Ultraviolet Photodepletion Spectroscopy of Isolated Dibenzo-18-Crown-6 Complexes with Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metal Cations”
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10:25 - 10:30 |
Discussion |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break / Group Phot |
11:00 - 11:35 |
Kazuo Takatsuka (University of Tokyo)
“Electron and nuclear coupled dynamics in ionic clusters”
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11:35 - 11:45 |
Discussion |
11:45 - 12:20 |
Otto Dopfer (Technische Universität Berlin)
“IR spectroscopy of aromatic ions and clusters”
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12:20 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30 - 17:30 |
Free time |
17:30 - 19:30 |
Session 3 : Clusters and Aerosols in Atmospheric Chemistry
Discussion Leader: Ruth Signorell (University of British Columbia)
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17:30 - 17:45 |
Discussion Leader's Overview |
17:45 - 18:20 |
Veronica Vaida (University of Colorado)
“Water clusters and water mediated chemistry: relevance to atmospheric aerosols”
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18:20 - 18:30 |
Discussion |
18:30 - 18:40 |
Hot Topics: Kaito Takahashi (IAMS, Academia Sinica)
“Theoretical study on oh stretching vibrational energy decay in protonated, deprotonated and neutral water clusters”
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18:40 - 18:45 |
Discussion |
18:45 - 19:20 |
Marsha Lester (University of Pennsylvania)
“Intermolecular Interactions and Reactions of Hydroxyl Radicals with Atmospheric Species”
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19:20 - 19:30 |
Discussion |
19:30 - 21:00 |
Dinner |
21:00 - 23:00 |
Poster Session 1 (Arena) |
Tuesday (September 7, 2010) |
7:00 - 8:30 |
Breakfast |
9:00 - 12:30 |
Session 4 : Intermolecular Potentials
Discussion Leader: Sotiris Xantheas (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
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9:00 - 9:15 |
Discussion Leader's Overview |
9:15 - 9:50 |
Krzysztof Szalewicz (University of Delaware)
“Perspectives of computing first-principles intermolecular interactions potentials for dimers containing hundreds of atoms”
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9:50 - 10:00 |
Discussion |
10:00 - 10:10 |
Hot Topics: John Herbert (Ohio State University)
“The role of self-consistent polarization in the description of the hydrated electron”
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10:10 - 10:15 |
Discussion |
10:15 - 10:25 |
Hot Topics: Stuart R Mackenzie (Oxford University)
“Infra-red induced reactivity on the surface of isolated size-selected clusters”
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10:25 - 10:30 |
Discussion |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
11:00 - 11:35 |
Anne McCoy (Ohio State University)
“Using Quantum Monte Carlo Approaches for Studying the Spectroscopy of Ionic Clusters”
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11:35 - 11:45 |
Discussion |
11:45 - 12:20 |
Jean-Philip Piquemal (Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI))
“Development of next generation ab initio force fields using gaussian electrostatics”
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12:20 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30 - 17:30 |
Free time |
17:30 - 19:30 |
Session 5 : Metal Clusters
Discussion Leader: Bernd von Issendorff (Universität Freiburg)
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17:30 - 17:45 |
Discussion Leader's Overview |
17:45 - 18:20 |
Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg (Technische Universität Kaiserslautern)
“The spin and orbit contributions to the magnetic moments of isolated transition metal clusters”
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18:20 - 18:30 |
Discussion |
18:30 - 18:40 |
Hot Topics: Michael Duncan (University of Georgia)
“Infrared spectroscopy of exotic metal-ligand cluster ions”
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18:40 - 18:45 |
Discussion |
18:45 - 19:20 |
Atsushi Nakajima (Keio University)
“Electronic properties of binary superatoms”
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19:20 - 19:30 |
Discussion |
19:30 - 21:00 |
Dinner |
21:00 - 23:00 |
Poster Session 2 (Arena) |
Wednesday (September 8, 2010) |
7:00 - 8:30 |
Breakfast |
9:00 - 12:30 |
Session 6 : Hydrogen-Bonded Networks
Discussion Leader: Seong Keun Kim (Seoul National University)
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9:00 - 9:15 |
Discussion Leader's Overview |
9:15 - 9:50 |
Hiroshi Sekiya (Kyushu University)
“Photo-induced rearrangement of water network in hydrated amide groups”
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9:50 - 10:00 |
Discussion |
10:00 - 10:10 |
Hot Topics: Markus Gerhards (TU Kaiserslautern, Germany)
“IR-UV investigations on proton wire coordinates of 3 hydroxyflavone water clusters in the electronically excited state”
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10:10 - 10:15 |
Discussion |
10:15 - 10:25 |
Hot Topics: Eric Gloaguen (CEA-Saclay, CNRS)
“Effects of microhydration on a model peptide chain investigated by IR-UV double resonance spectroscopy”
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10:25 - 10:30 |
Discussion |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
11:00 - 11:35 |
James Lisy (University of Illinois)
“Unexpected twists and turns on potential energy surfaces. These and other surprises in cluster ions.”
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11:35 - 11:45 |
Discussion |
11:45 - 12:20 |
G. Naresh Patwari (Indian Institute of Technology)
“Phenylacetylene: A Hydrogen Bonding Chameleon”
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12:20 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
13:30 - 17:30 |
Free time |
17:00 - 17:30 |
Business Meeting |
17:30 - 19:30 |
Session 7 : Cold Molecules and Controlled Collisions
Discussion Leader: Klaus Müller-Dethlefs (University of Manchester)
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17:30 - 17:45 |
Discussion Leader's Overview |
17:45 - 18:20 |
Thierry Stoecklin (CNRS / University of Bordeaux)
“The interaction of MnH with He Triatomic bound states and Collisional Zeeman relaxation in a magnetic field”
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18:20 - 18:30 |
Discussion |
18:30 - 18:40 |
Hot Topics: Gert von Helden (Fritz-Haber-Institut, Max-Planck)
“Catching proteins in liquid helium droplets”-->
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18:40 - 18:45 |
Discussion |
18:45 - 19:20 |
Timothy Softley (Oxford University)
“Cold ion-molecule reactions with laser cooled ions”
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19:20 - 19:30 |
Discussion |
19:30 - 21:00 |
Dinner |
21:00 - 23:00 |
Poster Session 3 (Arena) |
Thursday (September 9, 2010) |
7:00 - 8:30 |
Breakfast |
9:00 - 12:30 |
Session 8 : Noncovalent Interactions in Biological / Large Molecules & Clusters
Discussion Leader: Anne Zenacker-Retien (Université Paris Sud)
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9:00 - 9:15 |
Discussion Leader's Overview |
9:15 - 9:50 |
Takayuki Ebata (Hiroshima University)
“Revealing the structure and dynamics of functional molecules”
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9:50 - 10:00 |
Discussion |
10:00 - 10:10 |
Hot Topics: Shun-ichi Ishiuchi (Tokyo Tech, Japan)
“Gas-phase spectroscopy of biomolecules by gold nano particle assisted laser desorption supersonic jet technique”
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10:10 - 10:15 |
Discussion |
10:15 - 10:25 |
Hot Topics: Oleg Boyarkine (EPFL, Switzerland)
“Spectroscopy of isolated and solvated forms of protonated gramicidin S in the gas phase”
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10:25 - 10:30 |
Discussion |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
11:00 - 11:35 |
Timothy Zwier (Purdue University)
“The Competition between Hydrogen Bonding and Amide Stacking in Gamma-peptide-H2O complexes”
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11:35 - 11:45 |
Discussion |
11:45 - 12:20 |
Bernard Brutchy (University of Frankfurt)
“Dynamics of the Watson-Crick-base-pair Adenine-Thymine in gasphase with fs/IR spectroscopy”
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12:20 - 12:30 |
Discussion |
12:30 - 13:00 |
Lunch |
13:30 - 17:30 |
Free time |
17:30 - 19:30 |
Session 9 : Dynamics in Clusters
Discussion Leader: Carl Lineberger (University of Colorado)
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17:30 - 17:45 |
Discussion Leader's Overview |
17:45 - 18:20 |
Christophe Jouvet (Université Paris Sud)
“Dynamics and spectroscopy of excited states protonated cluster”
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18:20 - 18:30 |
Discussion |
18:30 - 18:40 |
Hot Topics: Hirokazu Hasegawa (IMS, Japan)
“Coherent excitation of intermolecular vibration in NO-Ar by a nonresonant intense femtosecond laser pulse”
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18:40 - 18:45 |
Discussion |
18:45 - 19:20 |
Daniel Neumark (University of California Berkeley)
“Time-resolved dynamics in clusters”
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19:20 - 19:30 |
Discussion |
19:30 - 21:00 |
Conference Banquet |
21:00 - 23:00 |
Poster Session 4 (Arena) |
Friday (September 10, 2010) |
7:00 - 8:30 |
Breakfast |
9:00 |
Departure |
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