The summer school programme includes a range of lectures, research talks and workshops that will cover experimental and computational techniques that are relevant to Surface and Interface Science and Engineering. Note that the programme below is subject to change.
11:00 - Registration
13:00 - Welcome (Chair)
13:15 - Prof Rob Jones, University of Nottingham, Opening Talk - "Getting it off and getting it on"
14:15 - Dr Steve Jenkins, University of Cambridge, "Application of Density Functional Theory to Surface Science"
15:15 - Coffee Break and Poster Session
15:45 - Dr George Darling, University of Liverpool, "DFT Methods"
16:45 - Prof Daniele Seli, University of Milano-Bicocca, "Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Processes at the Interface"
18:30 - Evening meal at Murray Edwards
19:30 - Drinks Reception
09:00 - Prof Wendy Flavell, University of Manchester, "Photoemission from Surfaces"
10:30 - Coffee Break and Poster Session
11:00 - Prof Georg Held, University of Reading, "Surface Characterisation under ambient conditions using Synchrotron Radiation: NAP-XPS and NEXAFS"
12:00 - Dr Alex Walton, University of Manchester, "The solid/liquid interface in XPS"
13:00 - Lunch Break
13:45 - Workshop #1
15:45 - Poster Session with Tea & Coffee
16:30 - Dr Katie Moore, University of Manchester, "Principles and Applications of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)"
17:15 - Dr Andrew Jardine, University of Cambridge, "Neutral atoms as a probe of surface structure and dynamics"
18:30 - Evening meal at Murray Edwards, then free time.
09:00 - Prof Philip Moriarty, University of Nottingham, "Scanning Probes under the Microscope"
10:30 - Coffee Break and Poster Session
11:00 - Prof Geoff Thornton, University College London, "Imaging the surfaces of complex materials: metal oxides"
11:40 - Dr Rachel Oliver, University of Cambridge, "Nanocharacterisation of nitrides"
12:20 - Dr Neil Curson, University College London, "Performing lithography using scanning probes"
13:00 - Lunch Break
13:45 - Workshop #2
15:45 - Poster Session with Tea & Coffee
16:30 - Prof Giovanni Costantini, University of Warwick, "STM of molecules at surfaces: from self-assembly to polymer sequencing"
17:30 - Prof Stefan Rauschenbach, University of Oxford, "High Resolution Imaging of Individual Macromolecules and their Assemblies via Preparative Mass Spectrometry"
19:00 - Summer School Dinner (Drinks reception at 7:00 pm, Dinner at 7:30 pm)
09:00 - Prof Phil Woodruff, University of Warwick, "Surface structure determination: some complementary methods"
10:30 - Coffee Break
11:00 - Careers Workshop with various guest speakers
13:00 - Lunch Break
14:00 - Dr Chris Nicklin, Diamond Light Source, "Surface X-ray Diffraction instrumentation, data reduction and analysis"
15:00 - Dr Rob Lindsay, University of Manchester, "Quantitative Structure Determination: Fun With Metal Oxide Surfaces"
15:00 - Closing Remarks (Chair)
There will be two techniques-based workshop sessions, focussing on (i) image analysis techniques for Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM), and (ii) data processing methods for X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). Attendees will be split between two groups, attending each session in turn.
During the careers workshop, members of the Surface Science community will talk about their career development experiences, while working in the field. Attendees will be split into small groups, on a 'round-robin' basis.
Poster abstracts will be provided to Summer School participants.