March 2008 National Meeting DCP Focus Sessions
We encourage you to submit abstracts to the APS 2008 March meeting, especially in sessions organized and sponsored by the Division of Chemical Physics. We have worked hard to organize focus sessions that will be of interest to the DCP membership, and so we hope you will support them by submitting abstracts and by attending.
The deadline for abstract submission is approaching. Abstracts must be submitted online by Tuesday, November 27 (5 p.m. EST). Information on the meeting can be found at http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/
This year, the DCP is sponsoring the following focus topics at the March Meeting. If your abstracts fall into these areas, please consider using these sorting category numbers so that the abstracts can be sorted into the proper sessions.
11.8.1 Quantum Control (DCP)
11.8.2 Cluster Assembled Nanoscale Materials (DCP)
17.13.4 and 11.8.3. Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory (DCP/DCOMP)
11.8.4 Fundamental Issues in Catalysis (DCP)
11.8.5 Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science (DCP)
11.8.6 Photophysics of Cold Molecules (DCP)
11.8.1 Quantum Control (DCP)
Organized by: Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky
The use of ultrafast laser techniques, employing pump / dump and interference methods, is an active area of research. Pulse shaping and associated wavepacket dynamics involved in coherent control are related topics to be discussed. The wide variety of approaches employed allow, for example, the steering of reactions and influencing the course of photophysical events. Recent theoretical and experimental advances in this area of research will be explored in this focus session.
11.8.2 Cluster Assembled Nanoscale Materials (DCP)
Organized by: Shiv N. Khanna
Developing concepts for tailoring the reactive, optical, electronic, and magnetic properties of nanoscale materials is an area of growing interest. One viable approach involves exploring a "bottom up" method in which clusters with unique properties are identified that can function as building blocks of new materials. Recent theoretical and experimental advances will be surveyed in this focus session, with attention to systems whose properties do not simply scale with size and to ones where one atom/molecule directly influences their properties. The concepts of "superatoms", where clusters function as mimics of elements of the periodic table, also will be discussed.
17.13.4 and 11.8.3. Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory (DCP/DCOMP)
Co-organized by: Andrew M. Rappe & Jorge O. Sofo
The principal aim of this focus session is to explore topics at the forefront of electronic structure theory, with particular emphasis on novel developments, including those where chemists and physicists often do not interact. New ideas in density functional theory, wavefunction-based methods, reduced density matrices and other distribution functions will be covered. Complementing these developments will be new algorithms for large-scale applications and selected applications to problems ranging from the molecular to the nanoscale to the solid state.
11.8.4 Fundamental Issues in Catalysis (DCP)
Organized by: Francisco Zaera
Catalytic processes have a direct bearing on virtually all aspects of an industrial nation, from manufacturing to energy and the environment. In recent years there have been major advances in elucidating fundamental phenomena governing their behavior and effectiveness. Relevant physical properties that influence the functioning of the catalyst include size, morphology and composition and structure, charge state, and electronic properties. Recent theoretical and experimental advances in heterogeneous processes will be considered, with attention to the basic operative physical phenomena of the catalyst.
11.8.5 Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science (DCP)
Co-organized by: Shanhu Lee & Kevin Wilson
Atmospheric aerosols play a major role in atmospheric phenomena from being sites of condensation to ones which influence heterogeneous reactions. They frequently arise from the nucleation of the products of pollutant reactions and hence have an impact on atmospheric chemistry through pollutant scavenging and removal processes. Their role in the earth's radiation balance and climate are also subjects of considerable interest. Consideration of current understanding of these various aspects, including the characterization of their properties and methods of analysis, will be the subject of this focus session.
11.8.6 Photophysics of Cold Molecules (DCP)
Co-organized by: Andrey Vilesov & Jochen Kupper
The chemical physics of cold molecules is an area of intense current interest; the subject ranges from one in which molecular spectroscopy is accomplished in liquid helium droplets to the search for quantum effects in other fluids, and the study of Bose-Einstein condensation for molecular species produced and/or cooled by optical and also deceleration techniques. These various subjects will be discussed in this focus session.