The Surface Science Division provides a forum for cutting-edge and foundational research that involves solid surfaces and interfaces, including gas-solid and liquid-solid interactions with an emphasis on heterogeneously-catalyzed reactions. We aim to understand the wide range of processes taking place on surfaces and at interfaces, together with a full characterization of those systems, to finally improve the process by building upon this critical knowledge. This year a wide range of topics will be covered from surface chemistry with water and in liquids, to reactions on alloy surfaces, nanoparticles, and oxide, chalcogenide, and 2D materials surfaces. We showcase advances on Operando/in-situ reaction conditions and on-surface synthesis. We will host the Morton M. Traum Award to honor research presented by graduate students in the Surface Science Division. This year, we will hold a special session entitled ¨Contributions from surface science to catalysis¨ to honor Bob Madix’s career and a short symposium with late-breaking discoveries.
Areas of Interest: Surface Science is seeking abstracts in the following areas of interest:
- Mechanisms at Surfaces and Interfaces
- Dynamic Processes on Surfaces
- Surface Science of Reduced Dimensional Materials
- Bridging Gaps
- Photo/Electrochemistry
- Liquid-Solid Interfaces
- Oxide and Chalcogenide Surfaces/Interfaces and their Reactivity
- ALD for Catalysis
- On Surface Synthesis
- Single-Atom Catalysis
- Memorial Session in Honor of Prof. Bob Madix (all invited)
- Late Breaking Discoveries
SS1: Surface Science Oral Session
Invited Speakers:
- David Bergsman, University of Washington, “High-Throughput Screening of Molecular Layer Deposition Processes for EUV Photolithography”
- Fanglin Che, UMass Lowell
- Athanasius Dimoulas, NCSRD, University of Athens, Greece
- Michael Janik, Penn State University
- Oleg Konovalov, ESRF, Grenoble, France
- Joerg Libuda, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany, “Selectivity Control by Ionic Liquid Layers: From Surface Science to the Electrified Interface”
- Marcelo Mariscal, University of Cordoba, Argentina, “Atomistic Simulations on the Triple-Phase Boundary in Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”
- Jörg Meyer, Leiden University, Netherlands, “Accurate Dynamical Modelling of Vibrationally Enhanced N2 Dissociation on Ru(0001) – Implications (Not Only) for Plasma Catalysis”
- Maria Luiza Miranda Rocco, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- John Morris, Virginia Tech
- Talat Rahman, University of Central Florida
- Beatriz Roldan Cuenya, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany
- Roberto Salvarezza, INIFTA, UNLP, Argentina
- Michail Stamatakis, Oxford University, UK
- Michael Trenary, University of Illinois at Chicago, ”Infrared Spectroscopy Studies of Surface Chemical Reactions on Single Atom Alloys”
- Jeroen van Bokhoven, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Jason Weaver, University of Florida, “Surface Chemistry and Catalysis of IrO2(110)”
- Francisco Zaera, UC Riverside, “The use of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) for the Preparation of Catalysts with Well-defined Metal/Mixed-Oxide Interfaces”
- Junfa Zhu, USTC, China
SS2: Surface Science Poster Session
SS3: Celebration of Robert J. Madix and his Contributions to Surface Science (ALL-INVITED SESSION)
- Liney Arnadottir, Oregon State University
- Charles Campbell, University of Washington)
- Donna Chen, University of South Carolina
- Christian Reece, Harvard University
- Charles Sykes, Tufts University
- Mike Trenary, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Art Utz, Tufts University
- Jason Weaver, University of Florida