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Preliminary Program

2001 Gordon Research Conference on Hydrogen-Metal Systems

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Connecticut College
New London, Connecticut U.S.A
July 8 - 13, 2001

Chairs: Mei-Yin Chou and Peter Vajda
Vice Chairs: Michael Baskes and Annick Percheron-Guegan


July 8 July 9 July 10
July 11 July 12  

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SUNDAY, JULY 8
2:00 pm-11:00 pm Arrival & Registration
6:00 pm Dinner

Hydrogen in Magnetic Materials

Discussion leader: Michele Gupta, University of Orsay, France

7:30 pm-8:15 pm Olivier Isnard, CNRS, Grenoble, France
Hydrogen in Hard Magnetic Materials Based on Rare-Earth and Iron
8:15 pm-8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm-9:15 pm Henryk Figiel, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Crakow, Poland
Hydrogen Induced Magnetic and Structural Transformations in Mn-Based Laves Phase Compounds
9:15 pm-9:30 pm Discussion
9:30 pm-11:00 pm Welcome reception
 
MONDAY, JULY 9
7:30 am-8:30 am Breakfast

Hydrogen Induced Lattice Defects

Discussion leader: Evan Gray, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia

9:00 am-9:45 am Jean-Marc Joubert, CNRS, Thiais, France
Hydrogen Induced Defects in LaNi5 Type Compounds
9:45 am-10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am-10:45 am Yumiko Nakamura, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, Tsukuba, Japan
Effect of Hydrogen Absorption on the Lattice Structure in LaNi5-based Alloys
10:45 am-11:00 Discussion
11:00 am-11:30 am Coffee Break

Discussion leader: Yuh Fukai, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan

11:30 am-12:15 pm Yasuharu Shirai, Osaka University, Japan
Positron Annihilation Study of Lattice Defects Induced by Hydrogen Absorption
12:15 pm-12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pm-1:30 pm Conference Photo and Lunch
 

Poster Session I

4:30 pm-6:00 pm Poster Chair: Michael Baskes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
6:00 pm Dinner
 

Hydrogen on Surfaces

Discussion leader: D. Keith Ross, University of Salford, United Kingdom

7:30 pm-8:15 pm Moshe Mintz, Nuclear Research Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
The Precipitation and Growth Processes of Hydrides on Metallic Surfaces
8:15 pm-8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm-9:15 pm Kazuyuki Ueda, Toyota Technological Institute, Nagoya, Japan
Two-Dimensional Hydrogen Analysis on Solid Surfaces by Electron-Stimulated Desorption Microscopy
9:15 pm-9:30 pm Discussion
 
TUESDAY, JULY 10
7:30 am-8:30 am Breakfast

Switchable Optical Properties of Hydrides

Discussion leader: Björgvin Hjörvarsson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

9:00 am-9:35 am Ronald Griessen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Electrical and Optical Properties of Switchable Mirrors
9:35 am-9:50 am Discussion
9:50 am-10:25 am Peter van Gelderen, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Parameter-Free Quasiparticle Calculations for YH3
10:25 am-10:40 am Discussion
10:40 am-11:00 am Coffee Break

Discussion leader: Terrence J. Udovic,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

11:00 am-11:35 am Thomas Richardson, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA
Switchable Optical Properties in Mg-Ni Hydrides
11:35 am-11:50 am Discussion
11:50 am-12:15 pm Martin Ouwerkerk, Philips Research, The Netherlands
Electrochemical Hydrogen Storage Properties of Magnesium-Scandium Hydride Thin Films and Powders
12:15 pm-12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch
6:00 pm Dinner

Hydrogen Detection Techniques

Discussion leader: John J. Rush,
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA

7:30 pm-8:15 pm Richard Lindstrom, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA
Standard Materials and Neutron Methods for Trace Hydrogen Analysis
8:15 pm-8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm-9:15 pm Fredy Gygax, ETH Zurich, Switzerlandbr> The Light Hydrogen mu+ and muSR Studies of M-H Systems
9:15 pm-9:30 pm Discussion
 
WEDNESDAY, JULY 11
7:30 am-8:30 am Breakfast

New Hydrogen Storage Systems

Discussion leader: Gary Sandrock, SunaTech, Inc., Ringwood, New Jersey, USA

9:00 am-9:45 am Etsuo Akiba, National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, Tsukuba, Japan
Hydrogen Absorption by Laves Phase Related BCC Alloys
9:45 am-10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am-10:45 am Peter van Gelderen, Karim Kadir, Stockholm University, Sweden
Structural Investigation and Hydrogen Storage Capacity of New Intermetallic Compounds
10:45 am-11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am-11:30 am Coffee Break

Hydrogen in Novel Materials

Discussion leader: Louis Schlapbach,
University of Fribourg, Switzerland

11:30 am-12:15 pm Channing Ahn, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Hydrogen Adsorption and Desorption in Novel Carbon Materials
12:15 pm-12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch

Poster Session II

4:30 pm-6:00 pm Poster Chair: Michael Baskes, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA
6:00 pm Dinner

Quantum Motion of Hydrogen

Discussion leader: Rosario Cantelli,
Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy

7:30 pm-8:15 pm Vladimir E. Antonov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Quantum Motion of Hydrogen in d-Metals
8:15 pm-8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm-9:15 pm Lincoln Lauhon, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA Observing the Quantum Tunneling of Single Hydrogen Atoms with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope
9:15 pm-9:30 pm Discussion
 
THURSDAY, JULY 12
7:30 am-8:30 am Breakfast

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Hydrogen Diffusion

Discussion leader: Alexander Skripov, Urals Branch of the Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia

8:30 am-9:15 am Mark Conradi, Washington University, St. Louis, USA
NMR of the Layered Hydride Compound ZrBe2Dx
9:15 am-10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am-10:45 am Colin Sholl, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
Nuclear Spin Relaxation and Diffusion in Metal-Hydrogen Systems
10:45 am-11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am-11:30 am Coffee Break

Discussion leader: Gunter Majer,
Max-Planck-Institut fur Metallforschung, Stuttgart, Germany

11:30 am-12:15 pm Peter Herzig, University of Vienna, Austria
Electric-Field Gradients in Metal Deuterides
12:15 pm-12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pm-1:30 pm Lunch
6:00 pm Dinner

Hydrogen in Thin Films

Discussion leader: Robert Leisure,
Colorado State University, USA

7:30 pm-8:15 pm Astrid Pundt, Universitat Gottingen, Germany
Hydrogen Induced Lattice Deformation in Thin Films
8:15 pm-8:30 pm Discussion

General Interest Lecture

Discussion leader: Ted Flanagan,
University of Vermont, USA

8:30 pm-9:15 pm Robert Bowman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA
Exotic Properties and Applications of Metal Hydrides - A Personal View
9:15 pm-9:30 pm Discussion
 
FRIDAY, JULY 13
7:30 am-8:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Bus departure
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