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abstract: The conference is designed as a discussion forum to outline and trigger present and future research in the field of femtosecond dynamics at surfaces. Invited talks will give an overview but also cover new frontiers in the field of ultrafast surface dynamics. Contributed oral presentations are planned with ample time for questions and answers. Poster presentations will be held in the evenings. There will be no parallel sessions. Students are encouraged to participate at reduced conference fees.

abstract: High temperature science has become an inherently interdisciplinary field, involving researchers from chemistry, materials science, physics, geology, and various engineering fields. Thus over the years the conference has evolved, and in 1998 the name was changed to “High Temperature Materials, Processes, and Diagnostics” to reflect current critical research interests in high temperature science. The development of high temperature metals, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and composites is necessary for many advanced energy conversion concepts. Many large research groups are focused specifically on high temperature materials. The dramatic growth of computational modeling tools from atomistic to the continuum scales has had a big impact on this research and the conference includes sessions on these techniques. The term "processes" in the conference title encompasses chemical changes, physical changes, as well as materials preparation. Another growth area in high temperature science is the development of sophisticated analytical techniques specifically for high temperature systems and recent conferences have included presentations on these methods.

abstract: The conference aims to bring people together working with Liquid Crystals and their interaction with light.

abstract: The 8th symposium will continue the tradition and bring together chemists, physicists and engineers to discuss recent developments in the field of ?-conjugated matter.

abstract: The 7th World Surfactants Congress will take place in Paris in June 2008 and will bring together manufacturers, suppliers, as well as main users, thus facilitating joint discussions on the path for the future of the industry.

abstract: Since 2001, there has been an explosive growth of scientific interest in the role of plasmons in optical phenomena including guided-wave propagation and imaging at the subwavelength scale, nonlinear spectroscopy and negative index metamaterials. The unusual dispersion properties of metals near the plasmon resonance enables excitation of surface modes and resonant modes in nanostructures that access a very large range of wavevectors over a narrow frequency range, and accordingly, resonant plasmon excitation allows for light localization in ultra-small volumes. This feature constitutes a critical design principle for light localization below the free space wavelength and opens the path to truly nanoscale plasmonic optical devices. This principle, combined with quantitative electromagnetic simulation methods and a broad portfolio of established and emerging nanofabrication methods creates the conditions for dramatic scientific progress and a new class of subwavelength optical components.

abstract: The Annual Meeting of The Society of Rheology is held in mid-October. The meetings ordinarily last three to four days and are open to both members and non-members.

abstract: Probing the Nanometer Scale with Neutrons, Photons and Muons

abstract: International Conferences on Inorganic Membranes (ICIMs) are biennial international conferences devoted exclusively to the science and technology of inorganic membranes. ICIMs are the premier venue for reporting and discussing the latest developments in inorganic membrane research and development. The 10th conference, ICIM10, will continue this tradition with oral and poster presentations on the most recent advances in all aspects of inorganic membrane science and technology. The Organizing Committee cordially invites you to Tokyo to attend and participate in this must-attend meeting of the inorganic membrane community.

abstract: HWCVD-5 is a forum devoted to the advancement of HWCVD. The alternative names of catalytic CVD (Cat-CVD), initiated CVD (iCVD), and Hot Filament CVD (HFCVD) reflect the diversity of fields that have been impacted by this technology. The Cambridge/Boston area offers a multitude of activities to sample and enjoy and is a wonderful location to continue the spirit of international cooperation established at previous HWCVD conferences. The conference will provide numerous opportunities for networking among academic and industrial attendees.

abstract: Organisées tous les deux ans sous l’égide de la Société Française de Physique et de sa division de la Matière Condensée, ces journées sont devenues un des plus importants rassemblements de physiciens en France puisqu’elles attirent régulièrement plus de 700 participants. Les JMC ont pour objectif de réunir les chercheurs pour exposer l'état de l'art et les progrès les plus marquants dans tous les domaines de la matière condensée, des lois fondamentales aux applications.

abstract: The IUCr is the only truly international organization promoting crystallography, and the General Assembly and Congress is held every three years. The Congress is organized jointly by the Crystallographic Society of Japan (CrSJ) and the Science Council of Japan.

abstract: This Conference will be devoted to the rapidly progressing science and technology of graphene (atomically thin layer of graphite) and ultra-thin graphitic films. It will encompass investigations of electronic properties of graphene, modeling of its band structure and mechanical properties, growth methods, and preparation techniques of graphene-based field-effect transistors (GraFET’s).

abstract: The 9th European Conference on Applications of Polar Dielectrics (ECAPD) will be held in Roma, Italy, from tuesday August 26th to friday August 29th 2008. ECAPD is the principal european and international forum where the latest research and technological advances in the field of polar dielectric materials are being presented and discussed. The conference is the ninth in a series that started in Zürich (Switzerland) in 1988 and was followed by the editions in London (UK) in 1992, Bled (Slovenia) in 1996, Montreux (Switzerland) in 1998, Jurmala (Latvia) in 2000, Aveiro (Portugal) in 2002, Liberec (Czech Republic) in 2004, and Metz (France) in 2006. The objective of ECAPD’9 is to achieve international and interdisciplinary exchange of information and cooperation among researchers in academia, government laboratories, and industries, and to stimulate growth in the field of polar dielectric materials and applications.

abstract: Water is perhaps the most important chemical substance known. Without it, the very existence of life would be questionable. Yet its detailed structure and behaviour in the condensed phase and the interfaces between the condensed phase and its environment remain somewhat controversial:

Recent X-ray absorption studies on liquid water have been interpreted in terms of rings and chains of water molecules that other techniques, both theoretical and empirical, have failed to observe.

The structure of water layers at metal surfaces remains a topic of considerable debate since high quality quantum chemical calculations indicated a mixed water/hydroxyl layer could be used to interpret structural observations on ice layers on ruthenium while spectroscopic observations provided no evidence for such a mixed adlayer

While the gas phase water cluster community has provided detailed experimental and theoretical pictures of the behaviour of small water clusters, the problem remains that none of the existing interaction potentials for water can adequately describe its phase and interface behaviour fully.

Indeed as ever more sophisticated and novel experimental and theoretical tools are applied to the study of bulk liquid water and ice and its interfaces, it is becoming increasingly clear that this disparate information could heat the debate on the phase and interface behaviour of water rather than cool it!

abstract: The objective of the conference is to provide a forum for academic and industrial researchers to meet and exchange valuable experiences in the field of thermophysical properties of a wide variety of systems covering fluids and solids.

abstract: Transfer of Knowledge Workshop in Krakow, Poland, should help in fundamental understanding of the phenomena of spin momentum transfer effects. The latest investigations in the field of spin current induced magnetoeffects with emphasis on high frequency and ultrafast switching aspects should contrive to develop the novel model structures of technical devices for applications such as MRAMs, magnetic sensors, magnetic logic and other high frequency devices. This Workshop should help both the scholars and users transfer the knowledge between the research centers, researchers - especially from the New Member States and Associated Countries - and industrial companies, and support investments in MRAMs, Advanced Logic, Sensors and Spintronics and to disseminate the results of their scientific work.

The Workshop is FREE of charge for all pariticipants!!!

abstract: LEEM-PEEM is a biennial meeting reviewing the status of LEEM, PEEM, SPLEEM, XPEEM and related techniques. It aims at promoting and disseminating applications of cathode lens microscopy to a broad audience of interested scientists. The workshop will highlight the most recent scientific advances as well as instrumental developments. Topics will cover thin films, steps on surfaces, magnetism, time resolved LEEM/PEEM, surface science, nanostructures, two-photon photoemission, applications of XPEEM in biology, geology and medicine and other subject areas.

abstract: Conference covering all aspects of frustrated magnetism, spin liquids, ordering of geometrically frustrated magnets, itinerant frustrated systems and novel superconductivity, exotic phenomena due to macroscopic degeneracy.

abstract: ODF-08 is an international forum for the engineers and scientists in field of Optics-photonics Design and Fabrication to exchange their ideas and achievements for the future mutual progress.

abstract: ICPEPA-6 will bring together researchers from many countries involved in experimental, theoretical, and computational investigations in the general area of photon-assisted material processing. In addition to the traditional areas of laser-matter interaction, modeling and simulation of photo-excited processes, laser-assisted film deposition and surface processing, the topics emphasized in the program of ICPEPA-6 include laser interactions with biomolecules, 3-D photofabrication, and laser applications in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and industry.

abstract: The aim of this Summer School is to provide graduate students, post docs, and last year undergraduates with exceptional marks and motivation for physics, of a general introductory overview of some of the most exciting topical developments on Condensed Matter and Nanoscopic Physics. The Summer School will consist on a series of introductory lectures given by internationally recognized leading experts.

abstract: IEEE Symposium on Electrets provide international forum for exchange of information on the latest advances in the fundamental research and industrial applications of electrets. The symposia are held every three years in various parts of the world.

abstract: The Congress is organized by the Virtual Institute for Artificial Electromagnetic Materials and Metamaterials - METAMORPHOSE VI AISBL and encompasses a Conference and European Doctoral School. The conference aims to address a wide area of research related to metamaterials, artificial electromagnetic materials and surfaces in the microwave and optical ranges, encompassing general theory, design, applications, fabrication and measurements.

abstract: The Congress is organized by the Virtual Institute for Artificial Electromagnetic Materials and Metamaterials - METAMORPHOSE VI AISBL and encompasses a Conference and European Doctoral School. The conference aims to address a wide area of research related to metamaterials, artificial electromagnetic materials and surfaces in the microwave and optical ranges, encompassing general theory, design, applications, fabrication and measurements.

abstract: Vortragsveranstaltung für Unternehmen, eingeladene Vorträge, begleitende Industrieausstellung. Es geht dabei zentral um die Werkzeugschneide in allen Aspekten.

abstract: The conference provides a forum for presentations of research work across the full range of condensed matter physics to a wide international audience. It is held every two years since the very first one held in Antwerp in 1980.

abstract: General aim of PHYEM’08 is to review the advances in condensed matter physics as a basis of electronic materials science and electronics.

abstract: MS&T’08 addresses eight diverse themes to cover the breadth of materials science and engineering. Symposia Topics:

* ELECTRONIC and MAGNETIC MATERIALS

* ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENERGY ISSUES

* FUNDAMENTALS and CHARACTERIZATION

* IRON AND STEEL

* MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS

* NANOTECHNOLOGY

* PROCESSING and PRODUCT MANUFACTURING

* SPECIAL TOPICS

abstract: MOLTEN2008 is organized to provide an international forum for “knowledge pool” on subjects involving slags, fluxes and salts, both in ferrous as well as non ferrous metal production, glass technology, welding etc. It is aimed that the technologists and academia can discuss recent innovations and developments related to metal production, fundamental aspects, process optimization and recycling and utilization of byproducts.

abstract: 2008 Joint Symposium on Molten Salts aims to bring together chemists and engineers from academics and industry in a productive, manageable ambience for molten salts and ionic liquids. The scope of the symposium ranges from advanced preparation techniques to resulting new properties and industrial applications.

abstract: This meeting will cover emerging research in plasmonics and metamaterials.

abstract: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces and Processing

abstract: The general subject of the meeting is the electrical modeling, design, analysis, and characterization of electronic interconnections and packaging structures. The goal is to be the leading conference dealing with advanced and emerging issues in electrical design of interconnect structures and assurance of Signal Integrity

abstract: The 11th Asian Workshop on First-Principles Electronic Structure Calculations (ASIAN11) will be held at the National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung of Taiwan on Nov. 3~5, 2008 and will be preceded by two pre-workshop lectures on Quantum Monte Carlo given by professor Claudia Fillipi on the afternoon prior to the workshop.

This workshop is an annual series beginning in 1998 to provide a forum for discussing all important issues in physics, chemistry, biology and materials science using first-principles electronic structure calculations. The primary purpose of the workshop is to offer an opportunity for exchanging ideas and enjoying in-depth discussion on the methodology and its applications as well as promoting collaborations between participants. The majority of the participants are expected to come from Asia while scientists from other regions are also very welcome. Every time three to five leading scientists from outside of Asia are invited. Following the last Asian Workshop held in Hiroshima University, there will be a competition for the best posters.

abstract: The International Conference on Thin Films is by far the most complete event for bringing together the scientific and technological community active in the field of coatings and thin films. It is one of the tri-annual conference series endorsed and co-organised by the Thin Film Division of the International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications “IUVSTA”.

abstract: The conference Unifying concepts in glass physics IV will be held in Kyoto during November 25-28, 2008. This conference is the fourth edition of a series, held previously in Trieste in 1999, Rome in 2002 and Bangalore in 2004. Continuing the spirit of the previous editions, the focus of the conference will be put on universal aspects in the behavior of glassy systems. Topics covered will include theoretical studies of glass transition, experimental and computational studies of dynamics in the super cooled liquid and glassy states as well as other glassy systems such as spin glasses, colloidal glasses, gels and proteins.