SURFACE CANADA '95

The XVth Canadian Conference on Surface Science
Special Symposium: Celebrating 25 years of Progress in Surface Science

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
May 25-27, 1995
Organized by the University of Waterloo

Important deadlines
Registration : February 24, 1995
Abstract : March 24, 1995

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT - CALL FOR PAPERS

SURFACE CANADA '95

The XVth Canadian Conference on Surface Science - SURFACE CANADA '95 will be held at the University of Waterloo on May 25 (Thursday) to 27 (Saturday), 1995. The conference is the biennial meeting of the Division of Surface Science (DSS) of the Canadian S ociety for Chemistry (CSC) and the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and provides a forum for topics of current interest in experimental and theoretical surface science, both of fundamental and applied nature. SURFACE CANADA '95 will feature a ser ies of wide-ranging talks on a variety of selected topics, and will be marked by a Special Symposium, organized for the afternoon of May 26, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Progress in Surface Science. (The plenary and invited talks will be publishe d in Volume 50 of Progress in Surface Science.) The conference immediately precedes the annual CSC meeting to be held in Guelph (May 28 - June 1), which features "satellite" symposia on Electrochemical Surface Science and on Surface and Interface Applica tions of Synchrotron Radiation.

Scientific Program

The present list of confirmed speakers includes:

Plenary lectures

Gabor Somorjai, Berkeley, USA
Progress in our understanding of structure, bonding and reactivity of metal surfaces and adsorbed monolayers on the molecular level: A 25 year perspective
Franz Himpsel, IBM - Yorktown Heights, USA
Surface and interface analysis at 3rd generation synchrotron light sources
Charles Duke, Xerox - Webster, USA
Semiconductor surface structures: Results, general principles, and scaling laws

Catalysis and metal surfaces

Al Slavin, Trent, Canada
Growth modes of thin metal films on metal substrates
Peter Norton, Western Ontario, Canada
Kinetics and chemistry in thin film growth at metal surfaces
John Inglesfield, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Theory of image states at magnetic surfaces
Tom Ellis, Montreal, Canada
Water at surfaces: What can we learn from vibrational spectroscopy?

Semiconductor and nano-scale surfaces

Dan Thomas, Guelph, Canada
The chemical etching of silicon: Smooth, rough and glowing surfaces
Derek Houghton, IMS-NRC, Canada
Semiconductor epitaxy at NRC: From surface waves to strained multi-quantum well lasers

Soft surfaces: "Smart" or natural

Giacinto Scoles, Princeton, USA
Real and reciprocal imaging of long chain thiol monolayers self-assembled on gold "single crystals"
Edward Sacher, Ecole Polytech., Canada
Adhesive bonding to human dentin
Myer Bloom, British Columbia, Canada
The physics of the soft surfaces of natural materials

Technological surfaces

Frank Shepherd, Bell-Northern Research - Ottawa, Canada
Observation of airborne contamination on semiconductor wafers sourced by humidification plant additives
Ian Cody, Imperial Oil - Sarnia, Canada
The role of acidity in industrial catalysts

Special Symposium: Celebrating 25 years of Progress in Surface Science

Ti Tien, Michigan State, USA
Self-assembled bilayer lipid membranes: From mimicking biomembranes to practical biosensor applications
Maria Steslicka, Wroclaw, Poland
Electronic surface states in semiconductor superlattices
John Pendry, Imperial College, UK
Energy loss by charged particles in complex media
Victor Henrich, Yale, USA
Metal-oxide surfaces
Al Czanderna, NREL, USA
Weak interactions between deposited metal overlayers and organic functional groups of self-assembled monolayers
Igor Bartos, Academy of Science, Czech Republic
Edges of two-dimensional electron systems under strong magnetic fields

Call for Contributed Papers

Contributed papers are requested on all fundamental and applied aspects of experimental and theoretical surface science. A book of abstracts of all contributions will be distributed to registrants at the time of arrival. The majority of the contributed papers will be presented as posters, which will be the main medium of the conference, and are all qualified for the competition for the newly introduced Best Poster Award. A very limited number of papers will be selected from the submitted abstracts to b e presented as talks on the basis of general interest and established protocol used in previous meetings. Authors wishing to contribute a paper are requested to submit two copies of one camera-ready (laser-printed or type-written but not dot-matrix-print ed), letter-size page (8.5" x 11") abstract with the following format: 1.5" margins all around, minimal font size of 12 points or greater, and line spacing of no more than 6 lines per inch (or single-spaced). The title should be in bold face. The deadli ne for receiving abstracts is March 24, 1995.

Call for Nomination of Best Student Presentation

Graduate students are strongly encouraged to participate in the conference and take part in the competition for the J. P. Hobson Award, which is presented for the best student oral presentation. Interested students should submit a detailed one-page abstra ct (as discussed above), along with a nomination letter from their supervisor. From the collected entries, the executives of the DSS will select 6-8 finalists to make the oral presentations in a special afternoon session. The winner will receive a cash prize.

Registration

The registration fee (in Canadian dollars) includes three lunches and the conference banquet.
On or before February 24, 1995
After Feb 24, 1995 - Add $50 to the above.

Cheque or money order should be made payable to "SURFACE CANADA '95/University of Waterloo". Please return the registration form along with the payment to the Conference Secretary:
Heather Hergott, Chemistry Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, CANADA.

Accommodations

Blocks of rooms have been reserved in the student residence, Village II, located at the west corner of the campus, as well as in two nearby (<3 km) motels/hotels. The rates (including 12% tax) for single (s) and double (d) occupancy are:
Please call Village II or the hotel of your choice directly for reservations (indicate SURFACE CANADA '95). As only a limited number of rooms are available at these rates, and will be given on a first-come first-serve basis, please be sure to book early and definitely before March 24, 1995.

Travel to the University of Waterloo

The University of Waterloo is located on a picturesque 400 hectare campus in the city of Waterloo, about 100 km west of Toronto. Airways Transit provides regular door-to-door shuttle service between Waterloo and Toronto's Pearson International Airport. Please specify SURFACE CANADA '95 to receive the conference rate ($24) when making reservations by phone (519-886-2121). Reservations must be made before March 24, 1995. Airways Transit desks are located in the Ground Transportation booths on the Arriva ls levels of the three terminals. The University can be easily accessed from Hwy 401 by taking the Kitchener/Waterloo exit, #278 (Hwy 8 West). After ~8 km, exit right (at Hwy 7 East) onto Conestoga Parkway (Hwy 86) to Waterloo. After another 8 km on Hwy 86, take University Ave West exit to the campus (~4 km).

For further information

Please contact one of the following organizers:
Tong Leung (Tong@UWaterloo.CA)
Syd Davison (SGDavison@UWaterloo.CA), and
Wing-Ki Liu (WKLiu@UWaterloo.CA), or the

Conference Secretary: Heather Hergott
Chemistry Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, CANADA
E-mail: HHergott@UWaterloo.CA
Fax: 519-746-0435; Tel: 519-888-4567 ext. 3785

Sponsors

Division of Surface Science, CSC and CAP;
Faculty of Mathematics and Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo); and
Pergamon - Elsevier Science.

Last update: 6-Mar-95, Tong