10:00-10.30             Registration and Coffee

10:30–11.05             "Following diffusion processes using vibrational spectroscopy"
                                Dr. Chris Sammon, Materials Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University.

11.05–11.40              "Using time-resolved FTIR and X-ray scattering to measure phase separation in polyurethane                                    foam"
                                Dr. Wu Li, Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield.

11.40-12.15              "Vibrational spectroscopy from tin oxide surfaces using the buried metal layer approach"
                                Dr Peter Gardner, Department of Chemistry, UMIST.

12.15–13:45             Lunch

13:45-13:50             IRDG Business

13:50–14.25             "Cure profiles in dental composites by FT-Raman spectroscopy"
                                Dr Stephen Ashworth, School of Chemical Sciences, University of East Anglia.

15:00–15:35             "The use of evolved gas analysis in the study of organic/clay mineral interactions"
                                Dr. Chris Breen, Materials Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University

15:35-16:10             "Infrared and Raman studies of long chain n-alkanes: models for polymers"
                                Dr. Steve Spells, School of Science and Mathematics, Sheffield Hallam University