CMWS White Paper (127 pages)
In the envisioned Centre for Molecular Water Science (CMWS), experts from DESY and several cooperation partners will come together to work on the following topics: Fundamental properties of water, water in geophysics, climate and environment, water in energy research and technology, real-time chemical dynamics, water in biochemical and biological function as well as theory and simulations.
The research objectives are closely linked to current developments of the photon sources in Hamburg. In 2018, two CMWS workshops took place at DESY to define a first draft of the research programme. The DESY WATER WEEK 2020 followed these workshops. This year the partners of the network met online at the CMWS DAYS 2021
The plan of an interdisciplinary centre focusing on the molecular properties of water has found wide-spread interest in the international science community: DESY received more than 51 Letters of Intent of potential partners. The early science programme in the form of a virtual laboratory started in 2019 with 10 projects. Another 10 projects of the second round of the early science programme start within 2021.
The CMWS White Paper was published in May 2021. It describes in detail the scientific agenda of the Centre.
Contact persons: Claudia Goy, Melanie Schnell
E-mail: cmws@desy.de
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