Scientific program | The International Symposium "Atomic Cluster Collisions"

The complete scientific program of the MultIChem-ISACC 2025 Conference has been distributed with the third announcement.

A summary of the program is provided below.

Monday, July 14

08⁰⁰ – 09¹⁵	Participants registration
09¹⁵ – 09³⁰	MultIChem-ISACC 2025 Opening
	Morning session I: Structure and dynamics of MesoBioNano systems
09³⁰ – 10⁰⁰	Andrey Solov'yov, MBN Research Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany MesoBioNano Science: current status and perspectives
10⁰⁰ – 10³⁰	David Field, Center for Interstellar Catalysis, University Aarhus University, Denmark Solids are not so solid
10³⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Ivo Utke, Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Thun, Switzerland The perspective of metal e-nanoprint purity: small vs large metalorganic molecules in focused electron beam induced deposition
11⁰⁰ – 11³⁰	Coffee break
	Morning session II: Structure and dynamics of atomic clusters and nanoparticles
11³⁰ – 12⁰⁰	Richard Palmer, Nanomaterials Lab, Swansea University, United Kingdom Imaging, control and manufacturing of atomic clusters
12⁰⁰ – 12³⁰	Tommaso Mazza, European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany Coalescence dynamics of metal and oxide clusters probed by optical and x-ray lasers
12³⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Andrew Wheatley, Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom MOF densification – mechanistic studies and applications in quantum confined growth
13⁰⁰ – 14³⁰	Lunch
	Afternoon session I: Atomic clusters and molecular systems in external fields
14³⁰ – 14⁵⁵	Beata Ziaja-Motyka, Center for Free-Electron-Laser Science CFEL, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany Structural rearrangement in X-ray irradiated water revealed by XFEL pump – XFEL probe experiment
14⁵⁵ – 15²⁰	Sadia Bari, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany Probing biomolecular functional structures with X-rays
15²⁰ – 15⁴⁰	Oksana Travnikova, LCPMR, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, France Fragmentation and charge release in radiosensitizers induced by tender X-ray absorption: An electron – multi-ion coincidence study
15⁴⁰ – 16⁰⁰	Egor Evlyukhin, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Heraklion, Crete, Greece Harnessing X-rays and high pressure: A new frontier in photochemistry
16⁰⁰ – 16³⁰	Coffee break
	Afternoon session II: Collision and irradiation processes with molecular systems
16³⁰ – 16⁵⁵	Alexander Dorn, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany Electron collision induced intermolecular Coulombic decay in dimers of organic molecules
16⁵⁵ – 17²⁰	Eric Suraud, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Toulouse, France Some surprise and puzzle in the TDDFT description of irradiation of molecules
17²⁰ – 17⁴⁰	Nicolas Sisourat, Sorbonne University, CNRS, Laboratoire Chimie Physique Matière et Rayonnement, Paris, France Interatomic Coulombic Electron Capture-like processes at DESIREE
17⁴⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Iwona Szymańska, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland The complexes of the 10 and 11 group metals in irradiation experiments
19⁰⁰ – 21⁰⁰	Welcome reception

Tuesday, July 15

	Morning session I: Structure and dynamics of atomic cluster and molecular systems
09¹⁰ – 09⁴⁰	Julius Jellinek, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, USA Unravelling dynamical peculiarities in nanoalloys using subsystems-level analyses
09⁴⁰ – 10¹⁰	Manfred Kappes, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany Ion mobility studies of mass-selected clusters
10¹⁰ – 10⁴⁰	Florent Calvo, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France Shedding light onto an archetypal chemical reaction: formation of a non-covalent complex into helium nanodroplets
10⁴⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Thomas Pohl, Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria Controlled formation and deposition of monodisperse gold nanoparticles
11⁰⁰ – 11³⁰	Coffee break
	Morning session II: Reactivity and nanocatalysis
11³⁰ – 12⁰⁰	Shiv Khanna, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA Using superatomic metal-chalcogenide clusters and charge transfer ligands for nano p- n- junctions, novel magnets, CO oxidation and CO₂ conversion
12⁰⁰ – 12³⁰	Vincenzo Guidi, University of Ferrara, Italy Operando diagnosis of chemisorbed molecular species at the surface of functional nanostructured materials for gas sensing
12³⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Nigel Mason, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom Flames as a chemical factory – Atoms, Molecules, Clusters and Surfaces united in action
13⁰⁰ – 14³⁰	Lunch
	Afternoon session I: Collision, radiative and fragmentation processes
14³⁰ – 14⁵⁵	Alexey Verkhovtsev, MBN Research Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Computational studies of radiation-induced phenomena in molecules and atomic clusters
14⁵⁵ – 15²⁰	Daniel Nicholls, SenseAI Innovations Ltd, Liverpool, United Kingdom The advantages of sparse sampling and inpainting for high resolution, in-situ and ultrafast electron microscopy
15²⁰ – 15⁴⁰	Germán Rojas-Lorenzo, Instituto Superior de Tecnologias y Ciencias Aplicadas, University of Havana, Cuba Positron channeling in quasi-mosaic bent crystals: atomistic simulations vs. experiment
15⁴⁰ – 16⁰⁰	Jozef Lengyel, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany Uptake and collision dynamics of molecules with hydrated acid clusters
16⁰⁰ – 16³⁰	Coffee break
16³⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Poster session

Wednesday, July 16

	Morning session I: Irradiation-driven transformations and fabrication of condensed matter systems
09⁰⁰ – 09³⁰	Hubertus Marbach, Zeiss SMT, Roßdorf, Germany Semiconductor mask repair with focused electron beam induced processing
09³⁰ – 10⁰⁰	Ilia Solov’yov, Institute of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany Stochastic dynamics simulation of the focused electron beam induced deposition process
10⁰⁰ – 10³⁰	Flyura Djurabekova, University of Helsinki, Finland Atomistic simulations of nanoscale structural modification of oxide materials under swift heavy ion irradiation
10³⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Lisa McElwee-White, Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA Ion-induced chemistry of Pt precursors: Precursor reactions and spontaneous formation of multi-layered PtCx films
11⁰⁰ – 11³⁰	Coffee break
	Morning session II: Electron and ion irradiation-driven transformations in nanofabrication processes
11³⁰ – 11⁵⁵	Jakub Jurczyk, Institute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Creating functional magnetic nanostructures using focused electron beam: from FEBID models to experiment design
11⁵⁵ – 12²⁰	Miloš Hrabovský, TESCAN Group, Brno, Czech Republic AMBER X2: The next generation plasma FIB for advanced characterization and nanoprototyping
12²⁰ – 12⁴⁰	Alba Salvador-Porroche, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Nanofabrication using organometallic precursors in combination with electron and ion irradiations
12⁴⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Matija Zlatar, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Serbia Exploring chemical bonding and dissociation: Computational perspectives with transition metal and organometallic complexes
13⁰⁰ – 14³⁰	Lunch
	Afternoon session I: Electron and positron collisions with molecular systems
14³⁰ – 14⁵⁵	Jaroslav Kočišek, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Electron attachment to azoles and their clusters
14⁵⁵ – 15²⁰	Stephan Denifl, Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics, University of Innsbruck, Austria Interaction of free low-energy electrons with potential radiosensitizers
15²⁰ – 15⁴⁰	Bobby Antony, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India Electron and positron scattering from biomolecules
15⁴⁰ – 16⁰⁰	Jan Franz, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland Cross sections for collisions of positrons with water molecules
16³⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Excursion to the Heidelberg Castle

Thursday, July 17

	Morning session I: Irradiation-driven transformations in a medium
09³⁰ – 10⁰⁰	Brendan Dromey, Centre for Light Matter Interactions, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom Ultrafast Nanodosimetry – Tracking dynamics for solvated electrons due to proton stopping in pristine H₂O in real time
10⁰⁰ – 10³⁰	Juraj Fedor, J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic Understanding the complexity of electron-induced chemistry in bulk step by step
10³⁰ – 11⁰⁰	Ilko Bald, Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Germany How to conduct low-energy electron-induced processes at atmospheric conditions using visible light
11⁰⁰ – 11³⁰	Coffee break
	Morning session II: Collisions with biomolecules and biomolecular systems
11³⁰ – 11⁵⁵	Thomas Schlathölter, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, the Netherlands Photon and ion-induced dynamics in gas-phase DNA
11⁵⁵ – 12²⁰	Jan Verlet, University of Durham, United Kingdom Electron interactions with nucleobases in aqueous environments
12²⁰ – 12⁴⁰	Hidetsugu Tsuchida, Quantum Science and Engineering Center, Kyoto University, Japan Experiment of irradiating a liquid film with MeV heavy ions
12⁴⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Dorothea Hallier, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Potsdam, Germany Radiation response of ssDNA-binding protein G5P: Comparing radiation damage of accelerated protons and X-rays
13⁰⁰ – 14³⁰	Lunch
	Afternoon session I: Dynamics and chemistry of molecular systems
14³⁰ – 14⁵⁵	Majdi Hochlaf, Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs sur Marne, France Chemistry induced by ionizing radiation in the atmosphere of the early Earth: theory and experiment
14⁵⁵ – 15²⁰	Felipe Fantuzzi, University of Kent, United Kingdom Structure, stability, and VUV-driven processes in molecules of astrochemical interest
15²⁰ – 15⁴⁰	Kevin Li, Technical University München, Garching, Germany Where do interstellar anions come from? Tracking the formation of NCO^– and carbon chain anions in the gas phase
15⁴⁰ – 16⁰⁰	Małgorzata Śmiałek-Telega, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland Revisiting cresols: Insights into electronic structures via spectral analysis
16⁰⁰ – 16³⁰	Coffee break
	Afternoon session II: Nanostructured materials, surfaces and interfaces
16³⁰ – 16⁵⁵	Petra Tegeder, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Heidelberg University, Germany Electronic properties of interfaces with functional molecules
16⁵⁵ – 17²⁰	Katarina Marusic, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia The role of saturation and cis/trans isomerism in crosslinking of aliphatic self-assembled monolayers
17²⁰ – 17⁴⁰	Cauê Souza, University of Kent, United Kingdom Alkanethiol SAMs on gold: Assessment of force field parameters
17⁴⁰ – 18⁰⁰	Alise Podelinska, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia Thermodynamic stability and melting behavior of ionic crystals: A case study of LiF
19⁰⁰ – 22⁰⁰	Conference dinner

Friday, July 18

	Morning session I: Biomedical and technological applications of radiation
09³⁰ – 10⁰⁰	Richard Amos, Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom Biological impact of spatial and temporal collision clustering in ion beam radiotherapy
10⁰⁰ – 10²⁵	Martin Falk, Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic Chromatin: a key player in radiation-induced DNA damage and repair – New insights from micro- and nanoscale studies
10²⁵ – 10⁵⁰	Kate Ricketts, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, United Kingdom Neutron capture therapy – Current status and future potential
10⁵⁰ – 11¹⁰	Revaz Shanidze, Kutaisi International University, Kutaisi, Georgia Current status of the hadron center for therapy and research at Kutaisi International University
11¹⁰ – 11⁴⁰	Coffee break
	Morning session II: Mechanisms of nanoparticle radiosensitization
11⁴⁰ – 12¹⁰	Michael Hausmann, Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany Characteristic chromatin networks and their response to radiation, nanoparticle exposure or peritoneal dialysis
12¹⁰ – 12⁴⁰	Cécile Sicard-Roselli, Institut de Chimie Physique, University Paris Saclay, France Are gold nanoparticles so inert under ionizing radiation?
12⁴⁰ – 13⁰⁰	Sara Freitas, University of Porto, Portugal Synergistic effect between photothermal and ionizing radiation therapies using plasmonic nanoparticles as photo-absorbing agents and radiosensitizers toward higher-efficiency colorectal cancer treatments
13⁰⁰ – 13¹⁵	MultIChem-ISACC 2025 Closing
14³⁰ – 16⁰⁰	MultIChem Management Committee Meeting