Nanoscale Surface and Interfacial Dynamics

Presentations

• Imaging Singlet Fission in Pentacene Thin Films using Time- and Angle-Resolved Photoemission

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Zachary Withers

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  Authors

  • Zachary Withers

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Alexander Adler

  • Nai-Yu Tsai

  • Jianwei Ding

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Gerd Schönhense

  • Thomas Allison

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

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• DFT study on electron-transport property of a single-molecule transistor formed by long π-conjugated molecules

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 3:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 3:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Tomoya Ono

    • Kobe University

  Authors

  • Miku Furushima

    • Kobe University

  • Mitsuharu Uemoto

    • Kobe University

  • Tomoya Ono

    • Kobe University

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• Identifying Quantum Interference Effects from Joint Conductance–Thermopower Statistics

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 3:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: Nano Lett. 2024, 24, 47, 15110–15117

  Presenters

  • Justin Bergfield

    • Illinois State University

  Authors

  • Justin Bergfield

    • Illinois State University

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• Defect formation and Interfacial Characteristics in Graphene Reinforced Aluminum Matrix Composites

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Robert Mason

    • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  Authors

  • Robert Mason

    • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  • Manuka M. S. Sinharage

    • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  • Hansika Sirikumara

  • Sabrina Nilufar

  • Thushari Jayasekera

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• Interplay of spin crossover molecules plus polyaniline plus magnetic nanoparticles

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Wai Kiat Chin

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

  Authors

  • Wai Kiat Chin

    • University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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•  Room-Temperature Noble Gas Trapping in Silica Nanocages on Metal Substrates

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Kristen Burson

    • Grinnell College

  Authors

  • Kristen Burson

    • Grinnell College

  • Erik Genet

    • Grinnell College

  • Shabab Kabir

    • Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)

  • Alexandria Roy

    • Grinnell College

  • Joyce Lin

  • Jorge Boscoboinik

    • Brookhaven National Lab

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• Site and shape dependence of N-ethylcarbazole (NEC) dehydrogenation on platinum nanoparticles

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Publication: In preparation.

  Presenters

  • Sean Florez

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  Authors

  • Sean Florez

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Hendrik Heinz

    • University of Colorado, Boulder

  • Yu Huang

  • Sibo Wang

    • Chongqing University

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• Macroscopic Contact Angle Masks Molecular Complexity at Solid/Liquid Interfaces

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Abdol Hadi Mokarizadeh

    • University of Akron

  Authors

  • Abdol Hadi Mokarizadeh

    • University of Akron

  • Mesfin Tsige

    • University of Akron

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• Data-Driven Many-Body Framework for Ice Nucleation at Organic-Water Interface

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 19, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Alison Rhoads

    • University of California, San Diego

  Authors

  • Alison Rhoads

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Ruihan Zhou

  • Richa Rashmi

    • University of California San Diego

  • Francesco Paesani

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Confinement-Governed Autoionization of Nanolayered Water

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Publication: Saswata Dasgupta, Suman Saha, and Francesco Paesani, Journal of the American Chemical Society 2025 147 (29), 25167-25173, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c08273

  Presenters

  • Suman Saha

    • University of California San Diego

  Authors

  • Suman Saha

    • University of California San Diego

  • Saswata Dasgupta

    • Kansas State University

  • Francesco Paesani

    • University of California, San Diego

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• Emergent Dynamics at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces: Beyond Single Component Predictions

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Mesfin Tsige

    • University of Akron

  Authors

  • Mesfin Tsige

    • University of Akron

  • Abdol Hadi Mokarizadeh

    • University of Akron

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• Hydrogenation of Acetone to Isopropanol on β-Mo₂C (100): A First-Principles Study

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Deependra Shah

    • University of Tulsa

  Authors

  • Deependra Shah

    • University of Tulsa

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• Low-carbon hydrogen production via water-splitting-driven by piezoelectric and pyroelectric catalysis

  Oral-In-person

  March 19, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 19, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Publication: [1] S. Touili et al., Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 78, 218 (2024).
  [2] S. Touili et al., Ceram. Int. 50, 29437 (2024).
  [3] S. Touili et al., Fuel 405,136705 [2026].

  Presenters

  • Zdravko Kutnjak

    • Jozef Stefan Institute

  Authors

  • Zdravko Kutnjak

    • Jozef Stefan Institute

  • Salma Touili

  • Mimoun El Marssi

  • Daoud Mezzane

  • M'Barek Amjoud

  • Mustapha Jouiad

  • Bouchra Asbani

  • Hana Uršič

  • Brigita Rožič

    • Jozef Stefan Institute

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