You are invited to participate in the International Conference on Solution-based Two-dimensional Nanomaterials (Sol2D16), to be held in Berlin, Germany, from 8-9 September 2016.
Ultrathin 2-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials (nanosheets) are attracting increasing research efforts due to their extraordinary electronic, phononic, optical and mechanical properties, which makes them promising materials for a myriad of applications (spintronic devices, field-effect transistors, nanoscale sensors, batteries, photodetectors, LEDs). Well-known examples are graphene and transition-metal dichalcogenides. Nanosheets are typically obtained by exfoliation of bulk materials or grown on substrates by MBE or CVD. These methods are however not suitable to produce large amounts of free-standing 2D nanosheets and lack control over their shape and lateral dimensions. Solution-based "bottom-up" colloidal chemical methods offer an appealing alternative, and are emerging as promising routes to free-standing solution-processable 2D nanosheets and nanoribbons of a variety of materials, including graphene and inorganic semiconductors. This conference intends to bring together the multidisciplinary scientific community working on this nascent field, and will address not only the bottom-up solution synthesis of 2D nanomaterials, but also their chemistry, physics and applications in devices.
- Solution-based bottom-up synthesis of 2D nanomaterials (colloidal methods, directed organic synthesis, metal-organic frameworks)
- Physical properties of solution-based 2D nanomaterials (e.g., electronic, optical, thermal, electron and spin transport, etc.)
- Chemical properties of solution-based 2D nanomaterials (e.g. photocatalytic properties)
- Self-organization of 2D nanomaterials into superstructures
- Devices based on solution 2D nanomaterials
Laurens Siebbeles (1963) is leader of the Opto-Electronic Materials Section and deputy head of the Dept. of Chemical Engineering at the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. His research involves studies of the motion of electrons in novel nanostructured materials that have potential applications in e.g. solar cells, light-emitting diodes and nanoelectronics. Materials of interest include organic nanostructured materials, semiconductor quantum dots, nanorods and two-dimensional materials. Studies on charge and exciton dynamics are carried out using ultrafast time-resolved laser techniques and high-energy electron pulses in combination with quantum theoretical modeling.
Celso de Mello Donega is an Associate Professor in the Chemistry Department of the Faculty of Sciences at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. His expertise is in the field of synthesis and optical spectroscopy of luminescent materials. His research is focused on the chemistry and optoelectronic properties of nanomaterials, with particular emphasis on colloidal nanocrystals and heteronanocrystals.