Chiral Symmetry Breaking at Molecular Level
Workshop
Chiral Symmetry Breaking (CSB) is ubiquitous in chemistry and physics. For example, achiral molecules crystallize as chiral crystals. For which reasons, molecular systems break their symmetry? Under which conditions? How a tiny excess of one enantiomer lead to chiral amplification? What is the origin of homochirality on earth? The workshop intents to mix up ideas and people. Researchers working on CSB, but with very different background: theory, electromagnetism, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, crystallography, catalysis, nucleation, chemical engineering, liquid crystals, spectroscopy, organic synthesis, and quantum chemistry will confront their views.
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Invited Speakers
David Amabilino (U. of Nottingham, UK)
Donna G. Blackmond (Scripps Research I., La Jolla, USA)
Pedro Cintas (UEx, Badajoz, Spain)
Steven De Feyter (KU Leuven, Belgium)
John M. Doyle (Harvard U.,USA)
Karl-Heinz Ernst (U. of Zurich, Switzerland)
Ben Feringa (U. of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Kazuyuki Ishii (U. of Tokyo, Japan)
Mats Larsson (Stockholm U., Sweden)
Ron Naaman (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Wim Noorduin (AMOLF, Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Anja Palmans (T. U. Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
Sarah L. Price (University College London, UK)
Martin Quack (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Rasmita Raval (U. of Liverpool, UK)
Josep Ribo (U. de Barcelona, Spain)
Kenso Soai (Tokyo U. of Science, Japan)
Michinori Suginome (Kyoto U., Japan)
Carsten Tschierske (Martin Luther U. Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Inbal Tuvi-Arad (The Open University of Israel)
Peter Vekilov (U. of Houston, USA)
Cristobal Viedma (UCM, Madrid Spain)
Elias Vlieg (Radboud University, The Netherlands)
Organising and Scientific Committee
Yves Geerts (ULB, Brussels, Belgium)
Dominique Maes (VUB, Brussels, Belgium)
Bert Meijer (Technische U. Eindhoven, The Netherlands)
