6. Advanced Organic and Carbon-based Materials and Applications
Scope
This section is aimed to bring together researchers from different communities (physics, materials science, solid state chemistry, organic chemistry, biosciences, engineering, etc) with expertise in the areas of semiconductor physics, new materials for magnetic and optoelectronic properties, organic and polymer materials, electronic, photonic, magnetic and biomimetic nanosystems, solid state devices, device engineering, etc. This section cover all aspects of the field, from the synthesis of new organic materials and the optimization of devices to the mass manufacturing (including small organic molecules, polymeric materials, hybrid and composite materials), and will focus on the advanced processing methods, characterization and modelling of organic materials and functional organic semiconductor interfaces and their use as active elements in sensing systems.
Synthesis, characterization, and applications of carbon-based nanomaterials in electronics, optoelectronics and optics. Complex architectures, including inorganic or organic interface to enzymes, proteins and electron-relays that can be generated on the device surfaces for the development of electrically addressable devices for detection of DNA and other biological macromolecules will be of special interest.
Will focus on the design of nano-objects leading to advanced functional materials; analyze the relationship between the molecular or hybrid object and the macroscopic properties resulting from their assembly into layers or onto surfaces; will cover the progress in the design, manufacturing characterisation and applications of carbon nanotubes and graphene based materials; the description of organic interfaces by various types of investigations, characterization of electronic transport processes, linear and nonlinear optics; the performance of devices including (but not limited to) field-effect transistors (FETs) and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), our understanding of key organic semiconductor processes such as charge injection and transport; as well as computational modelling of organic interfaces on different length scales. Theoretical and technological issues of carbon-based nanomaterials such as graphene and carbon nanotubes relevant to material science and device fabrication will be considered.
Topics
- Molecular materials, organic conjugated materials, functional polymeric and hybrid materials: Theory and Design;
- Organic crystal growth;
- Bio-inspired materials for field-effect sensing applications;
- Molecular magnetism at nanoscale;
- Electron and spin transport in organic, polymeric and graphene layers;
- Synthesis of dynamic supramolecular nanostructured materials; conjugated (macro)molecules;
- Structural, optical, electrical, dielectric and magnetic properties of organic layers and interfaces;
- Interface structure of organic FETs; Light Emitting Devices (LEDs, LETs, LECs);
- Organic molecule based sensors (including DNA and protein sensors; Enzyme-based field-effect transistors; immunosensors and enzyme-based biosensors; Conducting polymer based sensors; Ion-selective and molecular-selective field effect);
- Supramolecular switches and motors.
- Synthesis/growth of carbon-based nanomaterials
- Synthesis, characterization and applications of carbon based composite materials
- Optical applications of carbon-based nanomaterials
- Electronic and optoelectronic applications of carbon-based nanomaterials
- Application of carbon-based nanomaterials in flexible electronics and transparent coating
- Other applications of carbon-based nanomaterials including high-frequency devices, energy storage, sensors, logic circuits, spintronics
- Modelling of the properties and devices based on carbon-based materials
Section Organizers
Florin Stanculescu, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Romania
Florin Nastase, National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies, Romania
Last updated: 07-04-2020