The Surface Science Division (SS) provides a forum for emerging research opportunities, fundamental research, and forefront analytical studies of surfaces/interfaces. Experimental, theoretical, and simulation techniques are developed and applied to discover fundamental scientific concepts of chemical and physical phenomena at surfaces/interfaces. This provides the foundation for studies of technologically relevant materials. Sessions address fundamental surface science issues pertaining to (i) the hydrogen economy, (ii) solar energy conversion [co-sponsored with TFD and the EN topical conference], (iii) surface reactions and catalysis (metals, bimetallics, metal clusters); (iv) surface processes (growth, etching, transport, and alloying); (v) surface characterization (structure, morphology, electronic structure, vibrational spectroscopy); (vi) dynamics and stimulated processes at surfaces; (vii) surface science of semiconductors (growth, passivation, and functionalization) [co-sponsored with EMPD]; (viii) surface science of organic films (self assembly, growth, and characterization) [co-sponsored with EMPD]; (ix) oxide surface structure and reactivity, (x) water-surface interactions; and (xi) surface science at environment interfaces [co-sponsored with ASSD].

SS1+EN  Catalysis for Hydrogen Storage and the Hydrogen Economy

 L. Schmidt, University of Minnesota, "Syngas and Chemicals from Biofuels by Autothermal Reforming"

SS2+EN+TF  Surface Science Challenges for Solar Energy Conversion

 N.S. Lewis, California Institute of Technology, "Progress and Challenges in Solar Energy Conversion Using Semiconductor/Liquid Junctions"

SS3 Reactions on Metal Surfaces

 T. Matsushima, Hokkaido University, Japan, "Nano-Structural Information Carried by Desorbing Products; Surface-Nitrogen Removal and Angular Distributions"

SS4 Bimetallics and Alloys

 J. Chen, University of Delaware, "General Correlation of the Electronic and Chemical Properties of Bimetallic Surfaces"

SS5  Catalytic Chemistry of Hydrocarbons

 M. Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin at Madison, "Mechanistic Insights on Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis"

SS6 Catalysis on Clusters and Nanoparticles

 M. Bowker, Cardiff University, UK, "The Fabrication and Reactivity of Anchored Metal Nanoparticles on TiO₂(110)"

SS7 Surface Structure and Morphology

 H. Weitering, University of Tennessee, "Hard Superconductivity in Soft Quantum Films"

SS8 Excitations at Surfaces

 L. Sanche, University of Sherbrooke, Canada, "Electronic Excitation and Bond Dissociation via Transient Anion Formation at the Surfaces of Molecular and Biomolecular Solids"

SS9 Dynamics at Surfaces

 J.I. Pascual, Freie University, Germany, "Local Electronic Properties of Molecular Assemblies at Surfaces"

SS10    Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies of Surfaces

 H. Ueba, Toyama University, Japan, "Action Spectroscopy of Single Adsorbate Motions"

SS11+EM  Semiconductor and Dielectric Surfaces for Microelectronics

 V. Bermudez, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, "Preparation and Characterization of beta-Si₃N₄ Surfaces"

SS12    Nucleation, Growth and Etching at Surfaces

 S.A. Chambers, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, "The Role of Substrate Surface Structure and Growth Rate on Metal Oxide Heteroepitaxy"

SS13+EM  Self-assembly and Organic Functionalization at Surfaces

 J. Buriak, University of Alberta, Canada, "Surface Chemistry of Silicon: Making the Connection to Molecules"

SS14+EM+TF  Organic Film Growth

 G.-Y. Liu, University of California at Davis, "A Nanoengineering Approach to Regulate The Lateral Heterogeneity of Organic Monolayers"

SS15    Reactivity of Oxide Surfaces

 F.P. Netzer, University of Graz, Austria, "Reactivity of Low-dimensional Oxide Nanostructures"

SS16    Structure of Oxide Surfaces

 M. Reichling, University of Osnabruck, Denmark, "Atomic Precision Surface Analysis and Manipulation on Insulators"

SS17+AS  Environmental Surfaces

 D.H. Fairbrother, Johns Hopkins University, "Influence of Surface Chemistry on the Stability and Sorption Properties of Carbon Nanotubes in Aquatic Environments"

SS18    Water-Surface Interactions

 G. Held, University of Reading, UK, "Dissociation of Water on Modified Transition Metal Surfaces"

SS19    Surface Science Poster Session