U.S.-Japan Joint Seminar: Mesoscopic Phenomena on Surfaces

9909756Tson该奖项支持美国科学家参加将于2000年春季在犹他州帕克城举行的美日表面介观现象研讨会。联合组织者是亚利桑那州立大学的Ignatius TSong教授和日本名古屋大学的Ayahiko Ichiiya教授。介观尺度上的物理和化学产生了丰富多样的热力学、动力学、结构、电子和磁现象。介观尺度上的工程带来了严重的技术挑战。研讨会的目的是充分探讨发生在固体表面的介观现象所面临的理论和实验所面临的所有关键问题。连续介质模型不能很好地描述介观系统，而且对于微观第一原理方法来说，介观系统太大了。这些都是需要新的理论方法的问题。鉴于这一领域不断涌现的令人振奋的新领域及其在新世纪的巨大增长潜力，举办一次专题研讨会来讨论研究和理解发生在表面上的介观现象所面临的关键问题是及时的。研讨会组织者做出了特别努力，让年轻的研究人员既作为参与者又作为观察员。与日本专家在这一领域交换想法和数据将使美国参与者能够推进他们自己的工作，并将为未来的合作项目奠定基础。研讨会会议的传播计划包括在国际期刊《表面评论和通讯》上发表文章。

9909756TsongThis award supports the participation of American scientists in a U.S.-Japan seminar on Mesoscopic Phenomena on Surfaces, to be held in Park City, Utah, in the spring of 2000. The co-organizers are Professors Ignatius Tsong at Arizona State University and Professor Ayahiko Ichimiya at Nagoya University in Japan. Physics and chemistry at mesoscopic length scales produce a rich variety of thermodynamic, kinetic, structural, electronic and magnetic phenomena. Engineering on the mesoscopic scale poses serious technical challenges. The purpose of the seminar is to explore fully all the critical issues confronting both theory and experiment carried out on mesoscopic phenomena that occur on surfaces of solids. Mesoscopic systems are not described well by continuum models and yet are too large for microscopic first-principle methods. These are the issues that require new theoretical approaches. In view of the continual emergence of exciting new areas in this field and its tremendous growth potential in the new century, it is timely to hold a topical seminar to discuss the critical issues confronting the study and understanding of mesoscopic phenomena that take place on surfaces. Seminar organizers have made a special effort to involve younger researchers as both participants and observers. The exchange of ideas and data with Japanese experts in this field will enable U.S. participants to advance their own work, and will set the stage for future collaborative projects. Dissemination plans for the seminar proceedings include publication in the international journal "Surface Review and Letters."