Symposium I: Hybrid and Metastructured Materials for photonics, sensors and energy

Symposium Co-Chairs

Xing Yi Ling Nanyang Technological University Singapore	Jérôme Plain Technological University of Troyes France	Alexander Govorov Ohio University USA

This Special Symposium focuses on both experimental and theoretical studies on optically active hybrid nanomaterials, such as semiconductors, metals, dielectrics, polymers, biomolecules, etc. The Symposium is dedicated to a wide range of fundamental investigations and applications of the optically active materials, including the bottom-up syntheses, top-down nanofabrication, chemical and physical examinations of new properties of such new hybrid optically active nanomaterials.  

The central issues to be addressed in the Symposium are new physical and chemical functionalities arising from novel nanostructure and/or interactions between nanoscale building blocks. Examples of functional nanomaterials include colloidal quantum dots, metal nanocrystals, layered structures, nanocrystal complexes, lithographic metastructures and metasurfaces, hybrid nanostructures, bio-assemblies of nanocrystals and dye molecules, bio-conjugates, etc. In addition, the studies on the applications of these novel hybrid nanomaterials in the field of biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering are welcomed.

Topics

1. Plasmonic nanocrystal assemblies and metastructures with novel optical properties and applications;    
2. Chiral nanocrystals and metamaterials;    
3. Hybrid structures with exciton and plasmon resonances; quantum and classical regimes of interactions;    
4. New materials for optically active nanostructures, including Al and TiN;    
5. Hot plasmonic electrons in nanostructures;    
6. Time-resolved studies for fast and ultra-fast dynamics in plasmonic and excitonic systems, involving hot electrons, phonons and excitons;    
7. Quantum effects in plasmonic systems;       
8. Using nanocrystals to design and assemble optical meta-materials, meta-devices and meta-surfaces;    
9. Thermoplasmonics and photogeneration of heat in nanostructures;    
10. Hybrid nanomaterials for catalysis, solar energy conversion, photovoltaics, photochemistry and photocatalysis;    
11. Hybrid nanomaterials for phototherapy, biophysics, biological sensing, bioimaging, and other biological applications;    
12. Hybrid nanomaterials for spectroscopic applications, including surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), Infrared, THz, super-resolution microscopy, and etc;    
13. Bio-assemblies of excitonic and plasmonic nanocrystals.

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

1. Pierre Michel Adam, University of Technology of Troyes, France
2. Ramon Alvarez-Puebla, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
3. Renaud Bachelot (Keynote Speaker), University of Technology of Troyes, France
4. Lucas Besteiro, INRS-Énergie, Canada
5. Jean Sébastien Bouillard, University of Hull, UK
6. Roberto Caputo, University of Calabria, Italy
7. Huanjun Chen, Sun Yat-sen University, China
8. Miguel Correa-Duarte, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
9. Nathalie Destouches, Université de Saint Etienne, France
10. Davy Gerard, University of Technology of Troyes, France
11. Yurii Gun'ko, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
12. Hayk Harutyunyan, Emory University, USA
13. Safi Jradi, Université de Technologie de Troyes, France
14. Jaebeom Lee, Pusan National University, Korea 
15. Dangyuan Lei, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
16. Marina S. Leite, University of Maryland, USA
17. Dongling Ma (Keynote Speaker), Institut National de la Recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada
    
18. Hiro Minamimoto, Hokkaido University, Japan
19. Alberto Naldoni, Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Republic
20. Arup Neogi, University of North Texas, USA
21. Nicholas Carlos Pazos Perez, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
22. Stefano Palomba, The University of Sydney, Australia
23. Mauricio Pilo-Pais, Munich University, Germany
24. Luca Razzari, INRS-Énergie, Canada
    
25. Richard Schaller, Northwestern University and Argonne Laboratory, USA
26. Olivier Soppera, Université de Haute Alsace - CNRS, France
27. Mohamed Swillam, American University in Cairo, Egypt
28. Mona Tréguer-Delapierre, Université de Bordeaux, France
29. Konstantin Vytovtov, Astrakhan State Technical University, Russia
30. Hong Wei, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
31. Jiang Wu, University College London, UK
32. Nianqiang (Nick) Wu, West Virginia University, USA
33. Gregory Wurtz, University North Florida, USA
34. Chuanlai Xu, JiangNan University, China

Symposium II: Novel Design and Applications of Metamaterials, Metasurfaces and Metadevices using Hybrid and New Materials

Symposium Chair

Mohamed Swillam The American University in Cairo Egypt

Topics

1. Metasurfaces for sensing and imaging applications;
2. Metadevices for energy harvesting;
3. Metamaterial for thermal energy harvesting and managements;
4. Metamaterial for Near and Midinfrared applications;
5. All dielectrics metamaterial and devices;
6. Integrated metadevices;
7. Organic metamaterials;
8. Nano wires based metamaterials;
9. Graphene based metamaterials;
10. Modelling techniques of metamaterials and devices.

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

1. Ali Adibi, Goergea Tech, USA
2. Amit Agrawal, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
3. Imad Agha, University of Dayton, USA
4. Mohamed Bakr, McMaster University, Canada
5. Pierre Berini, University of Ottawa, Canada
6. Alexandra Boltasseva (Keynote Speaker), Purdue University, USA
7. Debashis Chanda, University of Central Florida, USA
8. Wei-Ting Chen, Harvard University, USA
9. Hou-Tong Chen, Los Alamos Lab, USA
10. Paul Davids, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
11. Abdulhakem Elezzabi, Univeristy of Alberta, Canada
12. Dentcho Genov, Louisiana Tech University, USA
13. Thierry Grosjean, FEMTO-ST, France
14. Trevor Hall (or Hamdam Nikkhah), University of Ottawa, Canada
15. Ruibin Jiang, Shaanxi Normal Univerisity, China
16. Maria Kafesaki, FORTH, Greece
    
17. Stephanie Law, University of Delaware, USA
18. Willie Luk, Sandia National Laboratories, USA
19. Boris Lukiyanchuk (Keynote Speaker), A-Star Institute, Singapore
20. Ting Mei, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
21. Marco Miniaci, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
22. Salah Obayya, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt
23. Taiichi Otsuji, Tohoku University, Japan
24. Ekmel Ozbay, Bilkent University, Turkey
25. Evangelos Papaioannou, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany
26. Min Qiu, Zhejiang University, China
27. Osamu Sakai, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Japan
28. Alvar Sanchez, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
29. Alessio Stefani, University of Sydney, Australia
30. Chris Stevens, Oxford University, UK
31. Volker Sorger, George Washington University, USA
32. Mona Tréguer-Delapierre, Université de Bordeaux, France
33. Giorgos Tsironis, University of Crete, Greece
34. Thierry Verbiest, KU Leuven, Belgium
35. Qiwen Zhan, University of Dayton, USA