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15 November 2011

13:30 - 14:15: Registration

14:15 - 14:50: Fonda-Fasella Award: E. Miniussi - Department of physics, University of Trieste
"A link between corrugation and thermal stability of epitaxial graphene"

Chair: S. Lizzit

14:50 - 15:30: A. Morgante - CNR-IOM & University of Trieste
"Charge transfer processes in organic thin films and organic heterostructures of interest for photovoltaic applications"

15:30 – 16:10: T. Pichler - University of Vienna
"Tailoring the electronic properties of low-dimensional carbon solid"

Coffee break

16:40 – 17:20: R. Gebauer - ICTP, Trieste Italy
“A Combined Molecular Dynamics and Computational Spectroscopy Study of a Dye Sensitized Solar Cell”

17:20 – 18:00: C.A. Pignedoli - EMPA - Theory and atomistic simulation group
"Storage of Methane by van der Waals confinement: Sumanene/Ag(111) a preliminary experimental/computational study"

18:00 - 18:40: V. Palermo - ISOF-CNR - Bologna Research Area
"Graphene-organic composites as active materials and surface coatings for nanotechnology applications"

Dinner

16 November 2011

Chair: A. Baraldi

9:30 - 10:10: V. Matolin - Charles University, Prague
"Hard X- and Soft X- PES Investigation of Nanostructured PEM Fuel Cell Catalysts"

10:10 – 10:50: H. Amenitsch – Austrian Academy of Sciences
"In situ small angle X-ray scattering to reveal the formation of materials for nanoenergetics"

coffee break

11:20 – 12:00: L. Gregoratti – Sincrotrone Trieste S.c.p.A.
“Chemical imaging with the zone plate based photoemission microscope of Elettra: another step to bridge the Material Gap”

12:00 – 12:40: M. Bonchio - ITM-CNR Padova section/University of Padova
"Artificial Photosynthesis Challenges: Water Splitting at Nanostructured Interfaces"

Lunch

Chair: S. De Gironcoli

14:30 – 15:10 : G. Pacchioni - University of Milano-Bicocca
“Oxides at the nanoscale as new catalytic materials”

15:10 – 15:50: S. Fabris - CNR-IOM, DEMOCRITOS - SISSA - Theory@Elettra group
"Thermodynamic and kinetic origins of efficient water oxidation by multi-redox catalysts"

15:50 – 16:30: V. Aristov - IFW-Dresden
''"Graphene layers on commercial available cubic-SiC(001)/Si wafers: a perspective for mass production of graphene-based electronic"''

coffee break

17:00 – 17:40: A. Trovarelli - University of Udine
"Engineering of catalytic materials based on rare earth elements for energy and environmental applications"

17:40 – 18:20: M. Valant - University of Nova Gorica
“Electrocaloric effect in low dimensional oxides”

18:20 Closing remarks