Subject: 02.06.18-21 Atomic Scale Materials Design - Abstract deadline

From: Jim Greer <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:45:13 +0000

Symposium A - ATOMIC SCALE MATERIALS DESIGN
           European Materials Research Society
               E-MRS Spring Meeting
                 June 18-21, 2002

          Supported by the Psi_k Network and the
               European Science Foundation
         Venue:
         Congress Center
         Palais de la Musique et des Congres
         Strasbourg France

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: January 14, 2002
On-line abstract submissions:
http://www-emrs.c-strasbourg.fr/EMRS%202002%20Meetings.htm

CONFIRMED INVITED SPEAKERS:

Large Scale Simulations using
Quantum Chemical Forces
Rodney BARTLETT, University of Florida

Iron on GaAs
Steven ERWIN, Naval Research Laboratory

Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations of
Hydrogen Adsorption on Si(100)
Claudia FILIPPI, Universiteit of Leiden

Defect Modeling in Semiconductors
Risto NIEMINEN, Helsinki University of Technology

Mechanical Properties and the Chemical Bond
Ruben PEREZ, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Ab-initio Simulations of Catalytic Reactions
Inside Zeolites
Xavier ROZANSKA, Eindhoven University

Nanostructured Fe-magnets
Daniel SPISAK, University of Vienna

Why is a Noble Metal Catalytically Active?
The Role of the O-Ag Interaction in the Function
of Silver as an Oxidation Catalyst
Catherine STAMPFL,  Fritz-Haber Institute

First Principles Modeling of Molecular Electronic Devices
Kurt STOKBRO, Technical University of Denmark

Accelerating Molecular Dynamics
Arthur VOTER, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Symposium organizers:
Mehdi Djafari-Rouhani, CNRS-LAAS
Mike Finnis, Queen's University Belfast
Jim Greer, NMRC
Juergen Hafner, University of Vienna
Anatoli Korkin, Motorola

Scientific committee:
G.Gilmer, Bell Labs, USA
H.Goronkin, Motorola, USA
M.Jaraiz, University of Valladolid, Spain
J.Labanowski, Ohio Supercomputer Center, USA
J.-L.Leray, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique CEA/DAM, France
P.Lindan, University of Kent, UK
D.Pettifor, Oxford University, UK
M.Scheffler, Fritz Haber Institute, Germany
T.Vrotsos, Texas Instruments, USA
G.Wachutka, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany

We seek submissions on electronic structure calculations and computational
material science applied to:

· Microelectronics and Optoelectronics,
· Nanotechnology and Biotechnology
· Chemical Industries

including

· Surfaces and interfaces
· Molecules and clusters
· Catalysis
· Biological molecules, macromolecules, polymers
· Plasmas, chemical vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition,
  and materials processing
· Nanostructures

We also seek submissions discussing advances in electronic structure
theory, which enable new problems to be investigated.