Updated 9/28/07
Conference
Program
Excited State Processes in Electronic and Bio Nano-Materials
October 1-4, 2007
http://cnls.lanl.gov/~esp/esp2007.html
Sponsored by Center for Nonlinear Studies, Theoretical,
Chemistry, Materials Science and Technology, and Bioscience Divisions at Los
Alamos National Laboratory and supported by the
Organizers: Sergei Tretiak, Avadh
Saxena, and Richard L. Martin.
Scientific Advisors: Alan R. Bishop, Andrew P.
Shreve, and Victor I. Klimov
Location: Lodge at Santa Fe (http://hhandr.com/san_main.php),
Santa Fe, NM
Monday, October 1
08:00am – 08:40am Registration
08:40am – 09:00am Welcome: Alan Bishop (AD-TSC), Robert Ecke (CNLS
Director), Adam
Shipman (Conference Coordinator, CNLS)
Session chair:
James McCusker (Michigan State
University)
09:00am – 09:45am William Goddard
(Caltech)
"New methods for Excited State Processes and applications to
nanoelectronic systems"
09:45am – 10:30am Geoffrey
Strouse (Florida State University)
"Nanometal Surface Energy Transfer:Application for Optical Rulers
in Biomolecuar Processes"
10:30am – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 11:30am David Beratan
(Duke University)
“Protein electron
transfer: when and why does structure
matter?”
11:30am – 12:15pm Mu-Hyun
Baik (Indiana University)
“Understanding Water
Oxidation Catalysis: Insights from Computer Simulations”
12:15pm – 12:35pm Xinzheng
Yang (Texas A&M University)
“Electronic Structure Study of a Novel Series
of 2-Dimensional Trimetallic Cluster Complexes, Ru3(CO)9(μ-SnPh2)3[Pt(PBut3)]x,
x = 0 – 3”
12:35pm – 02:00pm Lunch
Session chair: Andrew Shreve (LANL)
02:00pm – 02:45pm Rienk van Grondelle
(Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands)
“The mechanism of
photoprotective energy dissipation in higher plants”
02:45pm – 03:30pm Jasper
Knoester (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
“Excitons in molecular
aggregates: dynamics, statistics, ensemble and single-molecule spectroscopy”
03:30pm – 03:45pm Break
03:45pm – 04:30pm Steven
Gray (ANL)
“Theoretical Modeling of
Surface Plasmon Excitations in Metallic Nanostructures for Enhanced Nonlinear
Responses and Chemical and Biological Sensing”
04:30pm – 05:15pm David Yaron (Carnegie Mellon
University)
“Computational modeling
and design of fluorescent dyes for bioimaging”
05:15pm – 05:45pm Discussion Panel
Moderators:
James
McCusker (Michigan State University)
and Andrew Shreve (LANL)
06:00pm Reception/Cash bar
Session chair:
Brian Crone (LANL)
08:40am – 09:25am Uwe Kortshagen
(University of Minnesota)
“Plasma synthesis,
functionalization, and luminescent properties of silicon nanocrystals”
09:25am – 10:10am Mireille Blanchard-Desce (University of Rennes, France)
“Molecular
to supra molecular engineering for multiphotonics and related applications”
10:10am – 10:55am Hans Agren (Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
“Multiphysics
Modeling of Nonlinear Properties: Molecules and Nanoparticles”
10:55am – 11:10am Break
11:10am – 11:55am Vladimir Chernyak (Wayne State University)
“Exciton Scattering
Approach for Electronic Excitations in Conjugated Molecules: From Oligomers to
Organic Networks.”
11:55am – 12:40pm Rick
Averitt (Boston University)
“Terahertz Metamaterial
Devices”
12:40pm – 02:00pm Lunch
Session chair: Stephen Doorn (LANL)
02:00pm – 02:45pm Tony Heinz (Columbia University)
“The nature and dynamics
of excited states in carbon nanotubes”
02:45pm – 03:30pm Phaedon
Avouris (IBM)
“Photonics and
Optoelectronics of Carbon Nanotubes”
03:45pm – 04:30pm Larry
Luer (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
“Exciton size and diffusion in (6,5) carbon nanotubes”
04:30pm – 05:15pm Anne
Kelley (UC Merced)
“Surface
enhanced resonance Raman scattering and excited state processes on metal
nanoparticles”
05:15pm – 05:45pm Discussion Panel
Moderators:
Steven Gray (ANL) and Tony
Heinz (Columbia University)
Poster session chair: Sergei Tretiak (LANL)
05:45pm – 06:00pm Preparation
06:00pm – 08:00pm Poster Session, Reception
Wednesday,
October 3
Session chair:
Valy Vardeny (University of Utah)
08:40am – 09:25am Laurens Siebbeles
(TU Delft, Netherlands)
“Fundamental studies of
charge and exciton dynamics in conjugated organic materials”
09:25am – 10:10am Michael Winokur
(University of Wisconsin)
“How Structure Impacts
Optical Properties in Polyfluorene Thin Films”
10:10am – 10:30am Veaceslav Coropceanu (GaTech)
“Electron-Phonon Interaction in Organic Molecular Semiconductors”
10:30am – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 11:30am Show-An Chen
(National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
“Efficient electro-phosphorescence
from phosphor-doped conjugated polymers with high and low triplet energies”
11:30am – 12:15pm John
Lupton (University of Utah)
“How chain conformation
controls the photophysics of single conjugated polymer molecules”
12:15pm – 12:35pm Cungeng
Yang (University of Utah)
“Polaron Spin-lattice Relaxation Time Obtained from Optically Detected
Magnetic Resonance Dynamics in p-Conjugated Polymers”
Session chair:
Enrique Batista (LANL)
02:00pm – 02:45pm Gary Rumbles (NREL)
“Time-resolved Microwave
Studies of Conjugated Polymer Bulk Heterojunctions: Advancing Excitonic Solar
cells”
02:45pm – 03:30pm Darryl
Smith (LANL)
“Comparison of spin
generation in organic and inorganic semiconductors”
03:45pm – 04:30pm Christoph
Boehme (University of Utah)
“Electrical detection of
spin coherence in organic devices - how does it work and what can we learn from
this?”
04:30pm – 05:15pm Hsing-Lin
Wang (LANL)
“Control synthesis of metal nanoparticles via electrodeless deposition using conducting polymers”
05:15pm – 05:45pm Discussion Panel
Moderators:
Valy Vardeny (University of Utah) and Laurens Siebbeles (TU Delft, Netherlands)
06:30pm Banquette
Remarks:
Toni Redondo (T-division director) and
Valy
Vardeny (University of Utah)
Thursday, October 4
Session chair:
Normand Modine (SNL)
08:40am – 09:25am David Nesbitt (JILA)
“Blinking Dynamics in
Quantum Dots: Insights from Time Domain and Chemical Studies”
09:25am – 10:10am Alexander Efros
(NRL)
“Mode locking of electron
spin coherence in ensemble of charged quantum dots”
10:10am – 10:55am Philippe
Guyot-Sionnest (University of Chicago)
“Switching the luminescence
with charged dots and investigations of the Auger mechanism”
10:55am – 11:10am Break
11:10am – 11:55am Masaru Kuno
(University of Notre Dame)
“Recent perspectives on
the optical properties of solution-based nanowires”
11:55am – 12:40pm Marija
Drndic (University of Pennsylvania)
“High-resolution device
fabrication for nanocrystal-based electronics and blinking studies”
12:40pm – 02:00pm Lunch
Session chair:
Andrei Piryatinski (LANL)
02:00pm – 02:45pm Antoinette Taylor (LANL)
“Ultrafast Observation of
the Coexistence of Antiferromagnetism and Superconductivity in a High-Tc
Superconductor”
02:45pm – 03:30pm Benjamin
Schwartz (UCLA)
“Controlling the nm-scale
architecture of conjugated polymer-based materials for applications in plastic
lasers and bulk heterojunction solar cells”
03:30pm – 03:45pm Break
03:45pm – 04:30pm Han Htoon (LANL)
“Polarization-resolved
fine structure and magneto-optics of single CdSe nanocrystal quantum dots”
04:30pm – 04:50pm Randy Ellingson (NREL)
“Multiple Exciton
Generation in Colloidal Nanocrystals for Enhanced Solar Energy Conversion”
04:50pm – 05:10pm Zilvinas Rinkevicius (Institute of
Technology, Sweden)
“Second harmonic generation in SiO2/Si(111)
interface: density functional theory investigation”
05:10pm – 05:40pm Discussion Panel
Moderators:
Philippe Guyot-Sionnest (University of Chicago) and
Richard Schaller (LANL)
05:40pm – 05:45pm Closing Remarks
Poster Session
Tuesday,
October 2, 2007 (06:00pm – 08:00pm)
1. Xin Ai (NREL)
“Chemistry and
Photophysics of Highly Luminescent Water Soluble Quantum Dots”
2. Victor Albert (University of Florida)
“Fragmentation of
Endohedral Fullerenes”
3. Ekaterina Badaeva (University of Washington)
“Theoretical
characterization of diluted magnetic semiconductors: (Mn, Zn)O and (Co, Zn)O
clusters”
4. Nick Borys (University of Utah)
“Second Harmonic
Generation from Tollens SERS Substrates for Plasmon Enhanced Spectroscopy of
π-conjugated Systems”
5. George Cragg (LANL)
“Effective Coulomb
Interaction for Charges Confined to a Nanosphere”
6. Steven Doorn (LANL)
“Small Diameter
Effects on the E33 and E44 Transitions in Semiconducting Single Walled Carbon
Nanotubes”
7. Volkan Ediz (Carnegie Mellon University)
“Computational
modeling of cyanine dyes for bioimaging”
8. Andrew Ferguson (NREL)
“Single-walled carbon
nanotubes as electron acceptors in polymer-based photoactive systems”
9. Jay Giblin (University of Notre Dame)
“Polarization
characteristics of individual CdSe nanowires”
10. Josh Halt (University of Utah)
“Femtosecond transient
studies of photoinduced charge transfer in polymers doped with strong acceptor
molecules”
11. Marcus Jones (University of Toronto, Canada)
“Excited State
Dynamics in Type II CdSe/CdTe Nanorod Heterostructures”
12. Svetlana Kilina (University of Washington)
“First band excitons
of carbon nanotubes: parallel and cross polarized transitions”
13. Svetlana Kilina (University of Washington)
“Simulations of
electronic properties of self assembled soft materials: DNA adsorbed on
metallic and carbon nanotube surfaces”
14. Dmitri Kilin (University of Florida)
“Ab initio treatment
of surface photovoltaic effect in semiconductors”
15. Dmitri Kilin (University of Florida)
“Ab initio study of
exciton transfer dynamics from a core–shell semiconductor quantum dot to a
porphyrin-sensitizer”
16. Anna Lee (University of Toronto, Canada)
“Smart Quantum Dots:
Synthesis and characterization of Quantum Dot/Stimuli Responsive Polymer Hybrid
Structures”
17. Normand Modine (SNL)
“Atomistic Modeling of
Mechanical Internal Dissipation”
18. Alexandre Ndobe (University of Utah)
“Below-Gap Excitation
of MEHPPV/PCBM blend”
19. Anshu Pandey (University of Chicago)
“Single and Multiple
carriers in Quantum Dots”
20. Colin Reese (Stanford)
“Detailed
characterization of charge-transport phenomena via high-performance, microscale
single-crystal field-effect transistors patterned by photolithography on an
elastomer dielectric”
21. Sanjeev Singh (University of Utah)
“Ultrafast polarization
memory dynamics of photoexcitations in pi-conjugated polymers”
22. Qing Song (NREL)
“Surface Modification
of InAs Quantum Dots by Organic Molecules or Inorganic Core-Shell Architecture”
23. Arvydas Tamulis (Vilnius University)
“Quantum Processes of
SelfAssembly, Photosynthesis and Molecular Computing in Artificial Minimal
Living Cells”
24. Christof Teuscher (LANL)
“Dynamics of
Self-Assembled Complex Nanoscale Interconnect Networks”
25. Paul Tongwa (NMSU)
“Structural and
spectroscopic studies of nonlinear optical organic material”
26. Jianmin Tao (LANL)
“Excitation Energies
from a time-dependent non-empirical density functional”
27. Kirill Velizhanin (Las Cruces)
“Optical spectroscopy
of polyatomic materials: first principles calculations of anharmonic potential
energy surfaces”
28. Ping Yang (LANL)
“Effect of
Intra-molecular Disorder and Inter-molecular Electronic Interactions on the
Electronic Structure
of Conjugated Polymers”
29. Hsing-Lin Wang (LANL)
“Control synthesis of
metal nanoparticles via electrodeless deposition using conducting polymers”
30. Cathy Wong (University of Toronto, Canada)
“Exciton dynamics
within the fine structure of the first excited state of CdSe semiconductor
nanorods”
31. Chao Wu (Wayne State University)
“Multiscale Modeling
of Electronic Excitations in Branched Conjugated Molecules Using Exciton
Scattering Approach”
32. Nathan Wells (University of Minnesota)
“Photophysics of
Polythiophenes from 10 fs to the Lifetime”
33. Michael Zwolak (LANL)
“DNA sequencing via
transverse electronic transport”