1月23日(金)13:00-17:20に、表面技術協会関西支部と日本表面真空学会 #JVSS 関西支部が『表面科学技術研究会2026』を開催。テーマは「PFAS規制の動向と代替技術の展望」。講演4件。大阪市城東区・大阪産業技術研究所およびオンラインにて。詳細は https://www.jvss.jp/chapter/kansai/hyoumengijutsu2026/ に。
#Seminar #SurfaceScience #PFAS

Droplets on heated, textured surfaces – how do they move?

Vahid Taheri (DC#5) joins #LeidenForce to study how surface microstructures control droplet dynamics and the Leidenfrost temperature.

With Prof. Maria Fernandino (NTNU), @airbus & Université de Lille

🔗 Read more: https://shorturl.at/bNu4x

#HeatTransfer #PhD #SmartSurfaces #SurfaceScience

日本表面真空学会 #JVSS が『第16回 社会人のための表面科学ベーシック講座』をオンラインで開講。Google Classroom を用い、講義動画を配信。演習問題回答、講師への質問もオンラインで。12月1日(月)視聴開始、2026年1月11日(日)まで視聴可。申込締切11月26日。詳細は https://www.jvss.jp/ja/activities/04/detail/00026.html に。
#BasicCourse #SurfaceScience

By combining high-resolution electrostatic mapping with molecular dynamics simulations, we investigated the behavior of these surface-trapped ionic charges. We found that they spread across the surface with remarkable mobility. Their two-dimensional diffusion exceeds that of ions in bulk water, with the limiting factor being the friction between the ionic solvation shell and the solid.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505841122

#PNAS #MolecularDynamics #SurfaceScience #PhysicalChemistry#ComputationalChemistry

An interesting paper about Y-shaped polymer brushes. End-grafted, one arm is hydrophobic and the other is hydrophilic. Depending on solvent exposure history, the microscopic configuration of the arms are different, resulting in different macroscopic wetting.
#Polymers #SurfaceScience

Solvent-Induced Self-Assembly of Mixed Poly(methyl methacrylate)/Polystyrene Brushes on Planar Silica Substrates:  Molecular Weight Effect | Journal of the American Chemical Society
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ja049570f#

Want to know more about the future of ‘#Atomically-precise device #self-fabrication’ at interfaces with organic precursors & computationally-assisted methods? Register now for our #FAIRMat pitch 📢 http://fairmat-nfdi.eu/events/fairmat-users-november-2022/fairmat-users-meeting-november-2022 📢 and learn how #autonomous #automated #surfacescience could one day complement high-NA #ASML #EUV tech #SelfFab

In happier news: I'm running XPS by myself today (!). Doing sputter depth profiles and everything, sans assistance. It's terrifying and exhilarating all at the same time.

#XPS
#SurfaceScience

Grinding glass to a fine powder in a mortar and pestle like any other Tuesday...

What, you don't do that?

#chemistry
#SurfaceScience