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water related topics at Gordon conferences



Found in the Northern Illinois Univerity Chemistry Gopher
(URL:  gopher://hackberry.chem.niu.edu/00/Conference%20Listings/ )

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Chemistry at Interfaces

Kimball Union School, Meriden, NH

E. W. Kaler, chair; J. Texter, vice-chair

24-29 July
Solvent Properties: M. Hair, discussion leader
B. Ninham, "Hydrophobic Forces in the Southern Hemisphere."
T. McIntosh, "Short and Long Range Bilayer Interactions."

Wetting: D. Miller, discussion leader
J. Klein, "Complete Wetting and Partial Wetting from Polymer  
Mixtures."
M. Schick, "Wetting in Complex Fluids: Microemulsions and Polymer  
Mixtures."

Surfactants at Surfaces: E. Ruckenstein, discussion leader
S. H. Chen, "Neutron and X-Rays Reflectivity Studies of Surfaces and  
Interfaces in Microemulsions."
M. Klein, "Computers Simulations of Surfactant and Monolayer  
Systems."
  
E. Kaler, discussion leader
J. Israelachivili, "Breakthroughs and Belly-Flops of Surface Science."

Thin Films: M. Paulaitis, discussion leader
S. Troian, "Wetting Behavior and Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Thin  
Liquid Films."
M. Robbins, "Friction and Adhesion in Thin Films."

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Radiation Chemistry  

Salve Regina University, Newport, RI

C. D. Jonah, chair; J. Warman, vice-chair

17-22 July
Early Processes in Energy Degradation of Electrons:  P. Rossky,  
discussion leader
P. Rossky, "Electronic Relaxation in Aqueous Solution."
P. Barbara, "Energy Disposal, Relaxation Dynamics, and  
Photochemistry of the "p state" of the Solvated Electron in Water and  
Alcohols."

Primary Processes in Liquids:  T. Goulet, discussion leader
T. Goulet, "Electron Thermalization Distances in Water: Reliability and  
Revelance."
K. Luther and J. Troe, "Subpicosecond Photoionization Studies of  
Liquids."

Radiation Chemistry in Gases and in Outer Space:  F. Cacace, discussion  
leader
F. Cacace, "Mechanistic and Kinetic Studies Based on the Radiation  
Chemistry of Gases."
R. Johnson and R. Baragiola, "Irradiation Effects in Ices: Revelance to  
the Outer Solar System and Interstellar Medium."

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Biopolymers

Salve Regina University, Newport, RI

J. Carey and T. Lohman, co-chairs

Hydrophobic Interactions and Hydration:  R. Baldwdin, discussion  
leader
K. Dill
A. Gronenborn
A. Morton
J. Schellman

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Ion Channels

Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH

F. J. Sigworth, chair; B. P. Bean, vice-chair
  
19-24 June
Structure and Mechanisms of Ion Permeation:   C. Miller, discussion  
leader
N. Unwin, "Structure of the Acetylcholine Receptor in Closed and Open  
States."
R. MacKinnon, "Mechanisms of Permeation in Cation Channels."
M. DeBiasi, "Histidine Mutagenesis and Permeation in Potassium  
Channels."
R. W. Tsien, "What Makes a Calcium Channel a Calcium Channel?"
H. R. Guy, "Structural Models of Na, Ca and K Channels."
B. Roux, "Thermodynamics of Double Occupancy in the Gramicidin  
Channel:  A Molecular Dynamics Study."
W. Nonner, "Ion Permeation in a Chloride Channel:  New Ways of  
Violating the independence Principle."