Water at Interfaces Workshop

2008年9月，在赫里奥特-瓦特大学成功地举行了一次法拉第讨论会，主题是水：从界面到主体。讨论突出了与地球上最重要的分子有关的许多关键活动和争议领域。引起广泛和经常激烈辩论的三个主题涉及界面上水的结构和动力学：(I)金属表面上的水，(Ii)界面上的离子(特别是水表面是酸性还是碱性的争论不休的问题)，(Iii)生物界面上的水的动力学。作为法拉第讨论的后续行动，计划在2010年1月11日至12日举办一次研讨会，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。研讨会将仅向该领域的英国和欧洲主要研究人员发出邀请，并将在达勒姆大学高级研究所的赞助下举行。

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.