Symposium ES19 – Excitonic Materials and Quantum Dots for Energy Conversion

May 29, 2019 to May 31, 2019

Location

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 12^th (with final answers given on April 30^th)

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 

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

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/

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

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/ 

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