Workshop on the Reactivity and Stability of Surfaces and Nano Particles at Elevated Pressures

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Supported by
the European Commission, contract no. NMP3-CT-2003-505670 (NANO2)
and the Max-Planck-Society

Scope of the Workshop

Substantial effort has been devoted within the past few decades to the understanding of the fundamentals of gas / solid reactions, which play an important role e.g. in catalysis or oxidation. Pioneering-type experiments under highly idealized conditions have been performed, such as very low gas pressures (<10-6 mbar), and idealized, model material systems have been investigated (single crystals). However, understanding chemical reactions on single crystal surfaces close to ultra high vacuum doesnt enable prediction of the performance of a device made of nanoparticles operating at near atmospheric gas pressures. This workshop aims to bring together scientists from different areas such as surface physics / chemistry, catalysis or material science bridging this combined pressure / materials gap. The workshop will focus on high resolution, atomic scale, in-situ investigations of model systems from UHV to atmospheric pressures and corresponding theoretical calculations. The workshop is a continuation of a loose series of workshops, which took place 2003 in Lund and 2004 in Lyon. It will be organized by the European consortium NanO₂, Oxidation of Nanomaterials.

Dates

The workshop starts on September 27, 2006, 6 pm and ends on September 30, 2006, 1.30 pm.

Invited Speakers

J. Libuda, University Erlangen-Nuernberg
"Supported Palladium Nanoparticles under Reaction Conditions: Oxidation Behavior, Catalytic Avtivity and Thermal Stability"

B. Hammer, University of Aarhus
"Catalysis at oxide/metal/gas three-phase boundaries - a DFT study"

A. Knop-Gericke, Fritz-Haber-Institut Berlin
"High pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: A surface sensitive tool for the investigation of working heterogeneous catalysts"

U. Heiz, TU Muenchen
"The chemistry of the non-scalable size regime"

C. Henry, CRMCN-CNRS Marseille
"Bridging the material and the pressure gaps in heterogeneous catalysis: HRTEM studies on supported metal clusters in reactive environments up to 10 mbar"

B. Weckhuysen, Utrecht University
"Probing supported metal nanoparticles at work: What can we learn from in-situ spectroscopy studies?"

M. Muhler, Ruhr-University Bochum
"Methanol synthesis catalyzed by ZnO nanoparticles - a structure-sensitive reaction"

G. Ketteler, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
"Oxidation and reduction of Pd(111) by in situ spectroscopy"

F. Esch, CNR-INFM TASC National Laboratory
"STM studies on oxide surfaces: Oxygen vacancies on ceria and the oxidation of Rh(110)"

J. Evans, School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, England
" Dispersed rhodium particles: the chameleon catalysts"

Participation

The workshop is open to scientists world-wide. The workshop will be limited to ca. 50 participants to ensure sufficient scientific exchange.

Location

The Conference will be held at the Swabian Conference Centre Kloster Irsee, a former monastry located near Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany. Kaufbeuren can easily be reached by train (see train schedule) and bus (schedule) or car from Munich, Ulm, or Augsburg (map).

Conference Fee

The EUR 350 workshop fee includes accommodation at Kloster Irsee from Wednesday, September 27 to Saturday, September 30, meals from Wednesday dinner to Saturday lunch, and a workshop dinner on Friday night.

Registration

Please register and submit your abstract until June 6, 2006.

Kloster Irsee
Schwäbisches Tagungs- und Bildungszentrum
Klosterring 4
87660 Irsee
Germany
Phone: +49 8341 906 00
Fax: +49 8341 742 78
http://www.kloster-irsee.de

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