Infrared and Raman Discussion Group Meeting I R D G

Christmas 2005

 

The 179th meeting was held on Thursday 15 December 2005 at

The Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BS. 

 

 

10.30 am        Registration and coffee

 

11.00 am        Welcome and Introduction (Chair)

 

11.05 am        Professor Laurence D. Barron, (University of Glasgow)

Raman Optical Activity: An Incisive Probe of Chirality, Biomolecular Structure &  Behaviour

 

11.40 am        Dr Bernard Lendl, (Vienna University of Technology)

          Using Raman Spectroscopy to Monitor Chemical Reactions in Levitated Ionic Liquids

 

12.15 pm       Miss Lorna Ashton, (University of Manchester) (Martin/Willis Prize Winner 2005)

                      Combining Novel Techniques: Two-dimensional Correlation Analysis to Raman Optical Activity   

 

1.00 pm         Reception and lunch

 

2.30 pm         Dr Peter de Peinder, (Philips Research)

                      Ultra-thin Film Analysis on Gold and Silicon Substrates with FT-IR

 

3.05 pm         Dr Pavel Matousek, (Rutherford Appleton Laboratories)

                      Novel Approaches to Non-invasive Deep-Layer Probing of Tissue & other Turbid Media

 

3.40 pm         Tea and close

 

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REGISTRATION  (by 5 December 2005)

 

The registration fee is £45 for IRDG members, £80 for a non-IRDG member, and £20 for an unemployed/retired IRDG member or bona fide student.

 

Cheques should be made payable to ‘IRDG’ and sent to J Yarwood at the address given below.

Please reserve …… places at £45 and …… places at £80 and …..  places          at £20 for the IRDG meeting on Thursday, 15 December 2005.  I require …… vegetarian meals.

 

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