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on the IUVSTA Surface Science Division for the Triennium 1998-2001 Experimental
and theoretical research on solid surfaces and interfaces, as well
as gas-solid interactions, broadly define the scope of this division. Current emphasis is on electronic, ion, atom,
and photon interactions with surfaces and on the structure, electronic
properties, and dynamics of surface processes. The latter include surface reactions, diffusion, and catalysis. To
be more specific, the following session topics are set for the 11th
International Conference on Solid Surfaces, to be held in San Francisco
29 October –2 November 2001: Adsorption at surfaces Atmospheric adsorption/reactions on aerosols Catalysis: mechanism and models Correlated systems Electronic Structure and excitations Fundamentals of friction, tribology and adhesion Fundamentals of oxide surfaces and interfaces Gas-solid dynamics Nucleation and growth: atomistic concept Photochemistry and stimulated processes Quasaicrystal surfaces Semiconductor growth Semiconductor surface dynamics Semiconductor surface structure Surface and interface structures Surface diffusion and atomic wetting processes Surface reactions Surface science opportunities and new applications Technique innovations: experiments, theory and simulation Water/surface interactions The Division promotes the interest of Surface Science through the participation in the organization of International Conferences, the organization of IUVSTA Workshops, granting of IUVSTA sponsorship to International Meetings on Surface Science. International Conferences: The Eighteenth European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS-18) was held in Vienna, Austria -- 21-24 September 1999. The Nineteenth European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS-19) was held in Madrid, Spain -- 5-8 September 2000. The Twentieth European Conference on Surface Science (ECOSS-20) was held in Krakow, Poland-- 4-7 September 2001. The Eleventh International Conference on Solid Surfaces (ICSS-11) is held in San Francisco, United States -- 29 October-2 November 2001. The ECOSS-conferences are organized on behalf of the European Physical Society and IUVSTA. The ICSS is part of the triennial congress of IUVSTA. The scientific program of ICSS is set up by an international program committee consisting of, usually, the surface science division committee and a number of surface scientists nominated by the host country but, this time, it is differently organized. IUVSTA workshops: Workshop 23: Gettering Materials: Principles and Uses―Bonassola, Italy, 6-10 June 1999--organizers M. Sancrotti, U. Valbusa and L. Westerberg jointly with IUVSTA Vacuum Science and Vacuum Metallurgy Divisions Workshop 25: Gas-Surface Interactions: Electronic Structure, Dynamics and Reactivity―Leibnitz, Austria, 26-29 September, 1999--organizers F. Netzer, K. Rendulic and A. Winkler jointly with IUVSTA Applied Surface Science Divisions Workshop 26: Surface Holography and Other Direct Methods, Hong Kong, China, August, 2000--organizers K. Heinz, D. K. Saldin and S. Y. Tong Workshop 27: Dynamical Phenomena Related with Electrons at Surfaces, Kushiro, Japan, January, 2001--organizers Y. Murata, A. Okiji, K. Terakura and K. Fukutani Workshop 28 Ion Beam Techniques for the Analysis of Composition and Structure with Atomic Layer Resolution, Cosener's House, Abingdon, Oxford 26th - 30th June 2000--organizers Paul Bailey, Dik Boerma, Torgny Gustafsson, Takanori Koshikawa, Dae Wan Moon, John O'Connor, Phil Woodruff. Workshop 32: Gas-Surface Interactions" St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 25-29 September, 2000, --organized by A.K. Rebrov Sponsored meetings: The Surface Science Division has sponsored four international meetings and workshops. Committee meetings and contacts: The Committee met in Birmingham, UK, 2 September 1998; Vienna, Austria, 21 September l999; by internet communication, February 2001; Krakow, Poland, September 2001; San Francisco, USA, 29 October 2001. All information was exchanged by electronic mail to allow participation of all members, also those not attending the meeting. Reports concerning conferences, workshops, and divisional meetings are available at the IUVSTA-WWW site. Committee membership: Jacques JUPILLE, France Jurgen KIRSCHNER, Germany Jihawa LEE, Korea Anton G. NAUMOVETS, Ukraine John O'CONNOR, Australia, secretary Massimo SANCROTTI, Italy Marek SZYMONSKI, Poland Peter VARGA, Austria John H. WEAVER, USA, cochair Akio YOSHIMORI, Japan, cochair
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summary, the Surface Science Division proposed 6 IUVSTA workshops and
they have been successfully organized. The Division approved changes in the SSD statutes by the internet
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