Programme
The programme has not been set in stone, however, the approximate programme is as follows.
Thursday 30 October 2008
11:00–11:10 Allister Ferguson (vice principal) – introduction
2D-IR
11:10–11:50 |
Frank Kuo, Dmitri Vorobyev and Robin Hochstrasser, "Hydrogen bond dynamics of polar groups and ions using one and two frequency 2D IR" |
11:50–12:10 |
Jessica Anna, Kevin Kubarych, “A Study of Equilibrium Isomerization Dynamics of Dicobalt Octacarbonyl via Ultrafast 2DIR Spectroscopy” |
12:10–12:25 |
A. Ian Stewart, M. Towrie, I.P. Clark, A.W. Parker, S. Ibrahim, C.J. Pickett3 and N.T. Hunt, “Applications of ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy to studies of the Fe-hydrogenase enzyme system” |
12:25–12:40 |
Paul Donaldson, Frederic Fourniera, Elizabeth M. Gardnera, C.B. Loeffeldab, D.R. Klug, “Bio-analytical applications of Electronic-Vibration-Vibration 2DIR Spectroscopy” |
lunch break & poster session
Terahertz
14:00-14:40 |
Charles Schmuttenmaer, "Terahertz Spectroscopy: What’s it all about?" |
14:40–15:00 |
E. Castro-Camus, J. Lloyd-Hughes, and M. B. Johnston, “Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy study of functional configurations of photoactive yellow protein in aqueous solution” |
15:00–15:15 |
Ismael A. Heisler and Stephen R. Meech, “Polarization-Resolved Ultrafast Polarizability Relaxation in Aromatic Liquids” |
15:15–15:30 |
David Turton, Johannes Hunger, Alexander Stoppa, Glenn Hefter, Andreas Thoman, Markus Walther, Hanspeter Helm, Richard Buchner,and Klaas Wynne, “Structure in simple and complex liquids studied by OKE spectroscopy” |
coffee
Time-resolved X-rays & surfaces etc
16:00–16:40 |
Majed Chergui, "Electronic and structural dynamics in molecular systems by ultrafast UV and X-ray spectroscopies" |
16:40–17:00 |
Maciej Lorenc, Eric Collet, Johan Hebert, Nicolas Moisan, Marina Servol, Marylise Buron, Hervé Cailleau, Marie-Laure Boillot, Michael Wulff, Shin-ya Koshihara, “Tracking the photoswitching dynamics of bistable spincrossover molecules at solid state” |
17:00–17:15 |
Heike Arnolds, “Time-dependent dipole coupling and line narrowing in adsorbate vibrational spectroscopy” |
17:15–17:30 |
Claus Peter Schulz, Hongtao Liu, Christian Schröter, Nick Zhavoronkov, and Ingolf V. Hertel, “Ultrafast Dynamics in Na-doped water Clusters” |
17:30–17:45 |
Richard J Marsh, Daven A Armoogm, Nicolas Nicolaou, Olivier Mongn , Mireille Blanchard –Desce, and Angus J Bain, “Soft and Hard Alignment in Excited Electronic States Probed by Time Resolved Optical Hole-burning” |
dinner
Friday 31 October 2008
2D-IR & surfaces
9:30–10:10 |
Peter Hamm, Ellen Backus, Virgiliu Botan, Rolf Pfister, Alessandro Moretto, Claudio Toniolo, Phuong Hoang Nguyen, Gerhard Stock, "Energy Transport in Peptide Helices" |
10:10–10:50 |
Mischa Bonn, Jens Bredenbeck, R. Kramer Campen, Avishek Ghosh, Maria Sovago, “Ultrafast vibrational dynamics of interfacial water” |
10:50–11:05 |
Jens Bredenbeck, Avishek Ghosh, Marc Smits, Maria Sovago, Mischa Bonn, “Ultrafast 2D-IR spectroscopy of a molecular monolayer” |
coffee
Hydrogen bonding
11:30–12:10 |
Thomas Elsaesser, J. R. Dwyer, L. Szyc, D. Kraemer, M. L. Cowan, A. Paarmann, N. Huse, E. T. J. Nibbering, R. J. D. Miller, "Ultrafast hydrogen bond dynamics in liquid water and hydrated DNA" |
12:10–12:30 |
Keisuke Tominaga, Junpei Tayama, Akina Kariya, Kaoru Ohta, and Seiji Akimoto, “Vibrational Frequency Fluctuations in Solutions Studied by Infrared Nonlinear Spectroscopy” |
12:30–12:45 |
Jörg Lindner, Tim Schäfer, Dirk Schwarzer, and Peter Vöhringer, “Femtosecond mid-infrared spectroscopy of vibrational energy transfer in liquid-to-supercritical ammonia” |
lunch & poster session & AGM of the Molecular Physics group of the IoP
Dynamics in liquids
13:30–14:10 |
Damien Laage, Guillaume Stirnemann and Casey Hynes, "Dynamics of Water Reorientation around Ionic and Hydrophobic Solutes" |
14:10–14:30 |
Erik T. J. Nibbering, Katrin Adamczyk, Omar F. Mohammed, D. Pines, and E. Pines, “Femtosecond Infrared Spectroscopy of Elementary Chemical Transformations: Bimolecular Proton Transfer” |
14:30–14:45 |
Maxim S. Pshenichnikov, Dan Cringus, and Thomas l. C. Jansen, “Dissimilar Dynamics of Water Stretching Modes” |
14:45–15:00 |
Danny J. Shaw, M. R. Panman, and S. Woutersen, “Cooperative vibrational relaxation in pure liquids” |
15:00–15:15 |
Roberto Improta, Fabrizio Santoro, Alessandro Lami, Vincenzo Barone, “Environmental effects on the excited state dynamics of DNA constituents: a quantum mechanical approach” |
15:15–15:25 |
Closing remarks |