Workshop on Computational Studies of Interfacial Phenomena: Nanoscale to Mesoscale

This is a report of a workshop on nanoscale to mesoscale phenomena held at the Environmental Molecular Science Laboratory (EMSL) of the Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL) in Richland, Washington on September 24 to 25, 1998. Around thirty scientists from physics, chemistry, geology, geophysics, computer science, soil science, and applied mathematics gathered and presented 14 lectures covering many areas, which included interfacial mineral chemistry, large-scale molecular dynamics, constitutive relationships and quantum chemistry, cross-scaling studies, molecular dynamics of interfaces and new approaches in molecular dynamics. This workshop demonstrates a need for an interdisciplinary forum wherein many different issues crossing many scales and disciplinary boundaries can be discussed openly.