EXP | EMLG98

European Molecular Liquids Group

Annual Conference on
Physics of Liquids: Foundations, Highlights, Challenges

Murau, Austria, 11-16 September 1998

Program


Friday, 11 September 1998

15:30-19:00 Bus transfer from Vienna (Schwechat Airport) to Murau
19:00-20:00 Check-in
20:00-21:00 Dinner (Hotel Lercher, Hotel Brauhaus)
21:30 Get together (Hotel Lercher)

Saturday, 12 September 1998

9:00- 9:15 Opening remarks
9:15-10:05 M. Sprik Ab initio molecular dynamics simulation of molecular liquids
10:05-10:30 G. Kresse Molecular dynamics on the Born-Oppenheimer surface
10:30-10:55 V. S. Filinov Quantum dynamics and the Wigner formulation of quantum dynamics
10:55-11:20 Coffee
11:20-11:45 M. Neumann Single-particle density matrix of supercritical fluid and solid helium
11:45-12:35 R. Righini Ultrafast dynamics and relaxation in molecular liquids

12:35-14:30 Lunch (Hotel Lercher, Hotel Brauhaus)

14:30-15:20 S. Bratos Real-time studies of the OH...O motions in water
15:20-15:45 P. M. Rodger The lifetime of a hydrogen bond in aqueous carbohydrate solutions
15:45-16:10 R. Ludwig Cooperative hydrogen bonding in clusters and liquids
16:10-16:35 E. Hawlicka MD simulation of electrolyte solutions - dynamical properties
16:35-17:05 Coffee
17:05-17:30 P. Turq Thermodynamics of concentrated solutions: an MSA approach
17:30-17:55 M. Alves Marques Ionic and molecular correlations in concentrated electrolyte solutions
17:55-18:45 D. Chandler Hydrophobicity at small and large length scales: two faces of water

19:30-??:?? Reception by the Mayor of Murau, Conference Dinner (Hotel Lercher)


Sunday, 13 September 1998

9:00- 9:25 N. Agmon Primary steps in proton transfer to solvent
9:25- 9:50 K. Mizuno Hydrophobic hydration of acetone and tert-butanol probed by NMR and IR; evidence for the interaction C-H...OH2
9:50-10:40 K. Binder Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation of the glass transition of polymers
10:40-11:10 Coffee
11:10-11:35 Ch. Dellago Simulating rare events in complex systems by transition path sampling
11:35-12:00 I. Szalai New methods for the simulation of chemical equilibria in the grand- and semigrand-canonical ensembles
12:00-12:25 A. Baranyai Microscopic models of phase coexistence in nonequilibrium steady-state systems
12:25-12:50 C. Millot Modelling of liquids with potentials including distributed polarizabilities: simulation and integral equation results

12:50-14:30 Lunch (Hotel Lercher, Hotel Brauhaus)

14:30-15:20 J. B. Robert Unexpected behaviour of T1 relaxation times as a function of T in liquids and supercooled liquids
15:20-15:45 J. Kowalewski Nuclear spin relaxation in paramagnetic systems in solution. New "exact" and approximate model calculations
15:45-16:10 E. Hardy Isotope effect on the translational and rotational motion of liquid ammonia and water
16:10-16:40 Coffee
16:40-17:30 W. A. Steele Simulation studies of the translational and rotational contributions to collective time-correlation functions
17:30-17:55 R. Vallauri Collective properties of liquid HF
17:55-18:20 F. Baglin Application of the Duh-Haymet-Henderson closure of the OZ-equation to the interpretation of interaction-induced Raman light scattering of binary supercritical fluid mixtures
18:20-18:45 K. Hermansson Vibrating molecules in liquids and solids: frequency upshift or downshift?

19:30-21:30 Dinner (Hotel Brauhaus)

21:30-24:00 Poster session (Hotel Brauhaus)


Monday, 14 September 1998

9:00- 9:50 M. P. Allen Simulations and theories of liquid crystals
9:50-10:15 H. Nomura Temperature and admixture dependence of translation-orientation coupling parameters of isotropic liquid crystals
10:15-10:40 D. J. Cleaver Computer simulation of liquid crystal films
10:40-11:10 Coffee
11:10-12:00 R. Blinc Solitons in liquid crystals

12:00-14:00 Lunch (Hotel Lercher, Hotel Brauhaus)
13:30-19:00 Excursion to Magdalensberg and Hochosterwitz
20:00-21:30 Dinner (Hotel Lercher)

21:30-23:00 Meeting of the International Advisory Committee (Hotel Lercher)


Tuesday, 15 September 1998

9:00- 9:50 J. C. Dore Structural studies of water and cyclohexane in confined geometry using neutron scattering techniques
9:50-10:15 V. A. Levchenko Orientational ordering in wall-adjacent layers of 2,6-lutidine near quartz surfaces modified by carbon
10:15-10:40 M. Rovere Modifications of the hydrogen-bond network of liquid water confined in a cylindrical silica pore
10:40-11:10 Coffee
11:10-11:35 J. Oberbrodhage The formation of micelles at the interface polar/unpolar investigated by electron spectroscopy and MD simulations
11:35-12:00 H. Abramczyk Raman spectroscopic studies of relaxation processes of biphenyl derivatives

12:00-14:30 Lunch (Hotel Lercher, Hotel Brauhaus)

14:30-14:55 M. G. Giorgini The noncoincidence effect in highly diluted DMFA/CCl4 binary mixtures
14:55-15:20 W. Schröer Criticality near the liquid-liquid phase transition of ionic solutions
15:20-15:45 I. Nezbeda Simple models of associated fluids: From understanding to applications
15:45-16:10 Coffee
16:10-16:35 E. Wilhelm Thermodynamics of dilute liquid nonelectrolyte solutions: Selected aspects
16:35-17:00 J. Fischer Thermodynamics of alternative refrigerants: Influence of quadrupolar interactions

17:30-??:?? Applied Physics and Chemistry: Guided tour of the Brewery, followed by a Styrian Dinner at the Brewery

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20:30-??:?? Poster prize (Hotel Brauhaus)


Wednesday, 16 September 1998

9:00- 9:50 B. Smit Simulating the adsorption of hydrocarbon mixtures in zeolites
9:50-10:40 F. H. Ree Influence of chemical reactions on supercritical fluid-fluid phase separations
10:40-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:00 General Meeting of the EMLG

12:30-??:?? Bus transfer from Murau to Vienna (Schwechat Airport); lunch bags in bus
13:00-??:?? Lunch (Hotel Lercher, Hotel Brauhaus)


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