Presentations

2017

  1. Georg Schusteritsch and Chris J. Pickard (Contributed talk) "Predicting the Structure of Interfaces using the Ab Initio Random Structure Searching Method", Interface Morphology Prediction with Robust and Efficient Structure Search (IMPRESS), Helsinki, Finland (June 2017).
  2. Francesca Baletto (Invited talk) "Towards a rational design of metallic nanocatalysts: the point of view of a physicist", Faraday Joint Interest Group Conference 2017, Warwick University (11-13 April 2017).
  3. Georg Schusteritsch and Chris J. Pickard (Contributed talk) "Interface Structure Prediction using the Ab Initio Random Structure Searching Method", DPG Spring Conference, Dresden, Germany (March 2017).
  4. Francesca Baletto (Invited talk) "Numerical modelling for a rational design of nano catalysts", International Symposium on Semiconductor Clusters and Nanoparticles, Magnus-Haus Berlin, Germany (22-24 February 2017).
  5. Francesca Baletto (Seminar), EPFL.

2016

  1. Dmitri Schebarchov (Invited talk) "Tunable Thermodynamics of Nanoalloys from the Energy Landscapes Perspective", Joint 4th TYC Energy Materials Workshop/EPSRC- TOUCAN Critical Mass Conference (Shaping Nanocatalysts), King's College London (14-16 December 2016).
  2. Ilker Demiroglu (Contributed talk) "Molecular adsorption on free and supported AuRh nanoparticles", Joint 4th TYC Energy Materials Workshop/EPSRC- TOUCAN Critical Mass Conference (Shaping Nanocatalysts), King's College London (14-16 December 2016).
  3. Francesca Baletto (Tutorial Lecture) "Modelling structural transitions at the nanoscale", TYC Energy Materials Workshop/EPSRC- TOUCAN Critical Mass Conference (Shaping Nanocatalysts), King's College London (14-16 December 2016).
  4. Georg Schusteritsch and Chris J. Pickard (Tutorial Lecture) "Structure Prediction using Ab Initio Random Structure Searching", TYC Energy Materials Workshop/EPSRC- TOUCAN Critical Mass Conference (Shaping Nanocatalysts), King's College London (14-16 December 2016).
  5. Ilker Demiroglu (Contributed talk) "Molecular adsorption on free and supported AuRh nanoparticles", International Workshop: Nanoalloys on Atomic Scale, University of Birmingham (5-6 December 2016).
  6. Francesca Baletto (Invited talk) "Being a 'nano-Valetino' at the nanoscale: design rules of metallic nanoarchitectures", International Workshop: Nanoalloys on Atomic Scale, University of Birmingham (5-6 December 2016).
  7. Roy L. Johnston (Contributed talk) "Modelling nanoalloy catalysts: from free to oxide-supported particles (Au-Rh/TiO2)", 8th International Conference on Multiscale Modelling of Materials: Symposium K. Multiscale modelling of nanoalloys and metal-based nanohybrids, Dijon (9-14 October 2016).
  8. Roy L. Johnston (Invited talk) "Computational Study of the Interactions of Nanoalloys with Oxide Supports and Adsorbates: Au-Rh/TiO2", Characterisation of Metal Particle Workshop, Glenshiel, Limpopo, South Africa (6-7 October 2016).
  9. Ilker Demiroglu (Contributed talk), 28th National Chemistry Congress, University of Mersin, Turkey (15-21 August 2016).
  10. Roy L. Johnston (Invited talk) "Structures, Energetics, and Reactivities of Free and Supported Metal Clusters: A Computational Study”, ISSPIC XVIII - 18th International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Clusters, Jyvaskyla, Finland (14-19 August 2016).
  11. Georg Schusteritsch and Chris J. Pickard (Contributed talk) "Materials discovery using ab initio random structure searching - going beyond crystals", CCP9 Young Researchers' Event, York University (July 2016).
  12. Roy L. Johnston (Invited talk) "Combining DFT-based Global Optimisation with Experimental Measurements to Determine the Structures of Free and Supported Sub-nanometre Clusters", CECAM Workshop - Structure Prediction of Nanoclusters from Global Optimization Techniques: Computational Strategies and Connection to Experiments, Pau, France (5-8 July 2016).
  13. Francesca Baletto (Invited Keynote lecture) "Being a 'Valentino' at the Nanoscale", ICTP-College on Multiscale Computational Modeling of Materials for Energy Applications, Trieste, Italy (4-15 July 2016).
  14. Georg Schusteritsch and Chris J. Pickard (Seminar) "Materials discovery using ab initio random structure searching - going beyond crystals", Mathematics Group, AIMR, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (June 2016).
  15. Roy L. Johnston (Invited talk) "Interactions of Nanoalloys with Oxide Supports and Adsorbates", Cluster Surface Interaction Workshop 2016, Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA (31 May-3 June 2016).
  16. Francesca Baletto (Invited talk) "Supported Pt-nanoclusters: the importance of the interface", RSC Adv. mini-symposium: Advanced potential energy surfaces, Southampton University (April 2016).
  17. Ilker Demiroglu (Contributed talk) “A DFT Study of Free and Supported Au-Rh Nanoalloys”, Materials Chemistry Consortium Conference: Modelling of Advanced Functional Materials using Terascale Computing, University of Cardiff (6-8 April 2016).
  18. Georg Schusteritsch and Chris J. Pickard (Contributed talk) "Interface Structure Prediction using the Ab Initio Random Structure Searching Method", MRS Spring Meeting 2016, Phoenix, USA (March 2016).
  19. Roy L. Johnston (Invited talk) "Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Free and Supported Sub-nanometre Metal Clusters", International Symposium on Clusters, Cluster-Assemblies and Nanomaterials (ISCAN2016), IISER TVM, Trivandrum, Kerala, India (9-12 March 2016).
  20. Roy L. Johnston (Seminar) "Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale", Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, India (7 March 2016).
  21. Ilker Demiroglu (Contributed talk) "A DFT Study of Free and Supported Au-Rh Nanoalloys", Symposium on Metal-containing Complexes, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford (23 February 2016).
  22. Ilker Demiroglu (Contributed talk) "A DFT Study of Free and Supported Au-Rh Nanoalloys", Joint Symposium of the Solid Surfaces and Theoretical Chemistry groups of the RSC: Studying Surfaces – in vacuo, in situ, in silico, Burlington House, London (22 January 2016). /li>
  23. Georg Schusteritsch and Chris J. Pickard (Contributed talk) "Ab initio random structure searching - beyond crystals", Surface Science Forum, University of Cambridge (January 2016).
  24. L. Oliver Paz-Borbon (Contributed talk), 2nd Meeting of the American Initiative on Metal Clusters and Nanoalloys, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
  25. L. Oliver Paz-Borbon (Contributed talk), ENGE: International Conference on Electronic Materials and Nanotechnology for Green Environment, Jeju, South Korea.
  26. L. Oliver Paz-Borbon (Contributed talk), THIS: Theory of Hetero-Interfaces and Surfaces. Yonsei University Winter School, Seúl, South Korea.
  27. Francesca Baletto (Seminar), NPRL Seminar, School of Physics, University of Birmingham (Physics).

2015

  1. Francesca Baletto (Invited talk) "Supported metallic and bimetallic nanocatalysts", PacificChem 2015, Hawaii, USA (December 2015).
  2. Gian Giacomo Asara (Invited talk) "Understanding the catalytic activity of polyhedral nanoparticles from first principles", FisMat2015 (September 2015).
  3. Gian Giacomo Asara (Contributed talk) "Understanding the catalytic activity of polyhedral nanoparticles from first principles", PsiK-2015, San Sebastian, Spain (September 2015).
  4. Francesca Baletto (Invited talk) "Topological effects in magnetic platinum nano-particles", EMN-2015, San Sebastian, Spain (September 2015).
  5. Francesca Baletto (Invited talk) "Modelling Nanocatalysts", ECOSS-2015, Barcelona, Spain (September 2015).
  6. Roy L. Johnston (Seminar) "Computational Studies of Surface-supported Clusters and Nanoparticles", Nanoscale Science Department, Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany (8 July 2015).
  7. Francesca Balettio (Invited talk) "Modelling metal-based nanoparticles: toward realistic environments", CECAM Workshop: Modeling Metal-based Nanoparticles: Toward Realistic Environments, CECAM-FR-GSO, CEMES, Toulouse, France (29 June-1 July 2015).
  8. Roy L. Johnston (Invited talk) "Computational Studies of the Interactions of Metal Clusters with Oxide Surfaces", CECAM Workshop: Modeling Metal-based Nanoparticles: Toward Realistic Environments, CECAM-FR-GSO, CEMES, Toulouse, France (29 June-1 July 2015).
  9. Roy L. Johnston (Plenary lecture) "DFT-based Global Optimisation of Free and Supported Metal Clusters", British Association for Crystal Growth: 46th Annual BACG Conference, Queen Mary, University London (21-23 June 2015).
  10. Roy L. Johnston (Invited talk) "Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Sub-nanometre Metal Clusters", International SNM15 Workshop: Theory of Metal Atoms, Clusters and Nanoparticles Stabilized by Organic Matter, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland (10-12 June 2015).
  11. Roy L. Johnston (Seminar) "Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Sub-nanometre Metal Clusters”, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radbout University Nijmegen, Netherlands (3 June 2015).
  12. Georg Schusteritsch and Chris J. Pickard (Seminar) "Interfacial materials and interface structure prediction: An Ab Initio Random Structure Searching Approach", Electronic Structure Discussion Group, Theory of Condensed Matter Group, University of Cambridge (May 2015).
  13. Roy L. Johnston (Invited talk) "Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Sub-nanometre Metal Clusters", Clusters: From Trimers to Nanoparticles, International Conference of Computational Methods in Science and Engineering (ICCMSE2015), Athens, Greece (20-23 March 2015).
  14. Francesca Baletto (Seminar), USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
  15. Francesca Baletto (Seminar), Queen Mary University of London.

2014

  1. Dmitri Schebarchov (Contributed talk) "Global Optimisation for Multicomponent Systems by Sampling Hybrid Double Minima", Energy Landscapes: From Single Molecules to Soft Matter, Durham University (15-21 August 2014).
  2. Jack B. A. Davis (Contributed talk) "The Application and Expansion of the Free-Energy Concentration Expansion Method to New Nanoalloy Systems", NANOALLOY COST Meeting, Santa Margarita, Italy (8-9 April 2014).
  3. Francesca Baletto (Seminar), Donostia International Physics Center, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain.

2013

  1. Roy L. Johnston (Seminar) "Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Nanoalloys", Department of Chemistry, Southeast University, Nanjing, China (28 November 2013).
  2. Roy L. Johnston (Invited Outreach talk) "Nanoparticles: Small Science, Big Future (?)", Dulwich College Beijing, China (22 November 2013).
  3. Roy L. Johnston (Invited Understanding Science talk) "Nanoparticles: Small Science, Big Future (?)", Bridge Cafe, Wudaokou, Beijing, China (21 November 2013).
  4. Roy L. Johnston (Invited talk) "Combining Theory and Experiment to Determine the Structures of Gas Phase Metal Clusters", 1st China-Europe International Workshop on Alloy Nanoparticles (CEIWN2013), Beijing, China (17-21 Nov. 2013).
  5. Roy L. Johnston (Seminar) "Nanoalloys: Two Metals Can be Better than One at the Nanoscale", Department of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China (14 November 2013).
  6. Dmitri Schebarchov (Contributed talk) "Global optimisation for nanoalloys", 7th International Conference on the Theory of Atomic and Molecular Clusters (TAMC VII), University of Birmingham (15-20 September 2013).