Sunday, 2 September 2018

18:00 – 21:00

Registration

19:00 – 21:00

Welcome reception

  Monday, 3 September 2018

8:30 – 9:00

Registration

9:00 – 9:15

Opening

Session 1: Experimental techniques and equipment
Chairperson: Andrzej Chmielewski, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (Poland)

9:20 – 10:05

James Wishart, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)
Perspective on recent and future developments in radiation chemistry techniques and instrumentation

10:05 – 10:30

Eberhard Riedle, University of Munich (Germany)
Complex and comprehensive chemical processes: the need for new spectroscopic approaches

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 11:25

Adam Round, European XFEL (Germany)
Current research opportunities and recent advances in instrumentation for XFEL structural studies at the SPB/SFX instrument at the European XFEL

11:25 – 11:45

Libor Juha, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences (Czechia)
Short and ultra-short XUV/x-ray laser pulses in radiation research: a brief overview and outlook

11:45 – 12:05

Tomer Zidki, Ariel University (Israel)
Conversion of a continuous radiotherapy linear accelerator to a research pulse radiolysis unit – a cheaper mode for achieving an advanced research instrumentation

12:05 – 12:25

Chairman’s time

12:25 – 13:20

Lunch

 Session 2: Radiation chemistry, pulse radiolysis
Chairperson: Jay LaVerne, University of Notre Dame (USA)

13:20 – 14:05

Mehran Mostafavi, Paris-Sud University (France)
Reactivity of the electron in excess in the water before undergoing the hydration process

14:05 – 14:30

Ireneusz Janik, Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory (USA)
The nature of primary intermediates formed in early events of OH radical induced oxidation of SCN^- in water

14:30 – 14:50

Sergey Denisov, Paris-Sud University (France)
Ultrafast charge localization following ionizing irradiation of aqueous uridine monophosphate: prehydrated electron attachment and hole transfer

14:50 – 15:10

Łukasz Kaźmierczak, Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
Oxidation of Cl^- to Cl₂^•- in reaction with ^•OH radical by DFT calculations, kinetic modelling and pulse radiolysis

15:10 – 15:30

Israel Zilbermann, NRCN, Beer-Sheva (Israel)
Reactions of carbonate radical anion with amino-carboxylate complexes of manganese(II) and iron(III)

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 16:25

Yoichi Yoshida, Osaka University (Japan)
Study of primary process of radiation chemistry by femtosecond pulse radiolysis

16:25 – 16:50

Amitava Adhikary, Oakland University, Rochester (USA)
Reactions of guanine cation radical in DNA-models

16:50 – 17:10

Luděk Vyšín, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences (Czechia)
Chemical dosimetry of nanosecond soft x-ray pulses: Ferric ion and hydroxyl radical yields in aqueous solutions irradiated in the water window

17:10 – 17:30

Marian Wolszczak, Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
Scavenging of hydrated electron by HSA or ligand/HSA adduct. Pulse radiolysis study

17:30 – 17:50

Jerzy L. Gębicki, Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
Small radicals in reverse micelles as studied by pulse radiolysis

17:50 – 18:10

Chairman’s time

  Tuesday, 4 September 2018

 Session 3: Photophysics, photocatalysis
Chairperson: Yuri Berlin, Northwestern University (USA)

9:00 – 9:45

Prashant Kamat, University of Notre Dame (USA)
Photocatalysis to photovoltaics: Impact of charge transfer at semiconductor interface

9:45 – 10:10

Laurens Siebbeles, Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands)
Exciting multiple electrons by one photon in nanomaterials for photovoltaics

10:10 – 10:35

Kazuhiko Seki, AIST, Tsukuba (Japan)
Theoretical study on fundamental kinetic processes in photoelectric and photoelectrochemical conversion

10:35- 10:55

Mateusz Gierszewski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland)
Femtosecond studies of solar cells sensitized with carbazole and indoline dyes with alkoxysilyl anchoring group

10:55 – 11:20

Coffee break

11:20 – 11:45

Valentine Vullev, University of California, Riverside (USA)
Multifaceted complexity of dipole effects on charge transfer

11:45 – 12:05

Stanisław Niziński, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland)
Photoprotection in selected molecular systems studied with time-resolved UV-vis absorption spectroscopy

12:05 – 12:25

Arkadiusz Jarota, Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
Ultrafast dynamics of diarylethene derivatives

12:25 – 12:45

Ireneusz Piwoński, University of Lodz (Poland)
TiO₂ photonic crystals modified with bimetallic silver-platinum nanostructures for photocatalytic applications

12:45 – 13:05

Chairman’s time

13:05 – 14:00

Lunch

 Session 4: Kinetics in biochemical/biological systems
Chairperson: Attila Szabo, National Institutes of Health (USA)

14:00 – 14:45

Huan-Xiang Zhou, University of Illinois at Chicago (USA)
Rate constants and mechanisms of protein–ligand binding

14:45 – 15:10

Nobuhiro Ohta, National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan)
Nanosecond pulsed electric field effects on intracellular function of live cells

15:10 – 15:30

Beata Brożek-Płuska, Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
Pump-probe femtosecond spectroscopy and high resolution Raman imaging of human digestive tract

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 16:25

Iñaki Tuñón, University of Valencia (Spain)
Enzymatic reaction pathways and transition states

16:25 – 16:50

Yuri Berlin, Northwestern University (USA)
Behavior of photo-induced charge carriers in DNA: key processes, mechanisms and applications

16:50 – 17:10

Szymon Żaczek, Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
An insight into protonation of a substrate prior to prenylated flavin mononucleotide formation

17:10 – 17:30

Chairman’s time

17:30 – 17:50

Bumsoo Han, International Atomic Energy Agency
Advanced material development and the role of IAEA

  Wednesday, 5 September 2018

 Session 5: Free-radical chemistry
Chairperson: Chantal Houée-Lévin, Paris-Sud University (France)

9:00 – 9:45

Michael Davies, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
Kinetics and mechanisms of protein oxidation, peroxidation and cross-linking

9:45 – 10:10

Christian Schöneich, University of Kansas (USA)
Selective free radical reactions of cysteine, methionine and histidine: kinetics, mechanisms, and relevance for protein stability

10:10 – 10:30

Bronisław Marciniak, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland)
Photoxidation of methionine-containing peptides: from model compounds to proteins

10:30- 10:50

Thomas Nauser, ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
Rapid equilibria involving radicals and aromatic structures

10:50 – 11:20

Coffee break

11:20 – 11:45

Jacek Zielonka, Medical College of Wisconsin (USA)
Kinetic aspects of the detection of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in cellular and cell-free systems

11:45 – 12:05

Marta Ignasiak Kciuk, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland)
Role of iodide anions in sensitized oxidation of amino acids, peptides and proteins

12:05 – 12:25

Julio De la Fuente, University of Chile, Santiago (Chile)
Photoreductions of quinoxalin-2-one derivatives. Flash photolysis study.

12:25 – 12:45

Tomasz Pędziński, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland)
Unexpected reaction pathway of the alpha-aminoalkyl radical derived from one-electron oxidation of S-alkyl-glutathiones

12:45 – 13:45

Lunch

13:45 – 14:10

Chryssostomos Chatgilialoglu, ISOF, Bologna (Italy)
Hydroxyl radical–induced formation of purine lesions in doubled-stranded 23-mer oligonucleotides: A fine-tuning of the mechanism

14:10 – 14:30

Katarzyna Taras-Goślińska, Adam Mickiewicz Univ. in Poznań (Poland)
Photochemical and radiation induced radical reactions involving
2-thiouracil derivatives

14:30 – 14:50

Konrad Skotnicki, Inst. of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (Poland)
Three-electron bonded sulfur-centered radicals in nitrogen heterocycles

14:50 – 15:10

Chairman’s time

15:10 – 16:30

Poster session
The list of posters is available here
The recommended poster size is 70 cm (width) x 100 cm (height)

19:00 – 22:00

Conference dinner – Poznański Palace

  Thursday, 6 September 2018

 Session 6: Polymer systems – kinetic studies
Chairperson: Mohamad Al-Sheikhly, University of Maryland (USA)

9:00 – 9:45

Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
Macromolecular engineering via dynamic exchange between radicals and dormant species in controlled radical polymerization

9:45 – 10:10

Dominik Wöll, RWTH Aachen University (Germany)
Nanoscopic insights into polymer gels and their relation to polymerization kinetics

10:10 – 10:35

Igor Lacik, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava (Slovakia)
Pulsed-laser initiated polymerization in aqueous solution

10:35 – 10:55

Piotr Sawicki, Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
Determination of Arrhenius coefficients of N-vinylpyrrolidone polymerization in aqueous solution by Pulsed Electron Polymerization – Size Exclusion Chromatography (PEP–SEC)

10:55 – 11:20

Coffee break

11:20 – 11:45

Xavier Coqueret, University of Reims (France)
Concomitant cationic and free radical photopolymerization of epoxy and acrylate blends: experimental design for controlling polymerization kinetics

11:45 – 12:05

Florinella Muñoz Bisesti, National Polytechnic School (Ecuador)
Preparation of inulin hydrogels by electron beam irradiation: thermal properties and arsenic removal as a possible application

12:05 – 12:25

Lucille Abad, Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (Philippines)
Stability of irradiated k-carrageenan: A kinetic approach

12:25 – 12:45

Chairman’s time

12:45 – 13:45

Lunch

 Session 7: General problems in diffusion-assisted processes, the theory of diffusion
Chairperson: Sergey Traytak, Institute of Chemical Physics, RAS (Russia)

13:45 – 14:30

Gleb Oshanin, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris (France)
Diffusion-limited binding of molecules to partially-reactive target sites

14:30 – 14:55

Sangyoub Lee, Seoul National University (South Korea)
A new method of solution for the Fredholm integral equation and its application to the diffusion-influenced reaction kinetics

14:55 – 15:20

Anatoly Shushin, Institute of Chemical Physics, RAS (Russia)
Manifestation of interparticle interaction in the kinetics of condensed phase migration-assisted processes

15:20 – 15:40

Piotr Polanowski, Lodz University of Technology (Poland)
Diffusion in a crowded environment – influence of cooperativity

15:40 – 16:10

Coffee break

16:10 – 16:35

Gonzalo Angulo, Institute of Physical Chemistry, PAS (Poland)
Diffusion assisted photo-induced electron transfer reactions: experiments and models

16:35 – 17:00

Nikita Lukzen, International Tomography Center, SB RAS (Russia)
Effect of magnetic field on radical recombination on two-dimensional manifold

17:00 – 17:20

Chairman’s time

17:20 – 17:30

Concluding remarks, closing

  Friday, 7 September 2018

8:00 –

Departure