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)
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”
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”
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”
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)
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”
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”
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”
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”
11:35 - 11:45	Discussion
11:45 - 12:20	Otto Dopfer (Technische Universität Berlin) “IR spectroscopy of aromatic ions and clusters”
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 (AFOSR/AOARD supported session) Discussion Leader: Ruth Signorell** (University of British Columbia)
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”
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”
18:40 - 18:45	Discussion
18:45 - 19:20	Marsha Lester (University of Pennsylvania) “Intermolecular Interactions and Reactions of Hydroxyl Radicals with Atmospheric Species”
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)
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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)
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”
18:20 - 18:30	Discussion
18:30 - 18:40	Hot Topics: Michael Duncan (University of Georgia) “Infrared spectroscopy of exotic metal-ligand cluster ions”
18:40 - 18:45	Discussion
18:45 - 19:20	Atsushi Nakajima (Keio University) “Electronic properties of binary superatoms”
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)
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”
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”
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”
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.”
11:35 - 11:45	Discussion
11:45 - 12:20	G. Naresh Patwari (Indian Institute of Technology) “Phenylacetylene: A Hydrogen Bonding Chameleon”
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)
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”
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”-->
18:40 - 18:45	Discussion
18:45 - 19:20	Timothy Softley (Oxford University) “Cold ion-molecule reactions with laser cooled ions”
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)
9:00 - 9:15	Discussion Leader's Overview
9:15 - 9:50	Takayuki Ebata (Hiroshima University) “Revealing the structure and dynamics of functional molecules”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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)
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”
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”
18:40 - 18:45	Discussion
18:45 - 19:20	Daniel Neumark (University of California Berkeley) “Time-resolved dynamics in clusters”
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

* We wish to thank The New Technology Development Foundation, Hamamatsu Photonics K. K., the Morino foundation for Molecular Science, Nippon Steel Corporation, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Coherent Japan Inc., Spectra Physics, Tokyo Instruments, Inc., Toyama Corporation, Extrel CMS, LLC, and Sanyo Trading Co. Ltd. for their contribution to the success of this conference.

** We wish to thank the U. S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development for their contribution to the success of this conference.