Full program:  Symposium P

The field of organic and hybrid materials is expanding more and more with the use of nano-objects considered as building blocks in the elaboration of functional materials. The design of these nano-objects with adequately surface properties is of primary importance in the development of new nano-devices. Such a symposium would be a good opportunity to bring together researchers from different communities (organic chemistry, solid state chemistry, physicists and engineers) and see the latest developments in the synthesis and the processing of such nano-objects, as well as the properties resulting of their assembling in thin films or at interfaces.

Scope:
Two different approaches are usually considered in the elaboration of nanomaterials. The first one is the "top-down" approach which has been developed these last decades and which consists in pushing the limit of the lithography techniques down to the nanometre scale. However, there are intrinsic limitations to go beyond 10 nm with such techniques. The second one, more recent, is the "bottom-up" approach which consists in building up nanostructures and assembling them from individual molecular or hybrid nano-objects. With this in view, a considerable effort of research is developing this last decade to produce organic and/or inorganic functional materials with electronic, photonic or even magnetic properties resulting from their organization.

The research on advanced functional materials needs an interdisciplinary approach because of the involvement of different synthetic methodologies (organic, organo-metallic, inorganic and physical approaches) and of many techniques of physical characterization. In this symposium, we will focus on nano-objects (hybrid systems, functionalized nanoparticles, molecules, polymers and dendrimers) and on advanced materials for magnetic, optical, luminescent, electroluminescent, photovoltaic and photomagnetic properties. A special concern is also the design of the new devices and the study of their corresponding macroscopic properties.

The main objectives of this symposium will be the following: a) to bring together chemists (organic, polymer, solid state) and physicists active in the field of new materials for magnetic and optoelectronic properties and also engineers for the design and the development of devices using these physical properties, b) to focus on the design of nano-objects leading to advanced functional materials, c) to analyze the relationship between the molecular or hybrid object and the macroscopic properties resulting from their assembly into thin films or onto surfaces, d) to establish the state of the art in the field and to open perspectives for the development of new functional or multifunctional materials especially regarding the technological needs. 

Hot topics to be covered by the symposium and invited speakers:
- Synthesis of molecular and hybrid nano-objects, functionalized nanoparticles
Soo Young Park (Seoul)
Markus Niederbeger (Zurich)
Valérie Cabuil (Paris)
Olivier Tillement (Lyon)
Didier Astruc (Bordeaux)

- Organization in hierarchically superstructures
M.P. Pileni (Paris)
L. Rozes (Paris)
Bart-Jan Ravoo (Munster)
B. Chaudret (Toulouse)
T. Mallah (Orsay)

- Processing methods towards nano-devices
Dmitri Golberg (Tsukuba)
Mihail Barboiu (Montpellier)
Gero Decher (Strasbourg)
U. Simon (Aachen)
Kwang-Sup Lee (Hannam University, Daejong, Korea)

- Synthesis of functional supramolecular systems (common with symposium Q)
Iain McCulloh (London)
R. Deschenaux (Neuchatel)  

List of scientific committee members:
M. Drillon (IPCMS, Strasbourg, France)
J.L. Serrano (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
W. Knoll (MPI, Mainz, Germany)
C. Piguet (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
G. Hadziioannou (University of Strasbourg, France)
B. Chaudret (LCC, Toulouse, France)
Kwang-Sup Lee (Hannam University, Daejong, Korea)
J.C Delmas (ICMCB, Bordeaux, France)
J.W. Goodby (University of York, UK)

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Symposium organizers:

Daniel GUILLON
Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg (IPCMS)
Groupe des Matériaux Organiques
23 rue du Loess
67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2
Tel: +33 388 10 71 59
Fax: +33 388 10 72 46
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Matt ROSSEINSKY
Liverpool University
Liverpool L69 3BX
UK
Tel: +44 151 794 3499
Fax: +44 151 794 3587
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Klaus MULLEN
Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research
Ackermannweg 10
D-55128, Mainz
Germany
Tel: +49 6131 379 150
Fax: +49 6131 379 351
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Markus ANTONIETTI
Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces
Golm
14424 Postdam
Germany
Tel: +49 331-567-9501
Fax: +49 331-567-9502
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Sylvie BEGIN
IPCMS
Groupe des Matériaux Inorganiques
23 rue du Loess
67034 Strasbourg Cedex 2
Tel: +33 388 10 71 92
Fax: +33 388 10 72 47
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