International Workshop on Surface Physics:
2003: Metals on Surfaces
(IWSP-2003)

Wroclaw University 13-15 September 2003
Polanica Zdrój, Poland

organized by the
Institute of Experimental Physics
University of Wrocław








Programme and photos


Saturday, September 13, 2003

13:00 Lunch

14:00-14:10 Opening of IWSP-2003: Metals on Surfaces
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Session I, Chair: Harald Ibach
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14:10-14:55 Ugo Valbusa (Genova, Italy): Self organized growth of magnetic nanostructures
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14:55-15:40 Harald Brune (Lausanne, Switzerland): Giant magnetic anisotropies of low coordinated adatoms

15:40-16:00 Marek Przybylski (Halle, Germany): Structure and magnetism of Ni/Fe and Co/Fe bilayers epitaxially grown on GaAs(001)

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

Session II, Chair: Tien T. Tsong
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16:30-17:15 Marek Szymoński (Cracow, Poland): Chemical sensitivity in scanning probe imaging of nanostructured surfaces
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17:15-18:00 Rossitza Pentcheva (Munich, Germany): Surface phase diagrams and surface growth kinetics from first principles: beyond the (T = 0 K, p = 0 Pa) limit
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18:00-18:20 Wacek Œwięch (Urbana, Illinois, USA): Kinetic growth and epitaxy of Ag nanowires on Si(100)
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19:30 Workshop Dinner


Sunday, September 14, 2003

8:00 Breakfast

Session III, Chair: Harald Brune
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9:00-9:45 Peter Varga (Vienna, Austria): STM study on the local atomic surface structure of ultrathin Fe films and the INVAR alloy
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9:45-10:30 Herbert Pfnür (Hannover, Germany): Long range coupling of adsorbates and its modifications on anisotropic metal surfaces
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10:30-11:00 Coffee break

Session IV, Chair: Bengt I. Lundqvist
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11:00-11:45 Talat S. Rahman (Manhattan, Kansas, USA): Site selectivity in chemisorption on metal surfaces: on poisons and promoters
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11:45-12:05 Yuri Suchorski (Magdeburg, Germany): Surface reactions on a field emitter tip: bridging of the materials and pressure gap

12:05-12:25 Željko Šljivančanin (Lausanne, Switzerland): Nitrogen adsorption and dissociation on a supported iron nanocluster

12:25-12:45 Antoni Bukaluk (Bydgoszcz, Poland): Analysis of In and Ag submonolayer formation on the W(110) surface

Group photos:
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13:00 Lunch

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Session V, Chair: Mieczysław Jałochowski
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14:30-15:15 Ronan McGrath (Liverpool, UK): Quasicrystal surfaces: structure and use as templates for low-dimensional aperiodic systems
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15:15-16:00 Hiroshi Tochihara (Fukuoka, Japan): Ordered surface ternary alloys formed on Cu(001)
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16:00-16:20 Karel Mašek (Prague, Czech Republic): RHEED study of Pd/Al supported bimetallic nano-clusters

16:20-16:50 Coffee break
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Session VI, Chair: Klaus Wandelt
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16:50-17:35 Tien T. Tsong (Taipei, Taiwan, ROC): Electron and atom dynamics on W and Pb covered Si surfaces
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17:35-17:55 Jolanta M. Rogowska (Wrocław, Poland): Fractal–to-compact transition in step decorations simulated on a bcc(110) surface
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17:55-18:15 Grażyna Antczak (Urbana, Illinois, USA): W Atom Diffusion on W(110)
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19:00 Supper
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20:00-22:00 Poster session
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Monday, September 15, 2003

8:00 Breakfast

Session VII, Chair: Ugo Valbusa
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9:00-9:45 Klaus Wandelt (Bonn, Germany): Metal surface physics in liquids
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9:45-10:30 Harald Ibach (Jülich, Germany): The potential dependence of defect formation energies on surfaces in contact with an electrolyte
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10:30-11:00 Coffee break

Session VIII, Chair: Peter Varga
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11:00-11:45 Bengt I. Lundqvist (Göteborg, Sweden): Epitaxial growth on metals and 1DEG on ionic crystal
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11:45-12:05 Paola Luches (Modena, Italy): The interface between Fe and oxide surfaces

12:05-12:25 Yuri Zhukovskii (Riga, Latvia) Comparative analysis of copper and silver adhesion on the MgO substrate

12:25-12:45 E. Sondergard (Aubervilliers, France): Strain induced phase transitions in ultra thin titanium films on Al2O3(0001)

13:00 Lunch

Session IX, Chair: Herbert Pfnür
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14:30-15:15 Vladimír Matolín (Prague, Czech Republic): Reactivity of bimetallic surfaces: d- and s,p- metal interaction
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15:15-16:00 Mieczysław Jałochowski (Lublin, Poland): Tunnelling-bias dependent apparent step height oscillations in quantized ultrathin Pb films
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16:00-16:20 Gerhard Fahsold (Heidelberg, Germany): How do adsorbates contribute to thin-film dynamic conductivity?

16:20-16:50 Coffee break
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Session X, Chair: Adam Kiejna
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16:50-17:10 Giuliana Materzanini (Milan, Italy): Understanding water adsorption at metal surfaces: a First Principles study of the p(sqrt 3 x sqrt 3)R30° H2O bilayer on Ru(0001)
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17:10-17:30 Czesław Oleksy (Wrocław, Poland): SOS model of overlayer-induced faceting
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17:30-18:30 Theodore E. Madey (Piscataway, USA): Nanometer scale surface modification: Metal-induced faceting, and metal nucleation on nanotextured surfaces;
Closing remarks (T.E. Madey)
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19:00 Supper outdoors - grill
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Tuesday, September 16, 2003

8:00Breakfast

Departure from Polanica to:

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