AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Surface Science Thursday Sessions

Session SS1+AS+TF-ThM
Surface Science of Hazardous Materials

Thursday, November 12, 2009, 8:00 am, Room M
Moderator: V. Grassian, University of Iowa


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8:00am SS1+AS+TF-ThM1 Invited Paper
Interactions of Nerve Agents with Model Surfaces: Computational Approach
J.R. Leszczynski, Jackson State University
8:40am SS1+AS+TF-ThM3
Ab-Initio Computational Approaches to the Adsorption of Chemical Warfare Agents
V. Bermudez, Naval Research Laboratory
9:00am SS1+AS+TF-ThM4
Computational Prediction of Physical Properties and Environmental Reactivity of Nitro-aromatic and Hydrogen Reach Explosives
L.G. Gorb, F.C. Hill, SpecPro, Inc., E.N. Muratov, A.G. Artemenko, A.V. Bogatsky Physical-Chemical Institute, Ukraine, Y.I. Kholod, Jackson State University, V.E. Kuz'min, A.V. Bogatsky Physical-Chemical Institute, Ukraine, J.R. Leszczynski, Jackson State University
9:20am SS1+AS+TF-ThM5 Invited Paper
A Material Approach to Enable Detection of Toxic Chemicals in Water by IR Spectroscopy
C.P. Tripp, University of Maine
10:40am SS1+AS+TF-ThM9
Surface Science and its Application to Energetic Materials
V.J. Bellitto, J.M. Kelley, D.N. Sorensen, Naval Surface Warfare Center
11:00am SS1+AS+TF-ThM10
Characteristics and Stability of Oxide Films on Plutonium Surfaces
H.G. García Flores, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Los Alamos National Laboratory, A.L. Broach, D.P. Moore, Los Alamos National Laboratory, D.L. Pugmire, Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Nebraska-Lincoln