Topics
- Materials synthesis, nanomaterials, ceramics and crystal growth
- Disordered and amorphous materials
- Hybrid optical materials (organic/inorganic)
- Characterization techniques of optical materials
- Physical properties of optical materials
- Luminescence mechanisms and energy transfers
- Control of impurities, defects, traps
- Theory and modeling
- Novel concepts: methods, phenomena and materials (with a particular attention on materials for photovoltaic and for biophotonics)
- Optical functional materials and their applications (lighting, displays, biophotonics, photovoltaic …)
- Photothermal and photoacoustic spectroscopy and phenomena
The Workshop on low dimensional structures and materials will focus on the materials and phenomena in restricted geometries including:
- Nanomaterials preparation methods and characterization
- Quantum dots, and polymer based nanocomposites
- Mesoporous materials
- Thin and ultrathin films
- Functional nanomaterials
- Nanobiointerfaces