A meeting that explores the latest advances in the use of molecular materials in a range of applications where light is used to provide function to the systems, be it optoelectronic, mechanical, for energy storage, or medicinal, through talks from experts in all of these areas, and with ample time for discussion.

Time: 9AM - 2PM (aprox)

Location: Carles Miravitlles Seminar Hall - ICMAB-CSIC

Programme:

9.00 Matthew Fuchter (Imperial College London, UK) Maximising dissymmetry and handling directionality in chiral optoelectronic materials

10.00 Nuria Aliaga (ICREA, ICMAB-CSIC) Evaluation of the use of curcuminoid-based surfaces as sensors

10.30 Pankaj Bharmoria (ICMAB-CSIC) Shifting the Action Spectrum of Azobenzene Photo-isomerization into the NIR region via triplet-sensitization

11.00 Refreshments

11.30 Mar Álvarez (Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM-CSIC)) Light-driven mechanical sensing and actuation

12.00 Lluïsa Pérez-García (Universitat de Barcelona) Nanostructured Molecular Materials for Photodynamic Therapy

12.30 Grace Han (Brandeis University, USA) Unravelling molecular photochemical transformations for the generation of renewable solar fuels

We hope to see you there!