Nanoscale Assemblies of Semiconductor Nanocrystals, Metal Nanoparticles and Single Molecules: Theory, Experiment and Application

Workshop: 24 - 28 August 2015

Scientific Coordinators:
Alexander Eychmüller (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)
Alexander Govorov (Ohio University, USA)
Volkhard May (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)

Organisation:
Katrin Lantsch (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme Dresden, Germany)

The announcement's pdf-file

The workshop aims to cover cutting-edge research in the field of nanoscale physics with a focus on the physical and chemical properties of assemblies composed of nano-crystals, molecules, bio-molecules and polymers. One of the central ideas of the workshop is to bring together theoreticians and experimentalists and let them interact and exchange ideas.

The topics to be addressed in the workshop will include, but not be limited to:
• Strategies and technologies of nano-assembly leading to complex geometries and novel properties
• Modern theoretical and computational approaches to complex hybrid nanoscale systems
• Migration and transfer of energy at the nanoscale, including FRET, tunneling transport and heat flow
• Optical properties of excitonic nanocrystals and their assemblies
• Plasmonic nanostructures with novel optical properties
• Hybrid structures with interacting exciton and plasmon resonances
• Coupling between molecules and nanocrystals
• Many-body effects in nanoscale systems that may control the assembly, chemistry and physical properties
• Bio-assemblies of nanocrystals based on polymers, involving DNAs, proteins and other molecules
• Schemes for functional nano-assemblies for solar energy harvesting, bio-sensing and other applications

The list of invited speakers:

• D. Andrienko (MPI for Polymer Research Mainz, Germany)
• N.-C. Bigall (Universität Hannover, Germany)
• S. Blumstengel (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
• S.L. Brock (Wayne State University, USA)
• G. Bryant (NIST Gaithersburg, USA)
• I. Burghardt (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Germany)
• H.V. Demir (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
• A. Efros (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA)
• M. Gao (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China)
• J. Garcia de Abajo (The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain)
• H. Giessen (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
• S. Gray (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
• G.V. Hartland (University of Notre Dame, USA)
• P. Hawrylak (National Research Council, Ottawa, Canada)
• S. Kirstein (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
• V. Klimov (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
• A. Knorr (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
• Norbert Koch (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany)
• N. Leventis (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)
• T. Lian (Emory University, Atlanta, USA)
• E. Lifshitz (Technion Haifa, Israel)
• G. Lu (California State University, Northridge, USA)
• Y. Luo (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
• L. Manna (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)
• S. Miao (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China)
• J. Plain (Université de Technologie de Troyes, France)
• O. Prezhdo (University of Rochester, USA)
• J. Qiu (Dalian University of Technology, P.R. China)
• H.H. Richardson (Ohio University, USA)
• J. Rodríguez-Fernández (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany)
• A. Rogach (City University of Hong Kong)
• S.K. Saikin (Harvard University, USA)
• G.C. Schatz (Northwestern University, USA)
• T.J. Schmidt (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
• Y. Selzer (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
• D. Talapin (University of Chicago, USA)
• A. Troisi (University of Warwick, UK)
• D. Vanmaekelbergh (Utrecht University, the Netherlands)
• C. von Borczyskowski (Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany)
• D. Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China)
• G.P. Wiederrecht (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)

Applications for participation and oral or poster contributions are welcome and should be made by using the application form on the workshop's web page. The number of attendees is limited. The registration fee for the event is 120 EUR and should be paid by all participants. Costs for accommodation and meals will be covered by the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems. Limited funding is available to partially cover travel expenses. Please note that childcare is available upon request.

Applications received before 31 May 2015 are considered preferentially.

For further information please e-mail to:
nanosa15pks.mpg.de