Background

The first issue of the Elsevier journal Surface Science appeared in 1964. The field of Surface Science has endured as a distinctive scientific endeavour but, of course, has evolved enormously. Warwick has contributed to and shared in this global advancement. In Physics, this is perhaps most notable through the achievements of Professor Phil Woodruff FRS and Professor Chris McConville. Today, Warwick researchers across Physics, Chemistry and Engineering all use Surface Science-derived tools in their work (even if they do not self-identify as “surface scientists”). More broadly, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology can be seen as children of Surface Science: their impact can hardly be overestimated. In fact, the Surface Science Group at Warwick became the Surface, Interface & Thin Film Group and then part of the Nanophysics Cluster, reflecting rather directly this evolution.

This Physics Day is devoted to the past, present and future of Surface Science through the prism of the work at Warwick of Professor Chris McConville. Both collaborators and former PhD students will discuss their work with Chris and how it has influenced their present and future science.

Times, Speakers and Titles

Time	Location	Speaker	Affiliation	Title
13:30-14:00	Physics Concourse	Arrival and Registration
14:00-14:15	PLT	Dr. Gavin Bell	University of Warwick	Welcome, introduction and a tiny bit of science
14:15-14:45	PLT	Professor Philip Moriarty	University of Nottingham	Can we really see chemical bonds with scanning probes?
14:45-15:15	PLT	Dr. Tim Veal	University of Liverpool	Indium-containing semiconductors and beyond
15:15-15:45	PLT	Professor Peter Beton	University of Nottingham	Adventures on boron nitride: molecular adsorption and graphene growth
15:45-16:00	Physics Concourse	Tea break
16:00-16:30	PLT	Dr. Philip King	University of St. Andrews	From surface quantum wells to controlling many-body interactions in oxides
16:30-17:00	PLT	Dr. Tim Noakes	ASTeC, Daresbury Laboratory	Ion Scattering; Past, Present and Future; Low, Medium and High
17:00	Physics Concourse	Drinks Reception
19:00	Radcliffe	Dinner