July 22-28, 2016
Erice (Sicily), Italy
International School of Solid State Physics (71st Workshop) at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture.
A wide range of important effects in nanoscience are connected with the presence and behavior of delocalized and mobile electrons. Nanoclusters, as important testbed systems for exploring and developing quantum size effects, novel materials, and reaction pathways exhibit a range of phenomena which are highly sensitive to delocalized electrons’ mobility, screening, response, direct and exchange interactions, correlations, etc. However, these phenomena are frequently discussed in non-overlapping venues, and the aim of the present workshop is to bring together researchers in adjacent fields to examine recent and future developments. To keep the discussion focused, it will concentrate on free clusters and related systems.
The program will include invited talks, selected oral presentations, a poster session and ample time for individual discussions. It is especially hoped that graduate and diploma students, postdoctoral fellows, and anyone who is interested in the interdisciplinary richness of the subject will be able to attend the Workshop.
Topics
- Fundamental quantum phenomena
- General shell effects
- Ionization and collective states
- Optical properties
- Molecular and ionic nanoclusters
- Nanomagnetism
- Oxide nanoparticles
- Quantum fluid clusters
Solvated electrons - Storage rings and traps
Directors of the Workshop:
Vitaly Kresin, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Klavs Hansen, University of Gothenburg
Advisory Committee:
Kit Bowen, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Michal Fárník, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague