Water at Interfaces Workshop

2008年9月，赫瑞瓦特大学举办了一场成功的法拉第讨论，主题是“水：从界面到整体”。讨论突出了关于地球上最重要分子的许多关键活动领域和争议。有三个主题引起了广泛而激烈的争论，涉及到界面上的水的结构和动力学：(i)金属表面的水，（ii）界面上的离子（特别是水的表面是酸性还是碱性的棘手问题），（iii）生物界面上的水动力学。作为法拉第研讨会的后续活动，计划于2010年1月11日至12日举行研讨会，讨论这三个主题，并通过网络和合作研究项目确定前进的方向。该研讨会将由杜伦大学高级研究所主办，只邀请该领域的英国和欧洲主要研究人员参加。

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.