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Program The scientific program for GK2010 is now complete. The scientific committee and local organisers extend their appreciation and thanks to the authors of the many abstracts that were submitted for consideration. Unfortunately, there is insufficient space for inclusion in the main scientific sessions of all of the high-quality and innovative research submitted. We do hope though that you find the completed program, balanced, wide-ranging, stimulating, and offering plenty of opportunity for debate and discussion. The PDF version of the program is available by clicking here.   You may expect there to be some very minor adjustments to the program until the first week of July, by which time the Book of Abstracts will be available from this site for download for delegates. The affiliations listed below are only those of the presenting authors; all affiliations will appear in the printed program.   Note, that besides the organised registered-guest social program, all guest are welcome –– and encouraged –– to attend events given below in red italic type.   Sunday, 18th July Groot Begijnhof 14, Leuven   19:30 –21:30                                     Gk2010 Welcome Reception  =================================================================================== Monday, 19th July Max Weber Auditorium, building 107-16, Parkstraat 51, Leuven   8:45 – 9:00  Introductory remarks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Reaction Kinetics I 9:00 – 9:40  “Reaction Kinetics of Weakly-Bound Radical-Molecule Adducts” Paul H. Wine –– School of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA Paul H. Wine, J. Michael Nicovich, Patrick L. Laine, Zhijun Zhao, Dow T. Huskey, Venus Dookwah-Roberts, and Michael L. McKee   9:40 – 10:00  “Accurate Potential Energy Surface for Propene + OH Reaction” Béla Viskolcz –– Department of Chemical Informatics, Faculty of Education, University of Szeged, HUNGARY R. Izsák, M. Szőri, and B. Viskolcz   10:00 – 10:20  “Study of the Radical-Radical Reactions, NH2(X2B1) + O(3P) and NH2(X2B1) + OH(X2Π) at 293 K” Robert G. Macdonald –– Argonne National laboratory, Argonne, IL., USA Mi-Kyung Bahng and R. Glen Macdonald   10:20 – 10:40  “Is the Removal Rate Constant for Vibrationally Excited Species a Good Proxy for the High-Pressure Limit? A Study of OH(u) + NO / SO2” Mark A. Blitz –– School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Mark A. Blitz, Dwayne E. Heard, Michael J. Pilling, Robert J. Salter,and Paul W. Seakins   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:40 – 11:10  Refreshments - Alma 2 [30 mins] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heterogeneous Processes of the Atmosphere 11:10 – 11:50  “Photocatalysis on Environmental Surfaces” Christian George –– Institut de recherches sur la catalyse l’environnement de Lyon, Uviversité Lyon, Lyon, FRANCE M-.E. Monge, R. Ammar, B. D'Anna, and Christian George,   11:50 – 12:10  “Mass Spectral Study of Interaction of ClO Radicals with the Surfaces of Mineral Salts” Igor Morozov –– Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics, Moscow, Russia Igor Morozov, Ekaterina Loukhovitskaya, Evgenii Vasiliev, and Elena Starkova   12:10 – 12:30  “Heterogeneous Interaction of Mineral Dust with N2O5 and NO3” Mingjin Tang –– Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Mainz, GERMANY Mingjin Tang, Jim Thieser, Gerhard Schuster, and John N. Crowley   12:30 – 12:50  “Heterogeneous Interaction of N2O5 with HCl Doped H2SO4 under Stratospheric Conditions: ClNO2 and Cl2 Yields” Ranajit K. Talukdar –– Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO., USA Ranajit K. Talukdar, J. B. Burkholder, James M. Roberts, Robert W. Portmann, and A. R. Ravishankara   12:50 – 13:10  “Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the Interaction of Formic and Acetic Acid with Ice Surfaces: Evidence for Bulk Dissolution” Peter Behr –– Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, GERMANY Peter Behr, Rabih Nehme, and Reinhard Zellner   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13:10 – 14:30  Lunch - Alma 2 [1 hour 20 mins] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atmospheric Chemistry I 14:30 – 15:10  “Isoprene Oxidation Revisited” Jozef Peeters –– Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BELGIUM Jozef Peeters   15:10 – 15:30  “Investigating the Impacts of HOx Recycling in the Oxidation of Isoprene: Sensitivity Studies of Past, Present and Future Atmospheres Using the UKCA Model” Alexander T. Archibald –– CAS, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK A. T. Archibald, R. C. Pike, P. J. Telford, D. E. Shallcross, M. C. Cooke, J. A. Pyle, and M. E. Jenkin   15:30 – 15:50  “FTIR Product Studies of RO2 + HO2 Reactions of Atmospheric Importance” Catherine Barber –– Department of Chemistry, University of Reading, Reading, UK Catherine Barber and George Marston   15:50 – 16:10  “Hydrogen Migration in Alkoxy and Alkylperoxy Radicals” Luc Vereecken –– Department of Chemistry, University of Leuven, Leuven, BELGIUM Luc Vereecken and Jozef Peeters   16:10 – 16:30  “Mechanisms of VOC Oxidation by NO3 and Ozone: Cavity Ringdown Detection of Peroxy Radical Intermediates” Mitchio Okumura –– California Institute of Technology, Division of Chemistry, Pasadena, CA., USA Kana Takematsu, Nathan C. Eddingsaas, Jennifer S. Barklund, and Mitchio Okumura   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:30 – 17:00  Refreshments - Alma 2 [30 mins] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combustion Chemistry I 17:00 – 17:40  ”Elementary Chemical Steps in Combustion – Experimental and Theoretical Studies” Matthias Olzmann –– Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, GERMANY Matthias Olzmann   17:40 – 18:00  “On the Role of O2 + QOOH in Low-Temperature Oxidation” Stephen J. Klippenstein –– Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL,  USA C. F. Goldsmith, William H. Green, and Stephen J. Klippenstein   18:00 – 18:20  “Formaldehyde-LIF of Dimethyl Ether During Auto Ignition at Elevated Pressures” Henning Haessler –– Engler-Bunte-Institute, Combustion Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany H. Haessler, H. Bockhorn, C. Pfeifer, and D. Kuhn   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:20 – 20:20                                       Poster session I - Alma 2 ===================================================================================   Tuesday 20th July Max Weber Auditorium, building 107-16, Parkstraat 51, Leuven ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reaction Dynamics I 9:00 – 9:40  “Vibrational Control of Reactions in Gases and Liquids“ F. Flemming Crim –– Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA F. Flemming Crim   9:40 – 10:00  “Dramatic Acceleration of the Reaction OH + CO ® H + CO2 by Vibrational Excitation of OH” Katsuyoshi Yamasaki –– Department of Chemistry, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama, Hiroshima, JAPAN Nanase Kohno, Mari Izumi, Hiroshi Kohguchi, and Katsuyoshi Yamasaki   10:00 – 10:20 “Interfacial Reactions of O(3P) Atoms with Selectively Deuterated Self-assembled Monolayers” Carla Waring –– School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK C. Waring, P. A. J. Bagot, M. T. Raisanen, M. W. P. Bebbington, M. Buck, M. L. Costen, and K. G. McKendrick   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:20 – 10:50  Refreshments - Alma 2 [30 mins] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Planetary Atmospheres 10:50 – 11:30  “The Chemical Evolution of Titan´s Atmosphere” Ralf I. Kaiser –– Department of Chemistry, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA Ralf I. Kaiser   11:30 – 11:50  “Trajectory Surface-hopping Study of Methane Photodissociation Dynamics” György Lendvay –– Chemical Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, HUNGARY Maricris D. Lodriguito, György Lendvay, and George C. Schatz   11:50 – 12:10  “Theoretical Study of the Kinetics of the CH+H2 ® CH2+H Complex-forming Reaction” Miguel González –– Dept. Química Física i IQTC, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SPAIN Amaia Saracibar, Ernesto García,  José Daniel Sierra, and  Miguel González   12:10 – 12:30  “Atom – H2 Reactions at Very Low Temperatures” Ian R. Sims –– Institut de Physique de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Equipe Astrochimie Expérimentale, Rennes Cedex, FRANCE C. Berteloite, M. Tizniti, S. D. Le Picard, A. Canosa, and I. R. Sims   12:30 – 12:50  “The Reactions of Hydroxyl Radicals with Unsaturated Hydrocarbons at Low Temperatures. Experiments and Theory” Kevin M. Hickson –– Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université de Bordeaux, Talence Cedex, FRANCE  Julien Daranlot, Astrid Bergeat, Françoise Caralp, Wendell Forst, Michel Costes, Philippe Caubet, Raphaël Mereau, and  Kevin M. Hickson   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:50 – 18:00                                       Packed Lunch, Symposium Excursions ==================================================================================   Wednesday 21st July Max Weber Auditorium, building 107-16, Parkstraat 51, Leuven ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combustion Chemistry II 9:00 – 9:40  "Nanoparticle Synthesis in the Gas Phase: Challenges to Kinetic Studies" Christof Schulz–– Institut für Verbrennung und Gasdynamik, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, GERMANY Christof Schulz   9:40 – 10:00  “Evidence for Roaming Radical Mechanisms in Thermal Systems: High Temperature Shock Tube Studies” Joe V. Michael ––  Chemical Sciences & Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA  R. Sivaramakrishnan, J. V. Michael, S. J. Klippenstein, and L. B. Harding   10:00 – 10:20  “Modeling and Experimental Studies on the Ignition Chemistry of Novel Biofuels at Elevated Pressures” Ravi X. Fernandes –– Shock Wave Laboratory, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, GERMANY C. Lee, S. Vranckx, K. A. Heufer, R. X. Fernandes, and H. Olivier   10:20 – 10:40  “The Isomerization of cis-1,2-Dimethylcyclohexane in Shock Tube Experiments” Claudette M. Rosado-Reyes –– National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA Claudette M. Rosado-Reyes and Wing Tsang   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:40 – 11:10  Refreshments - Alma 2 [30 mins] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Combustion Chemistry II cont… 11:10 – 11:30 “Bimolecular Reactions of NCN with NO and NO2” Oliver Welz –– Institute of Physical Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, GERMANY Oliver Welz, Claudia Kappler, and Matthias Olzmann   11:30 – 11:50 “Synchrotron PIMS Study of Phenyl and Methylphenyl Oxidation: Isomer-specific Product Detection” Adam J. Trevitt –– School of Chemistry, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia Adam J. Trevitt, Robert S. Tranter, Satchin Soorkia, David L. Osborn, Craig A. Taatjes, and Stephen R. Leone   11:50 – 12:10  “Polymethylsilsesquioxane : A Theoretical Study of Formation and Pyrolysis Processes” Leonhard Rutz –– Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GERMANY L. K. Rutz and H. Bockhorn 12:10 – 12:30 “Reaction of OH with CH3 Radicals Studied by Laser Photolysis - Transient Absorption over 1 - 100 Bar Pressure Range” Lev N. Krasnoperov –– Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, USA Manuvesh Sangwan, Evgeni N. Chesnokov, and Lev N. Krasnoperov   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:30 – 15:20 Extended Lunch –                    Symposium photo, Museum Visit, National Beach Volleyball, etc….. – Leuven centre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discussion Session on Tropospheric Ozone 15:20 – 15:30  Introductory remarks 15:30 – 16:10  "A Bumpy Road: Chasing the Primary Ozonide, Criegee Intermediates, and Other Ephemera" Niel M. Donahue –– Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA Niel M. Donahue   16:10 – 16:20 “The Reactivity of Ozone Versus the Reactivity of Carbonyl Oxide. An Analysis from a Theoretical Point of View” Josep M. Anglada –– Departament de Química Biològica i Modelització Molecular, IQAC-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain Josep M. Anglada    16:20 – 16:30 “Total Radical Yields from Ethene Ozonolysis” Mohammed S. Alam –– School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK M. S. Alam, M. Camredon, T. Carr, K. P. Wyche, K. Hornsby, P. S. Monks, A. R. Rickard, and W. J. Bloss   16:30 – 16:40 “Direct and Indirect Measurements of Pressure Dependent OH and HO2 Yields From the Gas Phase Ozonolysis of Isoprene” Shona C. Smith –– School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK T. L. Malkin, S. C. Smith, A. Goddard, D. E. Heard, and P.W. Seakins   16:40 – 17:00                                                       DISCUSSION SESSION I   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:00 – 17:30  Refreshments - Alma 2 [30 mins] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discussion Session on Tropospheric Ozone cont…   17:30 – 17:40  “The Gas-Phase Ozonolysis of the Sesquiterpene α-Humulene” Geert K. Moortgat –– Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry Department, Mainz, Germany Martin Beck, Richard Winterhalter, Frank Herrmann, and Geert K. Moortgat                                                     17:40 – 17:50  “The Influence of Chemical Activation and Collisional Stabilization on the Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosol” Thomas Zeuch –– Universität Göttingen, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Göttingen, Germany Jan L. Wolf and Thomas Zeuch     17:50 – 18:00  “Ab Initio Study of the Formation of O(1D) in the Photolysis of Ozone Between 300 nm and 330 nm” Sergy Yu. Grebenschikov ––Department of Chemistry, Technical University of München, Garching, Germany Sergy Yu. Grebenschikov   18:00 – 18:10 “Kinetic Study of the O(1D) Yield of O3 Photolysis Using New Highly-sensitive O(1D) and O(3P) Detection” Stijn Vranckx –– Department of Chemistry, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium *                              * current affiliation : Shock Wave Lab., RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany S. Vranckx, J. Peeters, and S. A. Carl   18:10 – 18:30                                                                DISCUSSION SESSION II   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:30 – 20:30                                         Poster session II - Alma 2 ==================================================================================   Thursday 22nd July Max Weber Auditorium, building 107-16, Parkstraat 51, Leuven ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reaction Dynamics II 9:00 – 9:40  “Atom – Diatom Reaction Dynamics and Kinetics at Low Collision Energies or Temperatures” Astrid Bergeat–– Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, Université de Bordeaux, Talence, FRANCE Astrid Bergeat, Kevin M. Hickson, C. Naulin, and M. Costes   9:40 – 10:00  “Spin-Forbidden Chemistry in the Reactions of Sulfur Atoms with H2 and H2S” Paul Marshall –– Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, USA Yide Gao, Kristopher Thompson, Adrian Guillory, Chenlai (Ryan) Zhou, Karina Sendt, Brian S. Haynes, and Paul Marshall   10:00 – 10:20  “State-to-state Dynamics in Mn(a6S, a6DJ, z8PJ) + NO2 ® MnO*(A'6Π, A6Σ+) + NO(X2Π)” Martin R. Levy –– School of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Matthew A Spence and Martin R Levy   10:20 – 10:40  “The Dynamics of the O(3P) + C2H4 Reaction: Product Branching Ratios and Intersystem Crossing as a Function of Translational Energy” Piergiorgio Casavecchia –– Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy Francesca Leonori, Angela Occhiogrosso, Raffaele Petrucci, Nadia Balucani, and Piergiorgio Casavecchia   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:40 – 11:00  Refreshments - Alma 2   [20 mins] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Reaction Kinetics II 11:00 – 11:20 “2-Dimensional Energy Transfer Kernel P(E,J;E',J') from Quasi-Classical Trajectory Calculations” John R. Barker –– Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, University of Michigan, Michigan, USA John R. Barker and Ralph E. Weston, Jr.   11:20 – 11:40 “Pulsed Laval nozzle kinetics of the reactions of OH with various oxygenated species” Robin Shannon –– School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK Robin  Shannon, Sally Taylor, Mark Blitz, Andrew Goddard, and Dwayne Heard   11:40 – 12:00 “New Pathways in the Unimolecular Decomposition of Vinylcyanide” Lawrence B. Harding–– Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL., USA Lawrence B. Harding and Stephen J. Klippenstein   12:00 – 12:20  “Kinetics of Gas Phase Reaction of OH with Morpholine – An Experimental and Theoretical Study” Suresh Dhanya –– Radiation and Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, INDIA S. SenGupta, Y. Indulkar, A. Kumar, S. Dhanya, P. D. Naik, and P. N. Bajaj     ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:20 – 13:30  Lunch - Alma 2  [1hour 10 mins] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Techniques, New Directions 13:30 – 14:10  “The Long and Short of Cavity Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopies” Grant A. D. Ritchie –– Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Grant A. D. Ritchie   14:10 – 14:30  “OH Reactivity and Kinetic Measurements by FAGE” Coralie Schoemaecker –– Laboratory PC2A, University of Lille, Lille, FRANCE D. Amédro, A. Parker, C. Schoemaecker, and C. Fittschen   14:30 – 14:50 “A First Definitive Study of the Reaction Rate of Muonium with State-Selected Reactants in the Gas Phase: the Mu + H2(v=1) ® MuH + H Reaction” Donald G. Fleming –– TRIUMF and Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CANADA P. Bakule, D. G. Fleming, K. Ishida, F. L. Pratt, O. Sukhorukov, T. Momose, and  Y. Matsuda   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14:50 – 15:20  Refreshments - Alma 2  [30 mins] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atmospheric Chemistry II 15:20 – 15:40  “Rate coefficients for the ClO + ClO + M (M = He, N2) Reaction as a Function of Temperature and Pressure” James B. Burkholder –– Earth System Research Laboratory, Chemical Sciences Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, USA Karl Feierabend and James B. Burkholder   15:40 – 16:00  “Atmospheric Chemistry and Lifetime of the “New” Greenhouse Gas NF3” Terry J. Dillon –– Department of Air Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Chemistry, Mainz, Germany Terry J.Dillon, Abraham Horowitz, and John N. Crowley   16:00 – 16:20  “Pressure Dependent CO and CO2 Quantum Yields in the Photolysis of Small Ketones” Holger Somnitz –– Faculty of Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany H. Somnitz, T. Ufer, K. Lange, and R. Zellner   16:20 – 16:40 “A Theoretical Investigation of NO3 Initiated Nitration of Tyrosine” Solvejg Jørgensen –– Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Carina Ebbesen Jessen, Allan Gross, and Solvejg Jørgensen   16:40 – 17:00 “Rate Constant for the Reaction of OH with Methyl Iodide, a Re-determination by Flash Photolysis of Water Vapour and Time Resolved Resonance Fluorescence of OH” Shaoliang Zhang –– Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Saint Paul Lez Durance, France S. Zhang, R. S. Strekowski, and C Zetzsch ---------------- ------ -- [1 hour 40 mins] -- ------ ---------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:40 – 20:00           Michael Polanyi Medal Presentation & Lecture  Promotiezaal of the University Hall We are pleased to announce that the Michael Polanyi Medal of 2010 will be awarded to Professor Stephen R. Leone of the University of California & Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA, who will present the Polanyi lecture entitled “Kinetics, product branching, and heterogeneous chemistry: Real world applications of planetary atmospheres, combustion, energy production, and aerosols in our environment” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [20 mins] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   20:20 – 23:30                          Symposium Banquet - Jubileumzaal of the University Hall   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- ------ --

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