SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | KEYNOTE LECTURES |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Silbey (MIT) |
7:40 pm - 8:25 pm | Henning Sirringhaus (Cambridge University) "Charge Transport Physics Of Electrons And Holes At Polymer Heterointerfaces" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm | Mark Ratner (Northwestern University) "Molecular Electronics" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:45 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NANOPARTICLES, NANOTUBES, AND HYBRID SYSTEMS |
| Discussion Leader: E. Lifshitz (Technion) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Mostafa El-Sayed (Georgia Tech.) "Small is Different, Some Interesting Properties and Potential Applications of Metals Confined to the Nanometer Size of Different Shapes" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:20 am | Zhihong Chen (IBM) "Carbon Nanotube Electronic Devices" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | Sergei Tretiak (Los Alamos National Laboratory) "Photoprocesses In Conjugated Polymers And Carbon Nanotubes: Similarities And Differences" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 am | Garry Rumbles (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) "Photoconversion Processes at Polymer-Nanostructure Interfaces: Advancing Excitonc Solar Cells" |
12:20 am - 12:30 am | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | ORGANIC NANOPARTICLES AND SUPRA MOLECULAR SYSTEMS |
| Discussion Leader: L.D.A. Siebbeles (Delft University Of Technology) |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Hiroshi Masuhara (Osaka University) "Fs Laser Processing And Nano Spectroscopy Of Polymer Colloids And Molecular Crystals" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:50 pm | A.P.H.J. Schenning (Eindhoven University of Technology) "Self-Assembled P-Conjugated Systems, From Molecules To Functional Materials" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | DEVICES AND MATERIALS |
| Discussion Leader: David Vanden Bout (University of Texas) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Natalie Stingelin-Stutzmann (University of London) "Organic Electronics from Solution-Processed Vitreous Rubrene Hypereutectics" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:20 am | Tetsuo Tsutsui (Kyushu University) "Organic Electronics" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | George Malliaras (Cornell University) "Pentacene thin film growth" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 am | Lynn Loo (University of Texas) "Solution Processable Materials for Thin-Film Electronics" |
12:20 am - 12:30 am | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I (continued) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | QUANTUM MODELING OF ORGANIC MATERIALS |
| Discussion Leader: Gregory Scholes (University of Toronto) |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Veaceslav Coropceanu (Georgia Tech) "The Role Of Vibronic Interactions On Intramolecular And Intermolecular Electron Transfer In Pi-Conjugated Oligomers" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:50 pm | Eric Bittner (University of Houston) "Energy Transfer And Dynamics In Semiconducting Polymers" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ENERGY AND CHARGE TRANSPORT |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Hsin-Fei Meng (National Chiao Tung University) "New devices based on multi-layers of conjugated polymers and metals" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:20 am | Hans B. Brom (Leiden University) "From The Insulating To The Metallic State In Conjugated Polymers: Changes In The Density Of States, Mobility And Diffusion Constant" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | Thierry Verbiest (KU Leuven) "Faraday rotation in conjugated polymers" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 am | Yossi Klafter (Tel Aviv University) "Anomalous diffusion revisited" |
12:20 am - 12:30 am | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | ULTRAFAST DYNAMICS |
| Discussion Leader: Linda Petanu (Carnegie Melon University) |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Villy Sundstrom (Lund University) "Utrafast Experiments of Conjugated Polymers" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:50 pm | Carlos Silva (University of Montreal) "Electronic Processes at Semiconductor Polymer Heterojunctions" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | INTERFACES |
| Discussion Leader: Georges Hadziioannou (Université Louis Pasteur Strasbourg) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Bill Salaneck (Linköping University) "Hybrid Interfaces in organic Electronics: Beyond the Schottky-Mott Limit" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:20 am | TBA |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | Dan Ralph (Cornell University) "Tools for Probing Electron and Spin Transport in Molecules" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 am | Sue Carter (University Of California, Santa Cruz) "Dependence of Polymer Photovoltaic Performance on Donor-Acceptor Morphology" |
12:20 am - 12:30 am | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II (continued) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | CHARGE INJECTION |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | John Marohn (Cornell University) "Electric Force Microscopy Studies Of Charge Injection And Trapping In Organic Electronic Materials" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:50 pm | David Ginger (University of Washington) "Impact of Film Morphology on Polymer Photovoltaic Performance Studied with Scanning Probe Microscopy" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |