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POEM 2019 and SPb-POEM 2019: Photonic and OptoElectronic Materials Conferences

Novel Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials for Real World Applications…

Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances are delighted to support the 2nd Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials (POEM) Conference and the first Saint-Petersburg Academic University POEM conference!

Meet the Editor: Professor Andrea Ferrari, Associate Editor, will be speaking at POEM 2019.

Internationally known experts, including industry leaders, will join these four day conferences to discuss the most critical technological advances and innovations in the field of novel photonic and optoelectronic materials and systems for a wide range of applications in communications, computations, energy harvesting, bio-chemical sensing and artificial intelligence.

Topics

The conference programme incorporates symposia covering a broad range of subjects in Photonic and Optoelectronic Materials (from 2D, chalcogenide and group IV materials, to organic and quantum dot nanomaterials, to liquid crystals and fluid nanocomposites), which creates an excellent platform to academia and industry delegates to build up national and international collaborative networks, exchange experiences and benefit from peer support.

The conference topics will include:

  • 2D materials

  • IV element-based photonic materials and devices

  • Chalcogenide materials

  • Quantum Dots and Nanowires

  • Organic materials

  • Liquid Crystals and Fluid Nanocomposites​

The conference programme will incorporate the following symposia:

  • 2D Material Symposium

  • Liquid Crystal Symposium

  • THz Optoelectronics and Photonics Symposium

  • Nanophotonics Symposium

  • Energy Materials Symposium

  • Metamaterials and Plasmonic Devices Symposium

  • Smart Biosensors and Bioanalytical Systems Symposium

  • Microscopy and Microspectroscopy of Nanomaterials Symposium

Key Dates

Abstract Submission 1st March 2019

Registration 25th March 2019

 

More information available on the conference websites: https://www.poem2019.com/and https://www.spb-poem.com/

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Congratulations to the prize winners at SNAIA2018

The 1st SNAIA2018 Conference took place in December 2018 and was a great success, attracting more than 200 delegates from around the world to discuss their work on smart nanomaterials.

The Royal Society of Chemistry was delighted to support student prizes at SNAIA2018. Congratulations to all  the prize winners!

The Best Student Talk Prize, supported by Nanoscale Horizons, was awarded to Joaquin Faneca (University of Exeter, UK) by Prof Jochen Feldmann (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany).

The Best Poster Presentation Prize, supported by Nanoscale, was awarded to Elcin Cakal Sarac (Istanbul University, Turkey) by Prof Laura Lechuga (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spain).

The Best Poster Presentation Prize supported by Nanoscale Advances, was awarded to Alfio Torrisi (Nuclear Physics Institute, Czech Republic) by Prof Laura Lechuga (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spain).

The Best Student Talk Prize, supported by Journal of Materials Chemistry B,  was awarded to Ignacio Gonzalez (IFW Dresden, Germany) by Prof Pavlos Lagoudakis (University of Southampton, UK; Skoltech University, Russia).

 

 

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MRS Spring Meeting 2019 – Excitonic Materials & Quantum Dots for Energy Conversion

Symposium ES19 – Excitonic Materials and Quantum Dots for Energy Conversion

Multi-excitonic processes in conjugated organic molecules and quantum confined semiconductor nanocrystals potentially allow the energy in photons to be directed as desired. Design of the molecular framework or material nanostructure will allow a wide range of optical, electronic and mechanical properties to be engineered for energy conversion. This symposium will emphasize the diverse applications of excitonic materials, including colloidally synthesized quantum dots, pi-conjugated systems, and their hybrid constituents, in applications ranging from photovoltaics to bioimaging. There will also be sessions focusing on fundamental materials properties correlating structure to photophysical properties, nano- and mesoscale order and composition to optoelectronic properties of thin films. The symposium will highlight recent progress and identify new directions in emerging, interdisciplinary areas of nanoscience.

Nanoscale Advances is delighted to sponsor this session.

Topics will include:

  • Computational methods for excitonic materials
  • Exciton-based photon upconversion
  • Multiple exciton generation in QDs
  • Singlet fission in molecules or polymers
  • Exciton-charge dynamics in organic/QD hybrid systems
  • Optoelectronic devices (e.g. transistors, photodetectors) based on exciton or charge transport
  • Role of the interface in energy and charge transport
  • Hierarchical order at the nano- and mesoscale (e.g. organic or QD thin films)
  • Emerging applications incorporating colloidally-synthesized QDs, e.g. Biological: in-vivo and in-vitro; Photocatalysis: solar fuel production; Next-generation photovoltaics with the lead chalcogenides and perovskites

 

Invited Speakers:

  • Ryu Abe (Kyoto University, Japan)
  • Marc Baldo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
  • Bruno Ehrler (AMOLF, Netherlands)
  • Daniel Gamelin (University of Washington, USA)
  • Neil Greenham (Cambridge University, United Kingdom)
  • Dirk Guldi (Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Germany)
  • Kathryn Knowles (University of Rochester, USA)
  • Maksym Kovalenko (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland)
  • Maria Antonietta Loi (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
  • Kenji Matsuda (Kyoto University, Japan)
  • Hunter McDaniel (UbiQD, Inc., USA)
  • Ivan Mora-sero (Universitat Jaume I, Spain)
  • Zhijun Ning (Shanghai Tech University, China)
  • Matthew Panthani (Iowa State University, USA)
  • Sean Roberts (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
  • Edward Sargent (University of Toronto, Canada)
  • Alina Schimpf (University of California, San Diego, USA)
  • Pete Sercel (California Institute of Technology)
  • Tomohiro Shiraki (Kyushu University, Japan)
  • Susanna Thon (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
  • Mark Wilson (University of Toronto, Canada)
  • Vanessa Wood (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
  • Xinhua Zhong (East China University of Science and Technology, China)
  • Joel Yuen Zhou (University of California, San Diego, USA)

 

Symposium Organizers

MingLee Tang
University of California, Riverside
Joey Luther
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Wanli Ma
Soochow University
Institute of Functional Nano and Soft Materials
Nobuhiro Yanai
Kyushu University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Further Information

Register before 5 April 2019 for reduced rates!

More details are available on the event website: https://www.mrs.org/spring2019/registration

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CECAM Workshop – Challenges in modeling and simulations of nanoparticles in complex environments

May 29, 2019 to May 31, 2019

Location

CECAM-IT_SIMUL, Italian Institute of Technology – Genoa, Italy

Organisers

  • Zoe Cournia (Academy of Athens, Greece)
  • Adam Pecina (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy)
  • Marco De Vivo (Istituto Italiano di Technologia, Italy)

Supports

   CECAM

 Nanoscale Horizons

 Nanoscale

 Nanoscale Advances

and more.

Description

Practical information: 

The deadline for registration is April 12th (with final answers given on April 30th)

Our workshop will host ~20 invited talks of 35 min (including Q&A). In addition to planned poster session, a few slots (~5) for short talks of ~25 min are available. If you would like to present your results, please mention your preferred format (contributed talk or poster) with your application.

 

This workshop will focus on the current challenges in computational simulations of nanoparticles, including their functionalization, from catalysis (nanozymes) to membrane interacting nanoparticles. In addition, the workshop will take advantage of several experimentalists working on nanoparticles interacting with materials and biological environment. Ultimately, we will discuss and debate on how computational methods can further evolve to build novel tools for a deeper understanding of nanostructures and nanomaterials.

Sessions will focus mainly on the methodological improvements for studying nanoparticles and their interaction with complex realistic environments, including protein membranes. We will discuss our models and approaches with experimentalists throughout the workshop’s sessions:

  1. Nanoparticles and membranes
  2. Functionalized Nanoparticles
  3. Experiments meet simulations for nanoscience
  4. Nanoparticles for health and technology

 

For more information please visit the workshop website: https://www.cecam.org/workshop-0-1823.html 

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International Nanophotonics School, June 2019

The Center for Nanophotonics at AMOLF is organizing an International Nanophotonics School for PhD students and postdocs that will focus on hot topics in modern fundamental nanophotonics science. A unique line-up of top-scientists have agreed to serve as lecturers for the school, all of whom are also known to be excellent teachers, see the draft program below. The number of attendees is limited to 80.

Unique program format
The school has a unique format: each lecturer is asked to give a one-hour tutorial, that is specially prepared for the school. The tutorial is built up of from basics for students that are new in the field, and then covers more complex concepts. Lecture slides will be made available to the attendees. The tutorial is followed by a 30 min. highlight talk by the lecturer.

Speakers will include:

  • Femius Koenderink, AMOLF, Amsterdam
  • Jean-Jacques Greffet, Institut dÓptique, Paris
  • Nathalie de Leon, Princeton University
  • Allard Mosk, Utrecht University
  • Jenny Nelson, Imperial College, London
  • Ewold Verhagen, AMOLF, Amsterdam
  • Javier Aizpurua, Materials Physics Center, San Sebastian
  • Stepfan Goetzinger, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen
  • Elaine Li, University of Austin, Texas
  • Mark Wilson, University of Toronto
  • Isabelle Staude, Abbe Center of Photonics, Jena
  • Mikael Rechtsman, Pennsylvania State University

Who can attend?
PhD students and postdocs are welcome to register for the School. The number of attendees is limited to 80.

Student/postdoc presentations
All school attendees are invited to present a poster about their research. In addition, a total of 10 slots is available in the program for oral presentations. Abstracts can be submitted to apply for these talks.

 

Important Dates

Early-bird registration ends 1 March 2019

Oral abstract submission ends 1 April 2019

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Congratulations to Dr Matthew Otten: 2018 Best NST Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation Awardee

The nanoscience and technology (NST) Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation Series is an opportunity at Argonne National Laboratory for postdocs to present their research in order to facilitate networking between postdocs and staff scientists. The best presentation is selected annually through ballots available to anyone who attends a talk.

The winner of the 2018 edition was announced at the NST division holiday lunch on December 14, 2018. Dr Matthew Otten has been awarded the 2018 NST Best Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation Award and has received $200 prize sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Nanoscale, a high impact international journal that publishes the experimental and theoretical articles across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Matt received his bachelor degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and PhD in physics from Cornell. He joined the NST division in the fall of 2017 as a recipient of prestigious Maria Coepper Mayer Fellowship available at Argonne National Laboratory to top science and engineering young talents. Matt is working on the theory and modeling of quantum information and sensing processes in nanoscale systems such as metallic nanostructures interacting with quantum dots the dynamics of NV centers in diamond.

Congratulations Matt!

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9th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN9)

On behalf of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology,  we would like to warmly invite you to participate in at the 9th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN9), which will  be held at the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,  in Wellington from the 10th to the 14th of February 2019.

 

AMN9 is the ninth event in a biennial conference series  which focuses on cutting-edge research in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The topics covered reflect the broad scientific interests of the MacDiarmid Institute and range from nano-bio interfaces, nanomedicine, materials for photovoltaics, to novel electronic devices (including spintronics and valleytronics). The programme will include a line-up of world-leading  plenary speakers, cutting edge keynote talks, as well as contributed oral and poster presentations. The goals is to create a stimulating environment to present new results and exchange scientific ideas.

Check out the website for more details on the speakers and for the full registration details: http://www.cmnzl.co.nz/amn9-conference/

 

Important Dates

Registration Open Now
Abstract Submission Closed
Notification of Abstract Submission Completed
Earlybird Registration Closes 14 December 2018
Standard Registration Applies 15 December 2018
AMN9 Conference 11 – 14 February 2019
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Nanophotonics of 2D Materials (N2D 2019)

Over the past decade, there has been a growing research activity on light-matter interactions in atomically thin materials, such as graphene, topological insulators, thin polar and semiconducting layers and other van der Waals materials, including their heterostructures. Nanophotonics of 2D materials (N2D) aims to explore their optical phenomena by providing a setting where researchers from diverse fields can convene; classical and quantum optics; excitons, phonons and plasmons; far-field and near field spectroscopies; many body optical physics; topological photonics; among many others. Through these interactions, N2D seeks to provide a setting where unifying concepts can form, new ideas are inspired, and new frontiers in theoretical and experimental research on 2D materials nanophotonics can emerge. 

 

Meet the editor and discuss high impact publishing

As part of N2D, there will be a conference panel to discuss High Impact Publishing in 2D featuring editors from the American Chemical Society, Nature Publishing, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Qing Dai, NCNST China, will take part in the panel discussion to share his recent experiences and top tips for authors as an Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

 

Important Dates

Abstract submission for poster contributions is still open 
Early-Bird Registration Deadline: December 15

 

Check out the conference website for a full list of speakers: http://n2d-2019.dipc.org/ and for the conference program: http://n2d-2019.dipc.org/n2d/cgi-bin/talks/allprint.pl

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NANODDS 2018 Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium

The 2018 Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium will be hosted in Portland, Oregon. The objectives of this symposium are to highlight new groundbreaking discoveries and developments in nanomedicine and drug delivery.  Revolutionary advances in this area require collaboration amongst researchers working in a diverse array of fields including nanotechnology, materials science, imaging, cell biology, tissue engineering, gene editing, drug and gene delivery as well as clinical research.

The symposium will take place at the Collaborative Life Science Building (CLSB), a next-generation health and science education and research facility that combines the resources and brainpower of three Oregon universities under one roof – Oregon State University (OSU), Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Portland State University (PSU).

The full list of speakers is available on the conference website – https://www.nanodds2018.org/speakers/ 

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NanoTox 2018 – 9th International Conference on Nanotoxicology

NanoTox 2018 – 9th International Conference on Nanotoxicology will take place this year between 18th-21st September 2018 at Dorint-Hotel Neuss, Germany. 

 

The special focus of NanoTox 2018 will be “New tools in risk assessment of nanomaterials” such as read-across, grouping and categorization. This event will offer a platform for all interested scientists, industry partners and regulatory bodies to discuss the latest results and developments in nanosafety research.

The full list of plenary speakers is available on the conference website including the portal to submit posters and register before the deadline below.

Key deadlines: 

Appearance in the list of participants 31 August 2018

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