SASP 2016
20th Symposium on Atomic, Cluster and Surface Physics - February 7 - 12, 2016 at the Sunstar Hotel in Davos, Switzerland.
This international symposium is one in a continuing biennial series of conferences (the last one was held in 2014 in Obergurgl, Austria; see picture above) which seeks to promote the growth of scientific knowledge and effective exchange of information among scientists in the field of atomic, molecular, and surface physics and with a major focus on ion-molecule reactions. The symposium deals in particular with collisional interactions involving different types of collision partners, i.e. electrons, photons, molecules, nano particles, and surfaces. A special emphasis of this conference will be to provide room for discussion between academics and industry by a proper choice of lecturers.
There will be more than fifty invited expert or hot topic lectures covering recent advances in the topics of the Symposium. Contributed papers will be presented in two poster sessions. These poster sessions provide the main forum for presentation of new work and for discussion of recent progress. Prior to the official poster sessions there will be introductory sessions, which will give the authors of each contributed paper the opportunity to present orally highlights of their work presented on the poster. The max. poster size is A0 portrait.
Some of the contributed papers will be selected for oral presentation as Hot Topics.
Program (timetable)(PDF 47,2 KB)
Local Organizing Committee
Institute for Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Zurich University for Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
- Jürgen Stohner and Chahan Yeretzian (chairpersons)
- Marianne Schenker (secretary)
International Scientific Committee
- Davide Bassi (Universitá degli Studi di Trento)
- Tilmann D. Märk (Universität Innsbruck)
- Nigel Mason (Open University, UK)
- Martin Quack (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)
- Tom Rizzo (EPFL Lausanne)
- Paul Scheier (Universität Innsbruck)
Hot Topic Talks
| Speaker | Talk |
|---|---|
| Sieghard Albert, ETH Zürich | High resolution GHz and THz (FTIR) spectroscopy and theory of parity violation and tunnelling for 1,2-dithiine (C4H4S2) as a candidate for measuring the parity violating energy differences between enantiomers of chiral molecules |
| Nina Bersenkowitsch, Universität Innsbruck | Influence of hydrocarbon adducts on the absorption behaviour of sodium iodide clusters |
| Martin K. Beyer, Universität Innsbruck | Pinpointing mechanochemical bond rupture in single molecule force spectroscopy |
| Alexander D. Dörfler, Universität Basel | A dynamic ion-atom hybrid trap for high-resolution cold-collision studies |
| Thomas Govers, Aecono Consulting | On the excited states of N2+ produced in (near-) thermal charge transfer between He+ and N2 |
| Pavol Jusko, Universität Köln | Frequency comb assisted spectroscopy in 22-pole ion traps |
| Alexander Kaiser, Universität Innsbruck | Classical simulations of decorated fullerene clusters |
| Theofanis Kitsopoulos, MPI Göttingen | Imaging molecular beam scattering from surfaces |
| Lorenz Kranabetter, Universität Innsbruck | Stable O4H+ and O4D+ in helium nanodroplets |
| Martin Kuhn, Universität Innsbruck | Photofragmentation of C60+ He(n) complexes |
| Maxim Kunitski, Goethe Universität Frankfurt | Observation of the Efimov state of the helium trimer |
| Albrecht Lindinger, FU Berlin | Selective multiphoton excitation of molecules in solution and on helium droplets by shaped laser pulses |
| Roberto Marquardt, Université de Strasburg | A new global potential energy surface for the FHF- anion |
| Stepan Roucka, Charles University Prague | Hydrogen abstraction reactions in ion trap – from N+ to NH4+ at low temperatures |
| Georg Seyfang, ETH Zürich | Intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution in cyano-acetylene (HCCCN) |
| David Trunec, Brno University of technology | GC-MS and FTIR analyses of products from atmospheric pressure glow discharge generated in nitrogen-methane gas mixture with CO2 addition |
| Marten van Reijzen, EPF Lausanne | State-to-state scattering of CH4(ν3) from a Ni(111) surface |
Invited talks
| Speaker | Talk |
|---|---|
| Knut Asmis, Universität Leipzig | Ion Microsolvation Probed by Cryogenic Ion Trap Vibrational Spectroscopy |
| Rainer Beck, EPF Lausanne | Exploring Gas/Surface Reaction Dynamics via Quantum State Resolved Molecular Beam Experiments |
| Kurt Becker, New York University | 20 Years of Microplasma Research |
| Robert Berger, Universität Marburg | Theory for lasercoolable molecules |
| Oleg Boyarkine, EPF Lausanne | 2D UV-MS Cold Ion Spectroscopy of Biomolecules |
| Oliver Bünermann, Max-Planck Institut Göttingen | Inelastic Hydrogen Atom Scattering: Role of Electron-Hole Pair Excitation |
| Henrik Cederquist, Stockholm University | Fragmentation and molecular growth: PAHs and fullerenes |
| Peter Chen, ETH Zürich | Steric Effects in the Gas Phase and in Solution |
| Karl-Heinz Ernst, EMPA Zürich | Modification of Surfaces with Non-planar Hydrocarbons |
| Wolfgang E. Ernst, Universität Graz | Formation of Metal Clusters and Nanowires in Superfluid Helium Droplets and their Surface Deposition |
| David Field, Aarhus University | Spontaneously Electrical Solids: Spontelectrics |
| Samuel Leutwyler, Universität Bern | Jet-Cooled Cytosines have Nanosecond Lifetimes |
| John P. Maier, Universität Basel | Electronic Spectrum of C60+: Diffuse Interstellar Bands Becoming Unravelled |
| Chris A. Mayhew, University of Birmingham | Mayhew Enhancing Selectivity and Sensitivity of Chemical Compounds Using an Ion Funnel Proton Transfer Reaction - Mass Spectrometer |
| Frédéric Merkt, ETH Zürich | On the Use of Rydberg States of Hydrogen to Study the Quasi-bound States of H2+ and the H2+ + H2 = H3+ + H Reaction at Low Temperature |
| Oliver Monti, Tuscon (Arizona) USA | Ultrafast Carrier Dynamics at Hybrid Organic / Inorganic Interfaces |
| Klaus Müller-Dethlefs, University of Manchester | Observation of Solitons in a Quantum Degenerate Plasma |
| Gereon Niedner-Schatteburg, Universität Kaiserslautern | Surfaces of Clusters: Adsorption, Kinetics and Spectroscopy |
| Stephen D. Price, University College London | The Reactions of Atoms with Molecules on the Surfaces of Cold Molecular Ices |
| Martin Quack, ETH Zürich | Molecules and Clusters in Motion: Looking Back and Looking Forward, SASP and Beyond |
| Tom Rizzo, EPF Lausanne | Combining cryogenic ion spectroscopy and ion mobility for structural studies of biomolecular ions |
| Eckart Rühl, Freie Universität Berlin | Clusters and Nanoparticles in Fundamental and Applied Research |
| Joachim Sauer, Humboldt Universität Berlin | Ab initio Free Energy Calculations with Chemical Accuracy for Molecule - Surface Interactions |
| Melanie Schnell, Max-Planck Institut Hamburg | Enantiomer Differentiation Using Broadband Rotational Spectroscopy |
| Markus Schöffler, Goethe Universität Frankfurt | Chiral Molecules under the Reaction Microscope |
| Jürgen Troe, Universität Göttingen | Simplified Analysis of Complex-Forming Bimolecular Ion-Molecule Reactions |
| Martin Tschurl, Technische Universität München | The Oxidation of Ta Cluster Cations in the Gas Phase |
| Roland Wester, Universität Innsbruck | Ion-molecule Reaction Dynamics: From Substitution to Elimination |
| Stefan Willitsch, Universität Basel | Cold and Controlled Ion Chemistry |
| Hans Jakob Wörner, ETH Zürich | Attosecond Dynamics of Photoionization: From Atoms to the Liquid Phase |
| Ralf Zimmermann, Helmholtz Zentrum München and Universität Rostock | New Analytical and Statistical Tools to Study the Flavor Formation During the Roasting Process of Coffee Beans, Cacao Beans and Nuts |
