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Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Gordon Research Conference

Semiconductor Nanocrystals - From Atomistic Insights to Applications

July 15 - 20, 2018

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Bryant University

1150 Douglas Pike

Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States

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Conference Description

Recent research into colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals has yielded important advances in understanding and applying this unique class of materials. Innovations in synthesis and advanced characterization are tackling long-standing challenges associated with complex surface chemistries, nanocrystal/molecule interactions, doping, and strain or heterostructure engineering, to name a few. Parallel advances in spectroscopy and application are forging new frontiers in energy, electronics, catalysis, sensing, and bio-technologies. This GRC brings together leading researchers from across the full spectrum of fundamental and applied nanocrystal science to discuss cutting-edge advances, grand challenges, and emerging opportunities in this rich research field, providing a forum for participants to discuss breaking developments, explore new cross-cutting research themes, and seed new collaborations.

A limited number of talks will be selected from poster abstracts submitted by April 15, 2018.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Challenges and Innovations: Interfaces and Assemblies Discussion Leader:
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm	Opening Remarks
7:55 pm - 8:25 pm	"Expanding the Scope of Semiconductor Nanostructures Available Through Colloidal Synthesis"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm	Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm	"Colloidal Perovskite Quantum Dots: Unique Concepts Beyond Thin Films"
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Structure, Bonding and Surfaces Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"NMR and DNP SENS: A Tool to Probe Detailed Bulk and Surface Structures in Quantum Dots, Related (and Unrelated) Materials"
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am	"Phase Control in Nanocrystal Synthesis: The Phases We Want and the Phases We Didn't See Coming"
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Surface Traps in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals"
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm	"Quantum Dot-Ligand Equilibrium in Purified Samples: Expanding the Material Scope"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Optoelectronics Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm	"Adventures with Nanocrystals: The Electrical Engineer's Perspective"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm	"Opto-Electronic Properties of Semiconducting Nanocrystals from First Principles Calculations"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm	"Next-Generation Optoelectronics with Light Harvesting/Emitting Colloidal Nanorod Heterostructures"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Surface Functionality Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"Integration of Nanocrystals Within Biological Systems Using Coordinating Polymers"
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am	"Strain and Composition Analysis of Colloidal Quantum Dots"
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Controlling the Morphology of Colloidal Nanocrystals Through Ligand-Induced Coalescence and Size Focusing"
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm	"Surface Ligands as Atomic Valves and Switches in Growth and Assembly of Anisotropic Nanocrystals"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Photochemistry and Solar Fuels Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm	"Colloidal Nanocrystals for Solar-to-Chemicals Conversion"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm	"Sculpting Photocatalysts on the Nano Scale"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm	"Lanthanide Doped Metal Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals for Solar Energy Conversion Strategies"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm	Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm	"Transition from Molecular Vibrations to Phonons in Atomically Precise Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Dopants, Defects and Emerging Properties Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"B-Site Doping in Lead Halide Perovskites"
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am	"Nanocrystal Conversion Chemistry with Two-Dimensional Materials"
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Band Engineering in 2D Colloidal Nanocrystals: Application to the Design of Spectral Response"
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm	"Doping the Dots: Synthesis and Luminescence of TM- and RE-Doped Semiconductor Nanocrystals"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Spins in Nanocrystals Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm	"Spin Dynamics in II-VI and III-V Colloidal Nanocrystals"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm	"Directing Triplets Across the Molecular-Nanocrystal Interface for Photon Upconversion and Singlet Fission"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm	"Magnetically Doped Nanocrystals: From Functionality to Device Development"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Carriers and Excitons Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:30 am	"Thermal Processes in Semiconductor Nanocrystals"
9:30 am - 9:45 am	Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am	"The Effects of Disorder, Trapping and Structural Transformations on Charge Carrier Dynamics in Quantum Dot Solids"
10:15 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	"Bright Triplet Excitons in Caesium Lead Halide Perovskites Quantum Dots"
11:30 am - 11:45 am	Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm	"Exciton Dynamics in 2D Colloidal Quantum Wells"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Challenges and Innovations: Synthesis and Electronic Properties Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm	"Tailoring the Surface of Colloidal Nanoparticles for Selective Catalysis"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm	Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm	"Engineering Energy Flow in Excitonic Materials"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm	"The Devil Is in the Defects: Attempts to Find and Fix Surface Defects in Colloidal Semiconductor Nanomaterials"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm	"Synthetic Control of Excited States of Quantum Dots"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

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