GENERAL
INFORMATION
Research workshops on Nucleation Theory and Applications have been organised at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, Russia, since 1997 every year in close co-operation between the Department of Physics of the University of Rostock, Germany (Dr. Juern W. P. Schmelzer, Prof. Gerd Roepke) and the Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), Dubna, Russia (Prof. Vyatcheslav B. Priezzhev, Dr. Vyatcheslav I. Zhuravlev, Mrs. Galina G. Sandukovskaya). The organisation of the workshops was and is supported by colleagues from the International Department of the JINR (Mrs. Elena N. Rusakovich) and sponsored by the Heisenberg - Landau program of the German Ministry for Science and Technology (BMBF), the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the German Academic Exchange Council (DAAD), Q(uarz)S(chmelze)IL(menau) Germany, Guardian Industries Corporation USA, the Russian Foundation for Basis Research and the UNESCO-Regional Office for Science and Technology in Europe.
The general aim of the workshops was and is
- to discuss recent developments in this field with particular
emphasis
on the work done in the different groups invited;
- to establish and/or tighten direct co-operation links
in the framework of different common projects (DFG, BMBF, DAAD, QSIL etc.);
- to bring together a number of leading scientists in the field of
the theoretical description and experimental investigations of
first-order phase transformations of the member countries of JINR,
Germany and beyond in order to perform or develop new research projects
in this field;
- to check whether the experimental facilities available at the
JINR in
Dubna can be utilised for an experimental investigation of the kinetics
of phase transformation processes in different systems of interest.
These aims could be fully realised as it is evident also from the
Workshop Proceedings which have been published in Dubna in 1999,
2002,2005 and 2008 (the content of the 4th volume of the
proceedings is enclosed, copies of the proceedings will be available
presumable at the beginning of 2009 but not later than April).
A special volume of selected lectures on topics
presented in the workshops was published 2005 (J. W. P. Schmelzer
(Ed.), Nucleation Theory and Applications, WILEY-VCH, 2005).
These accounts are supplemented by the monographs of W. Ebeling,
R. Feistel, Chaos and Kosmos, Synergetics of Evolution,
Moscow-Ishevsk, 2005 (in Russian), V. P. Skripov, M. Z.
Faizullin, Solid-Liquid-Gas Phase Transitions and Thermodynamic
Similarity, WILEY-VCH, 2006, B. M. Smirnov, Principles of
Statistical Physics, WILEY-VCH, 2006 and V. G. Baidakov,
Explosive Boiling of Superheated Cryogenic Liquids, WILEY-VCH,
2007. In 2008, it was supplemented by the monograph of D.Yu. Ivanov,
Critical Behavior of Non-Ideal Systems (WILEY-VCH, 2008, see enclosed flyer).
TIME-TABLE
- The 13th research and scientific communication
meeting will be held in Dubna for a period of one month in
the range from April 1 - 30, 2009, hereby the mutual detailed
information on the research carried out in the different groups
(workshop part) will be covered primarily in the time from
April 11 (arrival) till April 19 (departure), 2009.
It is planned to devote some special detailed discussions to problems
of nucleation and growth processes in the atmosphere of the earth
(at the first days) and on scientific and technological problems of
quartz glass production (at the end of the workshop part). Work on
common projects under way (1. 4. - 30. 4. 2009) will be performed by
special arrangement.
- Mutual research visits of the participants in the course of
the year (in dependence on financial funds available).
The program of the workshop part will be tentatively finalised in January, 2009.
So, please, submit us your proposals for contributions, confirmations or corrections to the list given below in due course till the end of December, 2008. Some contributions, which have been already proposed by different colleagues (partly already last year but could not be presented by different reasons), or which have been presented at related meetings and considered to be of high interest for the participants of the Dubna meetings as well, are given below:
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1. Alexander K. Shchekin and V. I. Leiman (St. Petersburg, Russia): Kinetic Peculiarities of Nucleation in Glasses at Anomalous Diffusion
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2. Werner Ebeling (Berlin, Germany): to be announced
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3. Naoum M. Kortsenshteyn and A. K. Yastrebov (Moscow, Russia): Dynamics of Evolution of the Droplet Size Distribution Function at a Gradual Creation of Supersaturation for Various Modes of Droplet Growth
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4. Naoum M. Kortsenshteyn and A. K. Yastrebov (Moscow, Russia): Influence of Heat Exchange Between Droplets and Vapor in a Vapro-Gas Mixture on the Dynamics of the Droplet Size Distribution Function
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5. Alexander A. Vanin, S. V. Burov, and E. N. Brodskaya (St. Petersburg, Russia): Computer Simulations of Relaxation Processes in a Perturbed Micellar Solution
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6. Vladimir V. Yanovskij (Kharkov, Ukraine): Theory of Fragmentation Processes
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7. Bernhard J. Mokross (Sao Carlos, Brazil): Entropic Nucleation Theory Applied to Water Nucleation
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8. Igor A. Sokolov , M. A. Bryushinin, V. V. Kulikov (St. Petersburg, Russia), V. V. Slezov, A. S. Abyzov, A. V. Rybka, L. N. Davydov, and V.E. Kutnij (Kharkov, Ukraine): Dynamic Holography as Promising Tool for the Visualisation and Analysis of Phase Transitions
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9. Valeri V. Levdansky (Minsk, Belorussia), J. Smolik, V. Zdimal, and P. Moravec (Prague, Czech Republic): Effect of Surface Phenomena in Condensation of Polar Molecules on Small Charged Aerosol Particles
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10. Dmitry I. Zhukhovitskii (Moscow, Russia): Spectra of Cluster Surface Vibrations and the Internal Liquid Structure
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11. Valeri V. Golubkov (St. Petersburg, Russia): Kinetics of Structural Relaxation Below Glass Transition Temperature According to Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering for Inorganic Glasses
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12. Alexey I. Danilov (Moscow, Russia): Epitaxial Deposition of Cu on Pt(hkl) Electrodes: Morphology and Catalytic Properties of the Deposits
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13. Vladimir G. Baidakov (Ekaterinburg, Russia): Spinodal and Pseudo-spinodal Curves: Definitions, Existence and Results of Molecular-Dynamics Computations
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14. Natalija M. Vedishcheva and Boris A. Shakhmatkin (St. Petersburg, Russia): Thermodynamic Modelling of Melt Structure and Properties Based on the Theory of Associated Solutions
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15. Andrey V. Osipov (St. Petersburg, Russia): Formation of Domain Structures as a Cooperative Process
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16. Sergey A. Kukushkin and E.V. Konenkova (St. Petersburg, Russia): The Electron Metal-Insulator Transition in Graphite: Thermodynamic Analysis
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17. Maria Georgievskaya, R. Bubnova, B. Albert, and S. Filatov (St. Petersburg, Russia): Order-Disorder Processes and Thermal Expansion of the Solid Solutions of Na2O-K2O-B2O3 system
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18. T. V. Lokotosh, Nikolay P. Malomuzh, and V. I. Marenkov (Odessa, Ukraine): Crystallization Processes in Dusty Plasmas
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19. M. L. F. Nascimento, Eduardo B. Ferreira, and E. D. Zanotto (Sao Carlos, Brazil): Kinetics and Mechanisms of Crystal Growth and Diffusion in Glass-Forming Liquids
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20. Sergey V. Stankus (Novosibirsk, Russia): Crystallization of Metallic and Oxide Melts from Supercooled States (tentative)
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21. Alexander A. Milchev (Sofia, Bulgaria): Electrocrystallization: An Atomistic Approach to the Nucleation Stage
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22. Andriy M. Gusak (Cherkasy, Ukraine): Nucleation and Formation of Monosilicide Nanowires in the Point Reaction between Silicon and Nickel Nanowires.
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23. Vladimir Ya. Shur (Ekaterinburg, Russia): Nano-domain kinetics in ferroelectrics: physical basis of nano-domain engineering
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24. Vladimir Ya. Shur (Ekaterinburg, Russia): Nanotechnology in the Innovative University
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25. Vitali V. Slezov (Kharkov, Ukraine): Kinetics of First-Order Phase Transitions in Adiabatically Isolated Systems: Nucleation and Transient Stages
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26. Robert I. Nigmatulin (Moscow, Russia): Metastable States Under Extremely High Pressure
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27. Vadim Brazhkin (Troitsk, Russia): Non-Equilibrium Phase Diagrams of Metastable Molecular Compounds under High Pressure
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28. Lionel Mercury (Orleans, France): Geochemical Consequences of Superheating
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29. Claire Ramboz (Orleans, France): Kinetics of Nucleation at High Degrees of Supersaturation in Aqueous Solutions
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30. Kirill Shmulovich (Chernogolovka, Russia): Long-living Highly Supersaturated Solutions and Analysis by Synthetic Fluid Inclusions Technique
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31. Attila Imre (Budapest, Hungary): Determination of the Location of the Spinodal by MD-Simulations
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Evening lectures:
32. Some other Spectacular Adventures of Naoum K. and his Wife this time in Bavaria and eventually Poland
Some Hints Concerning Presentations
The time for the speakers in their lectures is - if not specified
otherwise - not strictly limited to allow a detailed explanation even of
details of the research and an extensive discussion. Nevertheless, due to
the large number of highly interesting contributions already proposed now
and to have some order in anticipating the program, commonly either 1 hour
or 30 minutes are taken as a rough estimate for the duration of one lecture.
Please specify the time you need in submitting your proposal.
The workshop languages are English and Russian. If possible,
English should be preferred. At least, the presentations (Power
point etc.) should be written in English. Summaries of the
content in the respective alternative language will be given
as far as necessary.
ACCOMMODATION and FINANCIAL REGULATIONS
No conference fee is required. We will cover the costs for the stay in
Dubna and the travel expenses (at the level of the costs for railway
tickets) for invited speakers from Russia and the former Soviet Republics
to Dubna and back
(for refunding the expenses, please, do not forget to take a
komandirovotschnoe udostoverenie with you). In dependence
on the funds available, we can try to support - in very limited cases -
also the stay of colleagues beyond the circle mentioned above. Due to the extreme continuing increase of travel costs, we have to cope with very serious problems in realizing above mentioned policy. So, in order to continue the meetings in above way it would be highly helpful, if those colleagues from Russia and former FSU countries which could pay the travel costs by own resources could inform us about such possibility. In particular, our colleagues from Moscow we would like to ask to pay the travel costs by themselves as already done in previous years. Of course, we will continue to search for different supplemental funding as well.
CONTACT ADDRESSES
All questions concerning the workshop, please, submit to
Dr. Juern W. P. Schmelzer and Prof. Vyatcheslav B.
Priezzhev
preferably via Email:
juern-w.schmelzer@physik.uni-rostock.de
(till March 31, 2008)
juern@theor.jinr.ru
(from April 1, 2008)
For further details see also the homepage of the
Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research,
Dubna, Russia.
Looking forward to see you in Dubna.
Jurn W. P. Schmelzer Gerd Roepke
Vyatcheslav B. Priezzhev