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Vibrations at Interfaces Faraday Discussion - 8 - 10 April 2026, Manchester, United Kingdom
Join us in April 2026 for this edition of the Faraday Discussion series!
Venue: The Dalton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, Chester Street, Manchester, M1 5GD, United Kingdom
Abstract submission page.
- Submit Oral abstracts by 07 July 2025!
- Submit Poster abstracts by 26 January 2026!
- Register by 16th March 2026
Authors of the selected abstracts must then submit a full research paper with a significant amount of new, unpublished work by 17 November 2025!
A unique conference format that prioritises discussion
At a Faraday Discussion, the primary research papers written by the speakers are distributed to all participants before the meeting – ensuring that most of the meeting is devoted to discussing the latest research.
World-leading and established researchers connect with each other and early-career scientists and postgraduate students to discuss the latest research and drive science forwards. It’s a unique atmosphere – and challenging others to get to the heart of the problem is encouraged.
Themes
Vibrational spectroscopy at interfaces gives unparalleled insights into areas as far reaching as the transport of energy and matter, adsorbate identity and orientation, bond formation and dissociation, lattice dynamics and surface stress.
The conference will be organised into four linked themes:
1. Analysis of complex systems
Surfaces can be heterogeneous in chemical structure and composition. The heterogeneity can span length scales from molecules to millimetres and involve multiple components, especially in biological systems.
2. Tracking change
Spectroscopy of static systems brings limited information about processes and pathways and there have been many recent advances in studying changing systems.
3. The surface in silico
Vibrations are of fundamental importance in many surface phenomena including transport of energy, matter and charge. Understanding these phenomena requires very high-level theory.
4. What is the question what is the technique?
The list of surface vibrational spectroscopy techniques is long and ever-growing. Where are the most important advances being made and is more progress needed?
An exciting line up of Invited speakers:
- Ellen H.G. Backus - University of Vienna, Austria
- Bert Marc Weckhuysen - Utrecht University, Netherlands
- Angel Cuesta Ciscar - University of Aberdeen, UK
- Martin Zanni - University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA
- Elad Gross - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- David Lennon - Glasgow University, UK
- Simone Pezzotti - Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, France
- Mariana Rossi - IMPRS Faculty, Germany
- Zsuzsanna Heiner - Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
- Emilie Ringe - Cambridge University, UK
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