Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Fundamental Processes in Organic Optoelectronics
Discussion Leader: Karl Leo (TU Dresden, Germany)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
Richard Friend (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Coulomb Interactions in Organic Semiconductors"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
Jenny Nelson (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
"Modelling solar energy conversion in molecular electronic materials"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Emerging Applications in Bioelectronics
Discussion Leader: Francesca Santoro (RWTH Aachen / Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
Luisa Torsi (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)
"Large-Area Interfaces for Single-Molecule Label-free Bioelectronic Detection"
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:15 am
Eleni Stavrinidou (Linköping University, Sweden)
"Plant Bioelectronics"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:05 pm
Jonathan Rivnay (Northwestern University, United States)
"Organic Mixed Ionic/Electronic Conductors for Bioelectronic Applications"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Natalie Stingelin (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Organic Materials for Bioelectronics
Discussion Leader: Paul Meredith (Swansea University, United Kingdom)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:55 pm
Marco Rolandi (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States)
"Measuring Ionic Conductivity in Organic Polymers and Biomaterials"
6:55 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm
Micaela Matta (King's College London, United Kingdom)
"Melanin-inspired Materials as Biocompatible Protonic and Electronic Conductors"
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Discussion
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Richard Hildner (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"Structure-Property Relationships in Conjugated Polymers Revealed by Single-Molecule Spectroscopy"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Hybrid Metal-Halide Perovskites
Discussion Leader: Diego Solis-Ibarra (Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, UNAM, Mexico)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
Maria Antonietta Loi (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
"Two-Dimensional Perovskites From Photophysical Properties to Light Emitting Devices"
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Thomas Weitz (University of Göttingen, Germany)
"Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors at the Nanoscale"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Sophia Hayes (University of Cyprus, Cyprus)
"Disentangling the Excited State Dynamics of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes Self-assembled with ss-DNA with a Direct Molecular Probe"
11:20 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:05 pm
Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"Tailored Interfaces in Metal Halide Perovskites for Efficient Charrier Transfer"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Molecular Photonics
Discussion Leader: Eric Bittner (University of Houston, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:55 pm
Jenny Clark (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
"Pairs of Triplets in (Pent)acenes, Polyenes, Polaritons and Photosynthesis."
6:55 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:50 pm
Andrew Marcus (University of Oregon, United States)
"Studies of the Local Conformations, Conformational Disorder and Dynamics of Exciton-Coupled Cyanine Dimer-Labeled DNA Constructs"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
From Fundamentals of Electronic Transport and Doping to Devices
Discussion Leader: Naomi Ginsberg (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
Erin Ratcliff (University of Arizona, United States)
"Multimodal Characterization Strategies of Organic Semiconductor/Electrolyte Interfaces for Energy Conversion/Storage and Biosensing"
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:15 am
Alberto Salleo (Stanford University, United States)
"Why Do We Need Crystals for Transport in Semiconducting Polymers?"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 12:05 pm
Hagen Klauk (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany)
"High-Frequency Flexible Organic Thin-Film Transistors"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Strong Light-Matter Coupling and Quantum Phenomena
Discussion Leader: Felipe Herrera (Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:55 pm
Stéphane Kéna-Cohen (Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)
"When Molecules Talk to the Quantum Vacuum"
6:55 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:50 pm
Joel Yuen-Zhou (University of California San Diego, United States)
"Polariton Chemistry in the Collective Regime"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Photodetectors and Photovoltaics
Discussion Leader: Ulrich Lemmer (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:55 am
Thuc-Quyen Nguyen (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"High-Detectivity Organic Photodetectors for Self-Powered Pulse Rate and Oximetry Measurements"
9:55 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Seunghyup Yoo (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
"Photo-Induced Contact Modulation for Sensitivity Enhancement in Organic Photodetectors"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
Yana Vaynzof (TU Dresden, Germany)
"New Concepts for Perovskite Photovoltaics"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Design of High-Performance Polymeric Materials
Discussion Leader: Iain McCulloch (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:15 pm - 6:55 pm
Martin Heeney (Imperial College, United Kingdom)
"Functional Conjugated Polymers by Post-Polymerization Modification"
6:55 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:50 pm
Yi Liu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
"Azaquinodimethanes (AQMs) — Simple, Versatile and Potent Electronic Synthons for High Performance Organic Semiconductors"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure