Division/Committee: [PHYS: Division of Physical Chemistry]

Evidence shows that both the kinetics and thermodynamics of reactions in microdroplets can be vastly different from bulk. In many cases either acceleration or deceleration of reaction rates of up to six orders of magnitude have been reported. Despite many successes in this field, the origin and mechanistic details of microdroplet chemistry is still hotly debated. This symposium brings together theoreticians and experimentalists with a diverse range of expertise to catalyze further understanding in this field. Microdroplet chemistry is relevant to a number of contemporary fundamental and applied problems. It holds potential for scaled up synthesis of pharmaceuticals. It has been implicated as a possibility in the synthesis of pre-biotic molecules. It is known to be relevant to atmospheric reactions. It is a truly interdisciplinary topic, spanning the divisions of physical chemistry, analytical chemistry, organic chemistry, and atmospheric chemistry.

R. Allen LaCour

E O Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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