Water is perhaps the most important chemical substance known. Without it, the very existence of life would be questionable. Yet the detailed structure and behaviour of water in the condensed phase and in the interfaces between the condensed phase and its environment remain somewhat controversial. Indeed as ever more sophisticated and novel experimental tools are brought to bear on the study of bulk liquid water, ice and their interfaces, it is becoming apparent that this disparate information could fuel the debate on the phase and interface behaviour of water rather than cooling it.
Faraday Discussion 141 seeks to address the interfacial behaviour of water in the most general of senses. We will discuss both experimental observations and theoretical issues as diverse as: -Water Clusters in the Gas Phase and at Interfaces -Surfaces and Interfaces of Liquid and Solid Phases of Water -Contrasts between Water Surfaces and Interfaces and Bulk Phases -Biological, Metallic (Electrochemical and Otherwise) and Other -Key Interfacial Environments of Water with the aim of moving towards a better understanding of the microscopic structure and behaviour of condensed phases of water at interfaces and progressing into the bulk.
Contributions of relevance to the broad theme of Faraday Discussion 141 are invited from the wide range of disciplines contributing today to the debate on the interfacial structure of water. Abstracts for both oral and poster presentations should be sent by email attachment to RSC Conferences (conferences@rsc.org) with the following subject header: ‘FD141 abstract’. The abstracts should be no longer than one A4 page in portrait layout. Please include your full address and contact details in the email and indicate whether you are submitting an oral or poster presentation. Oral Abstract Deadline - 14 September 2007
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