Intermolecular forces determine the properties that materials demonstrate.
Interfacial phenomena happen at point of intersection between two material
phases with different intermolecular force dimensions. The structures of
materials in devices and molecules of living systems are determine by their
intermolecular forces and their interactions with other systems at the
molecular scale. This workshop’s main goal is to disseminate topics in science
and engineering that refer to the fundamental understanding and resulting
technological advances arising from the exploitation of new physical, chemical,
and biological properties of systems that are govern by their size and
interactions of molecules and bulk materials. During the last few years, novel
structures, phenomena, and processes have been observed and determine by
measuring intermolecular forces. New experimental, theoretical and simulation
tools have been developed for investigating them such as the surface forces
apparatus and the atomic force microscope. The six sessions that this workshop
will foster, provide fresh opportunities for scientific and technological
developments in biological, chemical and physical phenomena.