Dear colleagues,
  
The June 15 registration and poster abstract submission deadline for the International Workshop on

                 DELOCALIZED ELECTRONS IN ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR NANOCLUSTERS

 — July 22-28, 2016, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Sicily (an XLIC COST Action, CM1204, workshop) —   is approaching.  Detailed information can be found at http://physics.usc.edu/deamn16

  
 PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP
 A wide range of important effects in nanoscience are connected with the presence and behavior of delocalized and mobile electrons.  Nanoclusters, as important testbed systems for exploring and developing quantum size effects, novel materials, and reaction pathways exhibit a range of phenomena which are highly sensitive to delocalized electrons’ mobility, screening, response, direct and exchange interactions, correlations, etc.  However, these phenomena are frequently discussed in non-overlapping venues, and the aim of the present workshop is to bring together researchers in adjacent fields to examine recent and future developments.  To keep the discussion focused, it will concentrate on free clusters and related systems.

  
 TOPICS
 Fundamental quantum phenomena                  General shell effects
 Ionization and collective states                        Molecular and ionic nanoclusters
 Nanomagnetism                                             Optical properties
 Quantum fluid clusters                                    Solvated electrons
 Storage rings and traps                                   Other related topics


 PROGRAM
 The program will include oral presentations, a poster session and ample free time for individual discussions.  It is especially hoped that graduate and diploma students, postdoctoral fellows, and anyone who is interested in the interdisciplinary richness of the subject will be able to attend the Workshop.


 INVITED SPEAKERS

 Rodolphe Antoine (University of Lyon)
 Ligand-protected gold and silver nanoclusters: Towards a new class of nonlinear optics nanomaterials

 Markus Arndt (University of Vienna)
 Matter-wave interferometry with organic clusters and biomolecules

 Toshiyuki Azuma (RIKEN)
 Recurrent fluorescence: Fast cooling mechanism of clusters and molecules

 Giorgio Benedek (University of Milano-Bicocca)
 Collective excitations of helium droplets observed via molecular spectroscopy

 Kit Bowen (Johns Hopkins University)
 Dipole bound anions, quadrupole bound anions, double Rydberg electrons

 Henrik Cederquist (Stockholm University)
 Fragmentation of molecular clusters in collisions with ions and atoms

 Juraj Fedor (Heyrovský Institute)
 Self-scavenging of electrons in clusters and its role in chemical synthesis

 Gleb Gribakin (Queen's University Belfast)
 Quantum chaos in excited electronic states of heavy open-shell atoms and ions

 Hannu Häkkinen (University of Jyväskylä)
 How many atoms make gold metal?

 Walter de Heer (Georgia Institute of Technology)
 A new look at ferromagnetism in 3D transition metal clusters

 Bernd von Issendorff (University of Freiburg)
 Photoelectron spectroscopy of simple and not so simple metal clusters

 Koblar Alan Jackson (Central Michigan University)
 Polarizability and metallicity in silicon clusters

 Franck Lepine (University of Lyon)
 Attosecond and femtosecond XUV induced dynamics in carbon based large molecules using electron momentum spectroscopy

 Andreas Mauracher (University of Innsbruck)
 Charge transfer reactions in helium droplets: Theory and experiment

 Catalin Miron (Extreme Light Infrastructure)
 Short wavelength radiation-matter interaction: A playground for fundamental phenomena

 Gianfranco Pacchioni (University of Milano-Bicocca)
 Nature and consequences of electron localization or delocalization in oxide nanoparticles

 Mark Pederson (Johns Hopkins University)
 Fermi-Lowdin-orbital self interaction corrections for applications of  DFT to molecules and clusters

 Jan Michael Rost (Max-Planck Institute, Dresden)
 From illumination with midinfrared to x-ray pulses: The changing role of the nanoplasma in clusters and large molecules.

 Lutz Schweikhard  (University of Greifswald)
 Trapped polyanionic clusters

 Petr Slavíček (University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague)
 Structure and dynamics of hydrated electron: Computational perspective

 Frank Stienkemaier (University of Freiburg)
 Superradiance, singlet fission and triplet annihilation processes of organic molecules attached to rare gas clusters

 Lai-Sheng Wang (Brown University)
 Electron delocalization in size-selected boron clusters: From planar structures to borophenes and borospherenes

 Thomas Zeuch (University of Göttingen)
 Sodium doped water clusters: From solvated electrons to the smallest ice crystals

  
 APPLICATIONS
 Persons wishing to attend the Workshop are requested to submit an application (and an abstract, if they wish to present a poster) by electronic mail, <[log in to unmask]>, to the directors, Profs. V. V. Kresin and K. Hansen, following the instructions on the workshop registration page http://physics.usc.edu/deamn16/Registration.htm 


 REGISTRATION AND FEES
 Registration and travel information and forms are also provided on the aforementioned registration page.  Not only is Erice a comfortable, convenient and charming location, but the Centre makes it possible to offer a single all-inclusive participation fee which includes lodging and all meals in local restaurants. 

  

 STUDENTS AND POSTDOC SUPPORT
 - Partial support is available for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, considered on a "first come-first served" basis.
 - Students and postdocs from XLIC COST member groups are eligible for full or partial travel expense reimbursement, with up to two reimbursements per institution. Reimbursements will be processed after the meeting.  Important: In order to ensure funding is available for the refund, you will need to get acceptance from the organizers before the workshop.
 - Graduate students and postdocs from the U.S. may be eligible for full or partial waiver of the registration fee, depending on the number of applicants, also on a "first come-first served" basis.  A brief request for support from the research advisor should be e-mailed to the workshop directors.

 To qualify for any of the above, the participant must present a poster at the workshop.  For all requests and inquiries, the contact deadline is June 15, 2016. 
 In recognition of the time involved in securing the expenses not covered by the aforementioned support, applicants will only be charged the early-registration rate, but must fully register before the deadline of June 15.

  
 If you have any questions, please consult the workshop’s web page or e-mail [log in to unmask]  We hope to see you in Erice.


 Directors of the Workshop:
 Vitaly Kresin, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
 Klavs Hansen, University of Gothenburg

  Advisory Committee:
 Kit Bowen, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
 Michal Fárník, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague

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