Water at Interfaces Workshop

2008年9月，在赫瑞瓦特大学举行了一次成功的法拉第讨论会，主题是水：从界面到本体。讨论突出了许多关键活动领域和关于地球上最重要的分子的争议。三个主题产生了广泛的和经常激烈的辩论涉及的结构和动态的水在界面：（一）水在金属表面，（二）离子在界面（特别是水的表面是酸性或碱性的棘手问题），（三）水在生物interfaces.As一个后续行动的法拉第讨论研讨会计划在2010年1月11日至12日讨论这三个主题，并确定前进的道路，通过网络和合作研究项目。该研讨会将仅邀请英国和欧洲该领域的主要研究人员参加，并将在达勒姆大学高级研究所的主持下举行。

In September 2008, a successful Faraday Discussion was held at Heriot-Watt University on the topic Water: from Interfaces to the Bulk . The discussion highlighted many of the key areas of activity and dispute concerning the most important molecule on the planet. Three topics that generated extensive and often heated debate concern the structure and dynamics of water at interfaces:(i) water at metal surfaces,(ii) ions at interfaces (in particular the vexed question of whether the surface of water is acidic or basic),(iii) dynamics of water at biological interfaces.As a follow up to the Faraday Discussion a Workshop is planned on January 11-12, 2010 to discuss these three topics and to identify ways forward, through networks and collaborative research projects. The workshop will be by invitation only to leading UK and European researchers in the field and will be held under the auspices of the Institute of Advanced Study at Durham University.