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| Alice P. Gast, Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Rm. 3-240, Cambridge, MA 02139 |
| Arthur W. Adamson’s name is synonymous with surface chemistry. From his early days of research, through six editions of a best-selling textbook, an entire community of chemists knows and recognizes the depth of his contributions. There is much to say about Professor Adamson’s contributions to the field of chemistry. Born in Shanghai, China, in 1919 Professor Adamson attended high school in Long Beach and got his B.S, from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1944. Professor Adamson had a distinguished teaching and research career as a professor at the University of Southern California. He made his mark in two distinct areas of research: i) adsorption of liquids and vapors on solids; and contact angle and wetting phenomena and ii) photochemistry and photophysics of coordination compounds. In recent years, his studies investigated the adsorption of vapors such as N2, CO, and hydrocarbons on molecular solids such as ice, an important problem in environmental science. His pioneering work established Adamson's Rule for the photolysis of Cr(III) complexes, early mechanisms for photoredox reactions. In this talk I will offer my reflections about his substantial contributions to the surface chemistry community. |
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Symposium in Memory of Arthur W. Adamson
8:30 AM-11:50 AM, Monday, March 29, 2004 Marriott -- Orange County 4, Oral
Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry |