Conference Agenda

Brookhaven National Laboratory
August 11–14, 2025

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Monday, August 11, 2025

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Registration & Welcome Reception

Science and User Support Center (SUSC), Building 101

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast (provided)
9:00 AM – 9:10 AM
Welcome Remarks

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Anibal Boscoboinik & Kristen Burson

9:10 AM – 9:50 AM
Invited Talk

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Dario Stacchiola

Operando Surface Chemistry on Copper Oxides

9:50 AM – 10:30 AM
Contributed Talks I

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  • Controlling selective C-O and C-H bond scission of methanol by supporting Pt on TiN and Mo2N model surfaces and powder catalysts - Marcus Yu, Wenjie Liao, Ping Liu, Jingguang G. Chen
  • Stable Dry Reforming of Methane Enabled by High-Entropy Oxides via Synergistic Redox Exsolution and Strong Metal-Support Interaction Construction - Zhenzhen Yang, Qingju Wang, Sheng Dai
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
Coffee Break (provided)
11:00 AM – 12:20 PM
Contributed Talks II

Science and User Support Center (SUSC), Building 101

  • Unlocking Cu+-Activated Reactions via CuGaO2 Delafossite Surfaces - E. L. Fornero, G. E. Murgida, M. V. Bosco, J. C. Hernández Garrido, A. Aguirre, F. Calaza, D. Stacchiola, M. V. Ganduglia-Pirovano, A. L. Bonivardi
  • Low-Temperature Activation and Coupling of Methane on supported MgO Nanostructures - Arephin Islam and José A. Rodriguez
  • Towards understanding the Structure/Activity Relationship of Rh/TiO2 Catalysts - Sabrina M. Gericke, Xiaobo Chen, Amy Wu, Abigail Fearon, Meng Li, Dmitri N. Zakharov, Judith Yang, Ashley R. Head
  • Simultaneous Electron spectroscopy and X-ray scattering on model ceria catalysts. Baran Eren
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch Break (provided)
2:00 PM – 3:20 PM
Contributed Talks III

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  • Understanding of non-trivial electronic structure in epitaxial graphene heterostructures on SiC by scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy - Umamahesh Thupakula and Marek Kolmer, Ames Lab
  • On-Surface Synthesis of Semiconducting-to-Metallic Nanoporous Graphene - Mamun Sarker, Alexander Sinitskii
  • Impact of external screening on the valence and core-level photoelectron spectra of one-layer WS₂ - Alex Boehm, Christopher M. Smyth, Andrew R. Kim, Don Bethke, Tzu-Ming Lu, Jose J. Fonseca, Jeremy T. Robinson, Taisuke Ohta
  • Interfacial Design of Two-dimensional Energy-Efficient Nanoelectronics - Huamin Li
3:20 PM – 4:00 PM
Coffee Break (provided)
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Contributed Talks IV

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  • Metallic Conductivity in Ti3C2Tx and Its Correlation with Photoresponse Behavior - Alexey Lipatov
  • Atomic-Scale Visualization and Manipulation Polar Domain Boundaries - Fan Zhang, Zhe Wang, Lixuan Liu, Anmin Nie, Yanxing Li, Yongji Gong, Wenguang Zhu, Chenggang Tao
  • Transition metal silicides: a new class of material candidates for superconducting qubit applications - Mingzhao Liu
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Break + Set-up Posters
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Poster Session & Dinner (provided)

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  • Engineering Bandgap of Porous Graphene Nanoribbons - Mohammad Nazmus Sakib
  • Wafer-Scale 2D MoS2 Transistors Using Transfer-Free Location-on-Demand Selective Synthesis - Chu-Te Chen, Anthony Cabanillas, Fei Yao, Huamin Li
  • Wafer-Scale 2D MoS2 FETs With Enhanced Contact Resistance and Schottky Barrier Height Achieved by Multipurpose MoO3 - Anthony M. Cabanillas, Chu Te Chen, Fei Yao, Huamin Li
  • In-situ atomic-scale visualization of Cu2O growth during the oxidation of copper - Linna Qiao, Jianyu Wang, Shuonan Ye, Zhikang Zhou, Xiaobo Chen, Dmitri N. Zakharov, Kim Kisslinger, Meng Li, Judith C Yang, Guangwen Zhou
  • Machine Learning aided kinetic modeling from transient reaction data - Jay Shukla
  • Thermal Stability and Decomposition Pathways of ZIF-8 Thin Films Studied via In Situ IRRAS - Eliseo Perez Gomez, Mueed Ahmad, Jorge Aníbal Boscoboinik, Michael Tsapatsis
  • Unveiling the Impact of Ceria Surface Structure in Ni/CeO2 for Ethanol Steam Reforming - E. L. Fornero, J. Vecchietti, J. Anibal Boscoboinik, J. C. Hernández-Garrido, A. L. Bonivardi
  • A Reconstructed Cu2O Surface Oxidizes CO at Cryogenic Temperatures - Burcu Karagoz, Tianhao Hu, Joakim Halldin Stenlid, Markus Soldemo, Frank Abild-Pedersen, Kess Marks, Henrik Öström, Dario Stacchiola, Jonas Weissenrieder, Ashley R. Head
  • Xenon Capture in Silica Nanocages on Metal Substrates - Kristen M. Burson, Erik Genet, Shabab Kabir, Alexandria Roy, J. Anibal Boscoboinik
  • Advancing Catalysis Research through Theory and Data - Qin Wu
  • Ion Beam-Engineered Silver Nanoparticles for Controlling Fluorophore Emission: A Surface Photoluminescence Study - Shahid Iqbal
  • Confinement effects on Surfaces - J. Anibal Boscoboinik
  • Development of an accurate, efficient, and physically meaningful semiclassical approach to modelling resistivity size effects exhibited by single-crystalline metallic films: from bulk to sub-nm - William (Bill) Kaden

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast (provided)
9:00 AM – 9:40 AM
Invited Talk

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Steven J. Sibener

Atomically-resolved Dynamical Processes at Surfaces: Materials Oxidation, Single-Molecule Reactivity, and Superconducting Radio Frequency Materials Optimization

9:40 AM – 10:40 AM
Nottingham Prize Competition I

Science and User Support Center (SUSC), Building 101

  • It's Not a S(KZ)CAM! Accurate Surface Modeling at Low Cost - Benjamin Shi
  • Atomic-scale Sensing of the Electric Field with a Molecular Sensor - Yunpeng Xia
  • Atomic-scale terahertz-induced dynamics of van der Waals materials - Stefanie Adams
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM
Coffee Break (provided)
11:00 AM – 12:20 PM
Nottingham Prize Competition II

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  • Surface Properties of Zirconium diboride (0001) and Homoepitaxial Growth of Zirconium diboride as Determined by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy - Ayoyele Ologun
  • High-temperature surface dynamics of NiAl under reactive environments - Shyam Bharatkumar Patel
  • Defect engineering of metal sulfide surfaces: Where real-world challenges meet Solid-state Physics - Pablo R A de Oliveira
  • Cold Plasma-Driven Xenon Trapping in Silicate Nanocages on Metal Powders - Laiba Bilal
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Lunch Break (provided)
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Nottingham Prize Competition III

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  • Syngas Conversion to Surface Carbon on Co/CeO₂ - Matthew Bonney
  • Investigation of Adsorption and Selective Hydrogenation of 1.3-butadiene on Cu(111) and Pd/Cu(111) Single-Atom Alloy Surfaces - Mohammad Rahat Hossain
  • A Priori designed NiAg Single-Atom Alloys for Selective Epoxidation Reactions - Elizabeth E. Happel
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
CFN and NSLS-II Tours + Coffee Break (provided)
5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Conference Banquet(provided)

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7:30 PM – ??
Bar Time

Southpaw Brewery

Thursday, August 14, 2025

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Breakfast (provided)
9:00 AM – 9:40 AM
Invited Talk

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Sylvie Rangan

2D organic layers on surfaces: self-assembly, on-surface chemistry and electronic structure

9:40 AM – 10:40 AM
Contributed Talks V

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  • Quantitative Comparative Force Spectroscopy on Molecules - Eric I. Altman, Xinzhe Wang, Percy Zahl, Jara Trujillo Mulero, Hailiang Wang, Rubén Pérez, and Udo D. Schwarz
  • Applications of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy in Heavy Element Studies - Benjamin R. Heiner, Miles F. Beaux II
  • Imaging Molecules from “Stardust” Percy Zahl, Martha L. Chacon-Patino, Joseph W., Frye-Jones
10:40 AM – 11:00 AM
Coffee Break (provided)
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Contributed Talks VI

Science and User Support Center (SUSC), Building 101

  • In-situ Atomic-Resolution Observations of Formation of Amorphous Iron during Reduction of Iron Oxides in Hydrogen - Yupeng Wu, Zhikang Zhou, Wenhui Zhu, Linna Qiao, Shuonan Ye, Xiaobo Chen, Renu Sharma, Judith C. Yang, Mengen Wang, Guangwen Zhou
  • Reliability Assessment and Failure Analysis of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers with Different Oxide Apertures - G.M. Wu, J.E. Lin
  • An Overview of Surface Science in Semiconductor Industries - Mueed Ahmad
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
Conference Wrap-up & Farewell

Lunch at Berkner Hall (optional, not provided)