Program schedule

The scientific program will include invited lectures, contributed lectures and posters sessions.

Sunday, 2 May 2010
18.00-20.00 Registration


Monday, 3 May 2010
08.45-09.00 Opening
09.00-10.00 Prof. Tobin Marks, Northwestern University
Polymeric and Molecular Materials and Processes for Unconventional Organic, Inorganic, and Organometallic Electronic Circuitry
10:00-10:50 Prof. Luis Liz-Marzán, Universidade de Vigo
Advanced Design of Gold Nanoparticles with Tailored Morphology
10:50-11:20 Coffee break
11:20-12:10 Prof. Dirk Guldi, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Fullerenes for Molecular Organic Electronics-Fullerenes as Integrative Components in Molecular Wires
12.10-13.00 Prof. José Luis Serrano, ICMA-INA, University of Zaragoza
Different Approaches to New Materials by Using Liquid Crystalline Phases
13:00-13:30

Contributed lectures:

Dr. Ramón A. Álvarez-Puebla, Universidade de Vigo
SERS Hot Regions in Nanostructures

Dr. Manuel Amorín
, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Self-assembling α,γ-Peptide with Functionalized Cavity: Towards Efficient Ion Transport Systems
13.30-15.30 Lunch
15:30-16:20 Prof. Angel Rubio, Universidad del País Vasco
The European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility and the Spectroscopy of Complex Nanostructures and Biomolecules
16.20-17.20

Contributed lectures:

Dr. Pedro Atienzar, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Hybrid Polymer-Metal Oxide Materials for Solar Cell Applications

Dr. Juan Casado
, Universidad de Malaga
A Polaron-Pair is More than a Bi-Polaron

Dr. Gunther Hennrich
, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
From Homochiral Molecules to Macroscopic Chirality in the Bulk Material

Dr. Marta Mas-Torrent
, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona
Functional Molecular Self-Assembled Monolayers
17:20-17:50 Coffee break
17.50-19.00 Poster session


Tuesday, 4 May 2010
09.00-09.50 Prof. Michael Grätzel
The Advent of Mesoscopic Solar Cells
09:50-10:40 Prof. Nazario Martín, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Molecular Receptors for Carbon Nanostructures
10:40-11:10 Coffee break
11:10-12:00 Prof. Rodolfo Miranda, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Periodically Rippled Epitaxial Graphene: An Electronically and Structurally Nanostructured Material
12.00-12.50 Prof. Andreas Hirsch, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Functionalization of Synthetic Carbon Allotropes
12:50-13:35

Contributed lectures:

Dr. Juan Luis Delgado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Organic Photovoltaic Devices Based on Fullerene Derivatives

Dr. Johannes Gierschner
, Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies, IMDEA-Nanoscience, Madrid
Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Co-Polymers: Bandgap Engineering by Orbital Design

Dr. Uwe Hahn
, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Immobilizing Water Soluble Dendritic Electron Donors (Phthalocyanines) and Electron Acceptors (Perylenediimides) onto Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
13.35-15.30 Lunch
15:30-16:20

Prof. David Amabilino, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC)
Supramolecular Wires: Conductors and Chirality

16.20-17.20

Contributed lectures:

Dr. Begoña Milián Medina, Universidad de Valencia
Fluorination of Conjugated Compounds as a Versatile Strategy for Property Tuning – A Quantum-Chemical Study

Dr. Uwe Pischel
, Universidad de Huelva
Ternary Molecular Logic with Fluorescence Output

Dr. Francisco Rivadulla
, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Layer-by-Layer Polymer Coating of Carbon Nanotubes: Tuning of Electrical Conductivity in Random Networks

Dr. M. Carmen Ruiz Delgado
, Georgia Institute of Technology
Tuning the Charge-Transport Parameters of Organic Semiconductors
17:20-17:50 Coffee break
17.50-19.00 Poster session


Wednesday, 5 May 2010
09.00-09.50 Prof. David Beljonne, University of Mons
Excitation Transport and Dissociation at Interfaces: Implications for Organic Solar Cells
09:50-10:40 Prof. Peter Bäuerle, University of Ulm
Thiophene-Based Materials for Photovoltaics of the Third Generation
10:40-11:10 Coffee break
11:10-11:40

Contributed lectures:

Dr. Virginia Ruiz, CIDETEC-IK4 - Centro de Tecnologías Electroquímicas, Donostia - San Sebastián
Ultrafast and High-Contrast Electrochromism on Bendable Transparent Carbon Nanotube Electrodes

Dr. João P. C. Tomé
, University of Aveiro
Tetrapyrrolic Macrocycles on Magnetic Nanoparticles for Water Treatment
11.40-12.30 Prof. Eugenio Coronado, Universidad de Valencia
Multifuncionality and Switching  in Magnetic Molecular  Materials
12.30 Closing address
  Lunch