The meeting will address challenges related to the characterization and understanding of subnanometric transition metal and metal-oxide catalysts and photo-catalysts. It will leverage the strategic position of the “COSY” network in the synthesis of atomically precise metal clusters in various environments (gas-phase, solution, within helium nanodroplets, and in biologically relevant media), their characterization via. e.g., transmission electron microscopy and state-of-the-art computational methods (ab initio, DFT and molecular dynamics). Specific topics include the design of photo-catalysts for water purification or the sunlight-induced decomposition of greenhouse gases (e.g., CO2) using transition metal and metal oxide clusters. The meeting will highlight the need to combine advanced computational tools with experimental synthesis and characterization techniques.
The meeting will be hosted at the CSIC Central Campus in Madrid. The program includes 14 lectures and 10 hot topic presentations (see agenda below). Accommodation to every participant is suggested at the nearby CSIC-Residence. We encourage the youngest researchers to present posters and deliver short flash poster presentations. It is also possible just to attend the meeting without delivering a presentation, contributing to the discussion.
Event sponsor: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (PCCP) – Royal Society of Chemistry
Event partner: GEFAM (Grupo Especializado de Física Atómica y Molecular – RSEF – RSEQ)
List of speakers
Invited Lectures (in alphabetical order)
Noelia Barrabés – TU-Wien
Wolfgang E. Ernst – Graz University of Technology
Berta Fernández Rodríguez – University of Santiago de Compostela
Alessandro Fortunelli – CNR
Leticia González – University of Vienna
Juan Carlos Hernández Garrido – University of Cádiz
Maria J. López – Universidad de Valladolid
M. Arturo López-Quintela – University of Santiago de Compostela
Lyudmila V. Moskaleva – University of the Free State
Félix G. Requejo – CONICET
Paul Scheier – University of Innsbruck
Kaido Sillar – University of Tartu
Stefan Vajda – Czech Academy of Sciences
Round Table Moderator Contribution
María Pilar de Lara-Castells – IFF-CSIC
Invited Hot Topic Presentations (in alphabetical order)
Lenard Leslie Carroll – IFF-CSIC
Daniel Farías – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Katarzyna M. Krupka – IFF-CSIC
Agnieszka Krzemińska – Łódź University of Technology
Yeha Lee – EPFL
Johannes Reichegger – University of Innsbruck
Michele Reticcioli – University of Vienna
Johanna Y. Sandoval – University of Valladolid
Robert Szoszkiewicz – University of Warsaw
Alexandre Zanchet – IFF-CSIC
Flash Poster Presentations (in alphabetical order)
Alvaro Gallego de Roa – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Estefanía Germán – University of Valladolid
Yako Irusta Salles – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Sahar Mahnaee – University of Valladolid
Edgard Alejandro Miranda Sáenz – Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Luis M. Molina – University of Valladolid
Sebastián Negrete Aragón – Centro de Física de Materiales CFM CSIC-UPV/EHU
Emma-Rose Newmeyer – Northwestern University
Junjie Shi – TU-Wien
Saeed Sovizi – University of Warsaw
Mauro Stener – University of Trieste
Martin Šulka – Slovak University of Technology
Katarína Šulková – Slovak University of Technology
Thantip Roongcharoen – CNR
Venue
The meeting will take place in the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) Central Campus. The Central Building of the CSIC Central Campus (see picture) is located at Serrano 117.
CSIC Central Campus is located in one of the most important and commercial streets of Madrid (Serrano), in the Embassies’ quarter, not far from the downtown, ten minutes walking from the Paseo de la Castellana, 30 minutes by Metro from Puerta del Sol (downtown centre) and half an hour by taxi from Madrid-Barajas airport. CSIC Central campus can be conveniently reached by Subway Line 6 (GRAY LINE), “Republica Argentina” station (exit “Joaquín Costa, pares), as depicted in the map below.
City bus (EMT) lines # 16, 19, and 51 and N1 (night service) pass by the CSIC Central Campus. Information about current fares and time tables can be obtained in the EMT web page (in Spanish). Briefly,
Bus 16: Moncloa – Avenida de Pío XII
Bus 19: Plaza de Cataluña – Plaza de Legazpi
Bus 51: Puerta del Sol – Plaza del Perú
Bus N1 (night service): Plaza de la Cibeles – Sanchinarro
From the airport:
Madrid-Barajas airport has four terminals. As described in the homepage of the airport, all terminals are conveniently connected to the Metro Subway Line 8 (PINK LINE), which ends up in “Nuevos Ministerios”, 10 min. walk from the CSIC Central Campus (see the map below). You can download the Map of the Subway Network in pdf format here.
Several bus lines run from the Madrid-Barajas airport to downtown Madrid (click here). For example, you can use the EMT Airport Express Service 24h to/from “Plaza de Cilbeles”.
Taxis are also available at Madrid-Barajas airport (about half an hour to CSIC Central Campus and a fixed rate of 30 euros).
Accommodation
Because it is located at the CSIC Central Campus, where the conference will be held, a (limited) number of rooms for invited speakers has been reserved in the Residencia de Estudiantes
Contact
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us:
Agenda
Book of Abstracts
