Adsorption at the Nanoscale - Program    
           
  Thursday Sep/22 (Monsanto Auditorium, Life Sciences Center)  
           
  8:00 8:15 Shuttle Service  from Hampton Inn to LSC (or walk 10-15 min)
  8:00 9:00 Registration (entrance to Monsanto Auditorium, LSC)
  Session I Chair:  M. Cole, Penn State
  9:00 9:15 Welcome + Orientation C. Wexler  U. of Missouri
  9:15 9:45 Study of water diffusion on single-supported bilayer lipid membranes by quasielastic neutron scattering H. Taub U. of Missouri
  9:45 10:15 The Quantum Excitation Spectrum of Adsorbed Hydrogen R. Olsen U. of Missouri
  10:15 10:45 Coffee Break (McQuinn Atrium, LSC)
  Session II Chair:  S. Gatica, Howard U.
  10:45 11:15 Open Carbon Frameworks (OPF) – new hypothetical structures for hydrogen storage B. Kuchta Université Aix-Marseille 1
  11:15 11:45 Modeling the dynamics of capillary condensation and evaporation processes P. Monson U. Massachussetts
  11:45 12:15 The Effect of Many-Body Interactions on the Physical Adsorption on Carbon-based Systems H.-Y. Kim Southeastern Louisiana U.
  12:15 1:00 Lunch
  Session III Chair:  K. Johnson, Pittsburgh
  1:00 1:30 Overview of the DOE H2 Storage Program's Efforts in Adsorption Materials S. McWhorter U.S. Department of Energy
  1:30 2:00 Gas adsorption on carbon nanostructures A. Migone Southern Illinois U.
  2:00 2:30 Adsorption of helium clusters on graphene L. Vranjes Markic U. Split
  2:30 3:00 Influence of edges on adsorption in nanopores with finite pore walls from truncated graphene L. Firlej Université Montpellier 2
  3:00 4:00 Posters, with coffee + snacks (McQuinn Atrium, LSC)
  Session IV Chair: J. Burress, U. Missouri
  4:00 4:30 Characterization of nanoporous materials using 2D-NLDFT finite pore models J. Jagiello Micromeritics
  4:30 5:00 Experimental Challenges in the Determination of Gas Adsorption by Nanoporous Media at Elevated Pressures D. Broom Hiden Isochema
  5:00 5:30 Sorption, Pore Condensation and Hysteresis Behavior in Advanced Nanoporus Silica and Carbon Materials M. Thommes Quantachrome
  5:30 7:00 Posters, and visit to Physics & Astronomy Labs (details TBA)
  7:00 8:30 Dinner (McQuinn Atrium, LSC)
  8:45 9:00 Shuttle Service  from LSC to Hampton Inn (or walk 10-15 min)
           
  Friday Sep/23 (Monsanto Auditorium, Life Sciences Center)  
           
  8:00 8:15 Shuttle Service  from Hampton Inn to LSC (or walk 10-15 min)
  Session V Chair: P. Monson, U. Massachussetts
  8:30 9:00 Materials Challenges Facing Adsorption Based Onboard H2 Storage M. Cai GM H2 fuel Chemistry
  9:00 9:30 Nanospace-Engineered Carbons for Reversible On-Board Storage of Natural Gas and Hydrogen J. Romanos U. of Missouri
  9:30 10:00 Adsorption storage of hydrogen:  from materials properties to system design R. Chahine U. Qubec Trois-Rivires
  10:00 10:30 Functionalized nanoporous sorbents: From entrance effects to reactive centers J.K. Johnson U. Pittsburgh
  10:30 11:00 Coffee Break (McQuinn Atrium, LSC)
  Session VI Chair:  A. Migone, Southern Illinois
  11:00 11:30 Structure and dynamics of fluids at patterned substrates S. Dietrich Max Planck, Stuttgart
  11:30 12:00 Adsorption of Fluids on Nanostructural Substrates from Atomistic Simulations F. Ancilotto U. Padova 
  12:00 12:30 Spectroscopic studies of small molecules in Metal Organic Framework (MOF) materials N. Nijem U. Texas at Dallas
  12:30 1:30 Lunch
  Session VII Chair:  H.-Y. Kim, Southeastern Louisiana U.
  1:30 2:00 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Nano-cluster and Nano-confined Complex Hydrides E. Majzoub U. Missouri-St. Louis
  2:00 2:30 Hydrogen storage in metal-organic frameworks via spillover and gate-opening mechanism A. Lueking Penn State
  2:30 3:00 Selective adsorption of CO2 in microporous metal organic framework (MMOF) materials J. Li Rutgers 
  3:00 3:30 Phase Behavior of Ar and Kr Films on Carbon Nanotubes S. Gatica Howard U.
  3:30 4:30 Posters, with coffee + snacks (McQuinn Atrium, LSC)
  Session VIII Chair:  S. Hernandez, Buenos Aires
  4:30 5:00 Conductance isotherms for adsorption on individual single-walled carbon nanotubes D. Cobden U. Washington
  5:00 5:30 Influence of elastic strains on the adsorption process in porous materials A. Grosman U. Paris
  5:30 6:00 Absorbent expansion/contraction driven by gas uptake: novel transitions for graphene and other substrates M. Cole Penn State
  6:30 7:00 Stability requirements for square monolayer lattices in physical adsorption L. Bruch U. Wisconsin
  7:00 7:30 Reception (McQuinn Atrium, LSC)
  7:30 9:00 Banquet (McQuinn Atrium, LSC)
  9:15 9:30 Shuttle Service  from LSC to Hampton Inn (or walk 10-15 min)
           
           
  Saturday Sep/24 (Jesse Wrench Auditorium, Memorial Union)  
           
  8:00 8:15 Shuttle Service  from Hampton Inn to Memorial Union (or walk ~ 15 min)
  Session IX Chair:  O. Vilches, U. Washington
  8:30 9:00 Helium 4 in Nanoporous Media : Effect of Confinement and Disorder K. Shirahama Keio U.
  9:00 9:30 3D and 1D Superfluids of 4He Films Formed in Nanopores T. Matsushita Nagoya U.
  9:30 10:00 Towards DFT calculations of metal clusters in quantum fluid matrices E. Krotscheck U. Buffalo
  10:00 10:30 Adsorption Kinetics of Polyatomic Molecules M.M. Calbi U. Denver
  10:30 11:00 Coffee Break (Memorial Union)
  Session X Chair:  F. Ancilotto, Padova
  11:00 11:30 Adsorption isotherms on individual suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes using vibrational resonance frequency measurements O. Vilches U. Washington
  11:30 12:00 Recent advances on the adsorption of superfluid helium in nanostructured surfaces and nanopores: a density functional approach E.S. Hernandez U. Buenos Aires
  12:00 12:30 Studies of the layering in alkane films adsorbed on a solid surface F. Hansen Tech. Univ. Denm.
  12:30 12:45 Closing P. Pfeifer             (Chair of MU Physics) U. Missouri
  12:45 1:00 Boxed Lunch Distribution
  1:00 1:15 Shuttle Service  from Memorial Union to Hampton Inn (or walk ~ 15 min)
  1:00 7:00 10 km canoe trip on the Missouri River (details TBA).  Click here to email us if you are interested in participating.