Challenges in Physical Chemistry and Nanoscience (ISACS2) July 12, 2010

Challenges in Physical Chemistry and Nanoscience is the second event in the International Symposia on Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS) series for 2010.

As with the other events in the series the conference will bring together a minimum of eighteen exceptional researchers – all leading names in the field – for an outstanding plenary programme to review current research developments and highlight future challenges.

Challenges in Physical Chemistry and Nanoscience (ISACS2) will present a unique opportunity to hear from a new generation of dynamic, internationally renowned researchers.

The following speakers will deliver plenary lectures at the conference:

Mike N R Ashfold, University of Bristol, UK

Moungi G Bawendi , MIT, USA

David C Clary, University of Oxford, UK

Jianguo G Hou Hefei National Laboratory for the Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, China

Tianquan Lian, Emory University, USA

Kopin Liu, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Daniel M Neumark, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Lukas Novotny, University of Rochester, USA

Michel Orrit, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Hongkun Park, Harvard University, USA

Vahid Sandoghdar, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

Alec M Wodtke, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Martin Wolf, Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany

Toshio Yanagida, Osaka University, Japan

Haw Yang, Princeton University, USA

Xueming Yang, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Programme

ISACS2 will provide a state-of-the-art review of current research developments in physical chemistry and nanoscience. Topics covered will include:

• Nanoscience and nanotechnology


• Bionanotechnology


• Nanooptics and nanophotonics


• Single molecule studies


• Fundamental physical chemistry


• Gas phase photochemistry and photophysics


• Reaction dynamics and molecular structure


• Spectroscopy


• Energy, catalysis and sustainability


• Interfacial phenomena


• Solar energy and photocatalysis

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