The final scientific program of the DySoN-MultIChem 2024 Conference has been distributed with the final announcement.
A summary of the program is provided below.
Monday, April 08 (DySoN-related sessions)
| 0930 – 1115 | Participants registration |
| 1115 – 1130 | DySoN-MultIChem 2024 Opening |
| Morning session I: Dynamics of systems on the nanoscale (Chair: Julius Jellinek) | |
| 1130 – 1200 | Andrey Solov'yov, MBN Research Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Multiscale computational modelling of condensed matter systems exposed to radiation |
| 1200 – 1230 | Andrew Cassidy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark Electric fields in water ice |
| 1230 – 1300 | Luca Gerhards, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany Spin chemistry in multiscale problems – Pushing the limits of system size |
| 1300 – 1430 | Lunch |
| Afternoon session I: Structure and dynamics of molecules, clusters and nanoparticles (Chair: Franck Lépine) | |
| 1430 – 1500 | Julius Jellinek, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA Universality in size-driven evolution towards bulk polarizability of metals |
| 1500 – 1530 | Florent Calvo, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Physique (LiPhy), CNRS & Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France The early steps of alkali ionization in helium nanodroplets: Insight from atomistic modeling |
| 1530 – 1555 | Tamaz Kereselidze, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Interband optical transitions in ellipsoidal-shaped nanoparticles |
| 1555 – 1620 | Coffee break |
| Afternoon session II: Nanostructured materials, surfaces and interfaces (Chair: Florent Calvo) | |
| 1620 – 1650 | Petra Tegeder, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany Electronic properties of interfaces with N-heteropolycyclic molecules |
| 1650 – 1720 | Felipe Fantuzzi, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Predicting accurate absorption spectra of organic semiconductor thin films |
| 1720 – 1745 | Katarina Marušić, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia Enhancing self-assembled monolayers on metals through radiation-induced intermolecular crosslinking |
| 1745 – 1810 | Rebekah Attard-Trevisan, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy to interpret the effects of lanthanide doping in lithium iron phosphate |
| 1900 – 2100 | Welcome reception |
Tuesday, April 09 (DySoN-related sessions)
| Morning session I: Design and practical realization of novel gamma-ray crystal-based light sources (Chair: Nektarios Papadogiannis) | |
| 0930 – 1000 | Andrei Korol & Andrey Solov'yov, MBN Research Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Horizon Europe EIC-Pathfinder Project TECHNO-CLS: "Emerging technologies for crystal-based gamma-ray light sources" |
| 1000 – 1030 | Nicola Canale, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Ferrara, Italy Investigation of the radiation emitted by ultra-relativistic electrons in oriented crystals for Crystal-Light-Sources |
| 1030 – 1100 | Davide Valzani, University of Padova, Padova, Italy Advances in germanium gamma undulator realization through pulsed laser melting technique |
| 1100 – 1130 | Coffee break |
| Morning session II: Design and practical realization of novel gamma-ray crystal-based light sources (Chair: Andrey Solov'yov) | |
| 1130 – 1200 | Nektarios Papadogiannis, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Rethymno, Greece Ultrafast photoacoustic phenomena in metal/silicon multilayer materials and their application in dynamic acoustic crystalline undulators |
| 1200 – 1230 | Matthew Dickers, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Atomistic modelling of channelling and radiation processes in doped silicon and diamond crystals |
| 1230 – 1300 | Lorenzo Malagutti, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy Design of a crystalline undulator for TECHNO-CLS based on coactive patterning |
| 1300 – 1430 | Lunch |
| Afternoon session I: Irradiation-driven transformations, damage and fabrication of MesoBioNano systems (Chair: Felipe Fantuzzi) | |
| 1430 – 1500 | Anatoli Popov, Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Radiation effects in insulators and recent progress on radiation effects research |
| 1500 – 1530 | Aleksandr Lushchik, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia Accumulation and thermal annealing of radiation-induced point defects in functional metal oxides |
| 1530 – 1555 | Biljana Gaković, VINČA Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Serbia Parametric study of selective ablation and periodical structure formation on nano layer thin films using ultra-short laser pulses |
| 1555 – 1620 | Mustafa Muradov, Nanoresearch Laboratory, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan Exploring gamma radiation effects on graphene oxide/polyvinyl alcohol nanocomposites |
| 1620 – 1650 | Coffee break |
| Afternoon session II: Short presentations (Chair: Duncan Mifsud) | |
| 1650 – 1700 | Klaudia Cielinska, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Atomistic modelling of positron channelling in periodically bent crystals with non-harmonic profiles |
| 1700 – 1710 | Konstantinos Kaleris, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Rethymno, Greece Computational study of γ-ray radiation generated by novel acoustically driven crystalline undulators |
| 1710 – 1720 | Emmanouil Kaniolakis Kaloudis, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Rethymno, Greece Progress on controlled multi-MHz acoustic excitation for ultrarelativistic positron beam crystalline undulators |
| 1720 – 1730 | Dorothea Hallier, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Potsdam, Germany A XPS study on how the presence of water influences the radiation damage to proteins |
| 1730 – 1740 | Mariam Osepashvili, Kutaisi International University, Kutaisi, Georgia Models for cancer dynamics (carcinogenesis) |
| 1740 – 1750 | Estefania Rossich Molina, Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Machine Learning meets Molecular Dynamics: IR spectra of astrochemical relevant systems |
Wednesday, April 10 (MultIChem-related sessions)
| Morning session I: Radiation-induced chemistry (Chair: Cécile Sicard-Roselli) | |
| 0900 – 0930 | Nigel Mason, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Multiscale Chemistry in the extreme - Chemistry across the Universe |
| 0930 – 1000 | Petr Slavíček, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic Electrons in water: Birth, transport and reactivity |
| 1000 – 1030 | Pamir Nag, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic Probing electron-induced chemistry in liquid micro-jets |
| 1030 – 1100 | Gérard Baldacchino, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Fluorescence quenching versus fluorescent probe damage in protons Bragg peak analyzed by in line TCSPC measurements |
| 1100 – 1130 | Coffee break |
| Morning session II: Irradiation-driven transformations of molecular systems (Chair: Gérard Baldacchino) | |
| 1130 – 1200 | Alexey Verkhovtsev, MBN Research Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Exploration of irradiation-induced processes in molecular systems by means of irradiation-driven molecular dynamics |
| 1200 – 1230 | Hidetsugu Tsuchida, Quantum Science and Engineering Center, Kyoto University, Japan Damage process of nucleotide molecules in the Bragg peak region of multi-ion radiotherapy |
| 1230 – 1300 | Leo Sala, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic Nanoscale modifications on DNA nanostructures for diverse applications: From lithography to nanophotonics |
| 1300 – 1430 | Lunch |
| 1500 – 1730 | Guided tour through Tbilisi historical center |
Thursday, April 11 (MultIChem-related sessions)
| Morning session I: Collision and radiation processes with biomolecular systems (Chair: Marc Benjamin Hahn) | |
| 0930 – 1000 | Jean-Christophe Poully, CIMAP UMR 6252 (CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/Université de Caen Normandie), Caen, France Cartilage upon ionizing radiation: From molecular processes to biological effects |
| 1000 – 1030 | Dorothea Hallier, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Potsdam, Germany In-situ monitoring of chemical and structural changes at single-stranded DNA-binding proteins during X-ray exposure |
| 1030 – 1100 | Laura Carlini, Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR, Monterotondo, Roma, Italy Peptide bond formation and degradation in dipeptide |
| 1100 – 1130 | Coffee break |
| Morning session II: Dynamics and chemistry of molecules in the interstellar medium (Chair: Nigel Mason) | |
| 1130 – 1200 | Duncan Mifsud, HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research (Atomki), Debrecen, Hungary Sulphur radiation chemistry in solar system and interstellar environments: New results from the laboratory |
| 1200 – 1230 | Tamar Stein, Fritz Haber Research Center for Molecular Dynamics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Computational exploration of the oxygen(1D) reactivity with C2Hx hydrocarbons: Astrochemical reaction pathways |
| 1230 – 1300 | Gergő Lakatos, HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research (Atomki), Debrecen, Hungary Astrochemistry of calcium-carbonate – role of low energy ion-implantation |
| 1300 – 1430 | Lunch |
| Afternoon session I: Dynamical processes involving metal nanoparticles (Chair: Martin Falk) | |
| 1430 – 1500 | Cécile Sicard-Roselli, Institut de Chimie Physique, University Paris Saclay, Orsay, France Lanthanide-based nanoparticles for radiation dosimetry |
| 1500 – 1525 | Telma Marques, Instituto Superior Técnico, Bobadela, Portugal Impact of the coating of gold nanoparticles on hydroxyl radical production |
| 1525 – 1550 | Robin Schürmann, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Berlin, Germany Metrology for innovative nanotherapeutics using synchrotron-based X-ray scattering and complementary methods |
| 1550 – 1620 | Coffee break |
| Afternoon session IIa: Irradiation-driven transformations of molecular and condensed matter systems (Chair: Anatoli Popov) | |
| 1620 – 1650 | Matija Zlatar, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Insight into the excited state dynamics of transition metal complexes |
| 1650 – 1715 | Cauê Souza, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Multiscale simulation of photo-assisted chemical vapour deposition |
| 1715 – 1745 | Leon Mishnaevsky Jr., Technical University of Denmark, Roskilde, Denmark Ultraviolet radiation and thermal curing of adhesives: Improvement of efficiency of repair and quality of wind turbine blades |
| Afternoon session IIb: Short presentations (Chair: Małgorzata Śmiałek-Telega) | |
| 1745 – 1755 | Jelena Maljković, Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia Experimental and theoretical study of differential cross sections for the elastic electron scattering by anesthetic molecules in the medium energy range |
| 1755 – 1805 | Lamiya Balayeva, Department of the Semiconductor Physics, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan Photocurrent characteristics and photoconductivity properties in Ga1-xBxSe crystal |
| 1930 – 2200 | Conference dinner |
Friday, April 12 (MultIChem-related sessions)
| Morning session I: Biomedical and technological applications of radiation (Chair: Revaz Shanidze) | |
| 0920 – 0950 | Andy Nisbet, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom Nano-dosimetry applications in radiotherapy |
| 0950 – 1020 | Richard Amos, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom Ultra-high dose rate ion-beam therapy: Understanding the FLASH effect |
| 1020 – 1045 | Archil Chirakadze, Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia Enhancing the biological effectiveness and safety of particle therapy by means of the adjunct combined therapeutic modalities |
| 1045 – 1105 | Mariam Abuladze, Kutaisi International University, Georgia Comparison of proton therapy doses obtained with the Geant4 and matRad |
| 1105 – 1130 | Coffee break |
| Morning session II: Irradiation-driven transformations of biological systems (Chair: Richard Amos) | |
| 1130 – 1200 | Martin Falk, Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic Local and global post-irradiation changes in chromatin architecture at DSB sites and in the entire nucleus and their significance for DSB repair and genome stability |
| 1200 – 1230 | Agata Kowalska, Department of Physics, Maritime University of Szczecin, Poland Biological response of human lymphocytes to neutron irradiation produced by 252Cf source |
| 1230 – 1300 | Peter van Luijk, University Medical Center Groningen / University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands Reducing the risk of radiotherapy-induced xerostomia using stem cell sparing treatment techniques: Moving to the next level |
| 1300 – 1315 | DySoN-MultIChem 2024 Closing |
| 1315 – 1500 | Lunch |
| 1500 – 1630 | MultIChem Management Committee Meeting |
Saturday, April 13 – Conference excursion to Mtskheta
A ½-day excursion for conference participants to the ancient city of Mtskheta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Mtskheta is one of the oldest cities in Georgia. It is located approximately 20 km (12 mi) north of Tbilisi. Currently a small provincial capital, for nearly a millennium until the 5th century AD, Mtskheta was a large fortified city, a significant economic and political center of the Kingdom of Iberia.