ICAMS18 Conference

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Fourth International Topical Conference on Optical Probes of Conjugated Polymers and Photonic Crystals

15-19 February 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Current Listing of Invited, Oral, Poster and Tutorial Presentations
(subject to change)

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15

Tutorial Sessions

Chair: H. Bässler
3:00-3:45 p.m.: Tut-1 - P. Lane; Morphological Control of the Electronic Properties of Organic Semiconductors
3:45-4:30 p.m.: Tut-2 - S. Mazumdar; Models of Electronic Excited States in p-Conjugated Polymers
4:30-5:00 p.m.: BREAK
Chair: N. Sariciftci
5:00-5:45 p.m.: Tut-4 - A. Heeger; Photonic Applications of Organic Materials - An Update
5:45-6:30 p.m.: Tut-3 - C. Soukoulis; Photonic Crystals: The Semiconductors of the Future
7:30-10:00 p.m.: WELCOME RECEPTION

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

Continuous Wave Optics (Chair: E. Conwell)
8:00-8:30 a.m.: W-1 - H. Bässler(Invited); Delayed Fluorescence from a Ladder-Type Poly-(Para)-Phenylene in the Absence and Presence of the an Electric Field
8:30-9:00 a.m.: W-3 - A. Monkman; Excited States in Conjugated Polymers Characterized by Pulse Radiolysis
9:00-9:20 a.m.: W-4 - E.J.W. List; Defect Characterization of Highly Emissive Para-Phenylene-Type Molecular Films by Photoluminescence-Detected Magnetic Resonance and Thermally Stimulated Charge Transport
9:20-9:50 a.m.: BREAK
Photonic Crystals - Structure and Theory (Chair: R. Baughman)
9:50-10:20 a.m.: W-5 - A.A. Zakhidov (Invited); Photonic Crystals for Visible and IR Wavelengths: Metallicity Gap and Tunability
10:20-10:50 a.m.: W-6 - M. Golosovsky (Invited); Self-Assembly of Floating Magnetic Particles into Ordered Structures--A Novel Method for the Fabrication of Tunable Bandgap Structures
10:50-11:10 a.m.: W-7 - P. Halevi; Tunable Photonic Crystals with Semiconducting Constituents
11:10-11:30 a.m.: W-8A.L. Reynolds; Transmission Response for in Plane and Out of Plane Propagation for a 2D Photonic Crystal with a Planar Cavity Defect
11:30-11:50 a.m.: W-9 - F. Papadimitrakopoulos; Conformal Si/SiO_x High Refractive Index Nanocomposite Assemblies for Photonic Band-Gap Applications
11:50-12:10 a.m.: W-17K.M. Ho (Invited); Optical Photonic Crystals from Colloidal Systems
12:10-12-30 p.m.: W-18 - C. Weisbuch; Advances in 2D Semiconductor Photonic Crystals
12:30-12:50 p.m.: F-19 - D.J. Norris; Conjugated-Polymer Photonic Crystals
12:50-6:00 p.m.: BREAK< (Free time; skiing, sightseeing, etc.)
Disubstituted Polyacetylenes ( Chair: A. Epstein)
6:00-6:20 p.m.: W-10 - S. Mazumdar; Photophysics of Phenyl-Substituted Polyacetylenes, Theory
6:20-6:40 p.m.: W-11 - E. Ehrenfreund; Excitation Dynamics in Disubstituted Polyacetylene
6:40-7:00 p.m.: W-12 - T.L. Gustafson; The Photophysics of Phenyl Disubstituted Polyacetylenes: Picosecond Photoluminescence and Femtosecond Photoinduced Absorption Studies of PDPA-nBu
7:00-7:20 p.m.: W-13 - A. Fujii; Optical Properties and Micro-LEDs of Disubstituted Acetylene Polymers
7:20-7:40 p.m.: BREAK
Nanocomposites (Chair: Z. Zakhidov)
7:40-8:10 p.m.: W-14 - R.H. Baughman (Invited); Giant Non-Faradic Charge Transfer for Carbon Single-Wall Nanotubes: Optical, Electronic, and Dimensional Effects and Their Applications
8:10-8:30 p.m.: W-15 - N. Minami; Charge Transfer Properties of Single wall Carbon Nanotubes as Probed by Visible to Near Infrared Optical Spectra
8:30-9:00 p.m.: W-16 - N.J. Halas (Invited); Nanoengineering Enhanced Environmental Stability into Conducting Polymer Films
POSTERS
9:00-11:30 p.m.
P1-1: R. Mahrt; Femtosecond Transient Transmission of Oligothiophene Films at Low Temperature
P1-2: D. Paraschuk; Probing of the 2Ag State in Nanopolyacetylene on the Time Scale from Femtoseconds to Milliseconds
P1-3: G. Lanzani; Real-Time Study of Excited State Structural Evolution in Polydiacetylene
P1-4: A. Imhof; Femtosecond-Pulse Interferometry of Photonic Crystals
P1-5: D. Davidov; Studies of Transient EL from Polymer Light Emitting Diodes
P1-6: J.D. Huang; Studies of Transient Laser-Like Emission in DOO-PPV Films
P1-7: D.M. Russell; Ultrafast Study of Charge Transfer in Conjugated Polymer/Semiconducting Nanocrystal Blends
P1-8: O. Korovyanko; Femtosecond Photoinduced Absorption Dynamics in DOO-PPV Films
P1-9: P.B. Miranda; Wavelength Dependence of Ultrafast Carrier Photogeneration in Conjugated Polymers
P1-10: G.S. Kanner; Evidence of Breather Excitons in the Electronic and Vibrational Relaxation of Conjugated Polymers
P1-12: D. Oelkrug; Ultrafast Photoinduced Transient Spectroscopy of Vapor Deposited Films of Oligo(Phenylene Vinylene)s of Variable Conjugation Length
P1-13: N.S. Sariciftci; Quenching of the Coherent Vibrational Oscillations by Ultrafast Charge Separation in Polymer/Fullerene Composites
P1-14D. Hertel: Optical Charge Generation and Fluorescence Quenching in Ladder-Type Poly(P-Phenylen)E
P1-15: Yu.V. Romanovskii; Phosphorescence of p-Conjugated Polymers and Oligomers
P1-16F. Papadimitrakopoulos: The Effect of Trap Formation on the Charge Transport and Electroluminescence of Aluminum(III) 8-Hydroxyquinoline
P1-17: H.S. Woo; Organic Light Diodes Based on Polymer Blend with Carbon Nanotubes Attached to the Non-Conjugated Polymer
P1-18: A.L. Reynolds; Optical Properties of Bare, Sintered and Coated Opal-Based Photonic Crystals
P1-19: P.-C. Wang; Fabrication and SEM Characterization of High Quality Polypyrrole Thin Films with Microcontact Printed Patterns
P1-20: C. Lee; Transient Electroluminescence of Silyl-Disubstituted Poly(P-Phenylenevinylene) Derivative
P1-21: M. Shkunov; Thin Film Conjugated Polymer Field-Effect Transistors
P1-22: M.F. Durstock; Electrostatic Self Assembly as a Means to Create Organic Photovoltaic Devices
P1-23: A.Cadby; Electrophosphorescence and Energy Transfer in a Doped Luminescent Polymer
P1-24: A.N. Safonov; Modification of Polymer Light Emission by Lateral Microstructure
P1-25: D. Chinn; Electroluminescence in Blue Emitting Microcavities
P1-26: N.S. Sariciftci; Quenching of the Magnetic Field Effect on the Photocurrent and Photocurrent Detected Magnetic Resonance in Conjugated Polymer-Fullerene Diodes
P1-27: A. Monkman; Electroabsorption and Photoconductivity Studies of the Frenkel Excitons and Negative Polarons in Poly(2,5-Pyridinediyl)
P1-28: G. Weiser; Field Enhanced Photoluminescence of Isolated Chains of 3BCMU in Their Monomer Single Crystals
P1-29: D. Paraschuk; Derivative Analysis of Electroabsorption Spectra in Conjugated Materials: Stark Shift and Broadening
P1-30: L. Peteanu; Electronic Properties of Doped Polyaniline as Determined by Stark Spectroscopy
P1-31: M.A. Loi; High Pressure Studies on the Structural Influence on the Electronic Properties of Sexithiophene Single Crystals
P1-32: G. Heimel; High Pressure Raman Studies on the Structural Conformation of Oligophenyls
P1-33: G. Heimel; Pressure Studies on the Intermolecular Interactions in Biphenyl
P1-34: J. Mikat; Optical Investigations of Conducting Polypyrrole Under Pressure
P1-35: S. Luzzati; Spectroscopical Evidences of Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Composites of C60 and Thiophene-Based Copolymers with a Tunable Energy Gap
P1-36: C. Botta; Photoexcitations in Weakly Interacting Oligothiophenes
P1-37: M. Wohlgenannt; Photoexcitations of 6T Single Crystals
P1-38: E.J.W. List; Excitation Energy Migration in Highly Emissive Semiconducting Polymer Blends Probed by Photoluminescence Detected Magnetic Resonance
P1-39: D. Paraschuk; Photoinduced Polarimetry - A New Method for Probing Photoexcited States in Conjugated Materials
P1-40: A.J. Epstein; Exciton Confinement in an Alternating Block Copolymer (ABC) Family
P1-41: W. Graupner; Density of States on Ensembles of Conjugated Molecules Deduced from Their Photobleaching and Absorption Spectrum
P1-42: S.E. Shaheen; Photovoltaic Devices from Low Band-Gap Polymers
P1-43: D.S. Dudis; Electronic and Structural Consequences of N-Doping: Bithiazole Oligomers and Partially Reduced Bithiazolium Cations
P1-44: J.W. Baur; Structure-Property Relationships of Two-Photon Absorbing Heterocyclic Molecules
P1-45: W. Fann; Mesoscale Structures of Luminescence Conjugated Polymer Thin Films Studied by Near Field Optical Microscopy
P1-46: M. Yan; Microscopic Imaging of Photoluminescence from PPV Related Polymers
P1-47: M. Theander; Luminescence Aggregates in a Substituted Polythiophene
P1-48: D.W. McBranch; Controlled Directional Energy and Charge Transfer in Conjugated Polymer Multilayers
P1-49: D.W. McBranch; A Unified Picture of the Photoexcitations in Phenylene-Based Conjugated Polymers: Universal Spectral and Dynamical Features in Subpicosecond Transient Absorption

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17

Ultrafast Optics (Chair: D. McBranch)
8:00-8:20 a.m.: T-1 - G. Lanzani; Sub-10 fs Time Resolved Study of Excited State Relaxation in bCarotene
8:20-8:40 a.m.: T-2 - S. Frolov; Multiple Pulse Transient Spectroscopy in Luminescent Conjugated Polymers
8:40-9:00 a.m.: T-3 - C. Silva; Morphology and Ultrafast Dynamics in Amorphous Films of Poyindenofluorene
9:00-9:20 a.m.: T-4 - S. Wong; Triplet State Dynamics in Poly(2,5-Pyridine Diyl)
9:20-9:50 a.m.: BREAK
Photonoic Crystals; Optics (Chair: K.M. Ho)
9:50-10:20 a.m.: T-5 - K. Yoshino (Invited); Tunable Optical Properties of Synthetic Opal as Photonic Crystal Infiltrated with Conducting Polymers and Liquid Crystals
10:20-10:50 a.m.: T-6 - W. Vos (Invited); Optical Experiments on Photonic Band Gap Crystals
10:50-11:10 a.m.: T-7 - M. Raikh; Studies of Coherent Backscattering from Opal Photonic Crystals
11:10-11:30 a.m.: T-25 - N. Eradat; Optical Studies of Metal Infiltrated Opal Photonic Crystals
Photovoltaic Effect and Interfaces (Chair: E. Ehrenfreund)
11:30-12:00 a.m.: T-8 - N.S. Sariciftci (Invited); Plastic Solar Cells Using Conjugated Polymer/Fullerene Composite Films
12:00-12:20 p.m.: T-9 - W. Graupner; On the Role of Traps and Electron Acceptors in Photovoltaic Cells Based on Ionically Self-Assembled Nanostructures
12:20-12:40 p.m.: T-10 - - VM. Agranovich; Excitons in Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanostructures
12:40-1:00 p.m.: T-11 - A.J. Epstein; Photo- and Electro-Luminescence Studies of Exciplex Emission at Polymer/Polymer and Molecule/Molecule Interfaces
1:00-2:00 p.m.: LUNCH
Physics of LEDs (Chair: W. Graupner)
2::00-2:20 p.m.: S-19 - Y. Yang; The Control Polymer Morphology and Device Performance in Polymer LIght Emitting Diodes
2:20-2:40 p.m.: P2-49 - E. Conwell; Electric Field Dependence of Mobility in Conjugated Polymer Films
2:40-3:00 p.m.: T-13 - I. Campbell; Optical Properties of MEH-PPV under Intense Electrical Injection
3:00-3:20 p.m.: T-14 - Markus Wohlgenannt; Charge-Induced Spectroscopy Applied to Wide Bandgap Polymeric Semiconductor Devices
3:20-3:40 p.m.: T-15 - Z. Shuai; Singlet and Triplet Exciton Formation Rates in Conjugated Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes
3:40-4:00 p.m.: T-16 - D.L. Smith; Molecular Geometry Fluctuation Model for the Mobility of Conjugated Polymers
4:00-4:20 p.m.: T-17 - I.D.W. Samuel; Effect of Intermolecular Interactions on Charge Transport and Light Emission in Organic Light Emitting Diodes
4:20-4:40 p.m.: BREAK
MX Chains (Chair: A. Saxena)
4:40-5:00 p.m.: T-18 - S.L. Dexheimer; Dynamics of the Formation of the Self-Trapped Exciton in the MX Complex PtBr(en)
5:00-5:20 p.m.: T-19 - Y. Wada; Transient Absorption Studies of the Relaxation Processes of Photoexcited States in Wide Gap MX-Chain Compounds
5:20-5:40 p.m.: T-20 - H. Kitagawa; Charge Ordering in Conductive MMX-Chain Complexes
5:40-7:00 p.m.: DINNER
Charge Generation (Chair: G. Lanzani)
7:00-7:20 p.m.: T-21 - U. Mizrahi; Polaron Photogeneration in PPV Based Polymers Probed by Time Resolved Infrared Active Vibrations
7:20-7:40 p.m.: T-22 - D. Moses; Ultrafast Detection of Photocarriers in Conjugated Polymers
7:40-8:00 p.m.: T-23 - S. Möller; Excitonic Photoconductivity of 4BCMU Polydiacetylene Single Crystals
8:00-8:20 p.m.: T-24 - Z. Christian; Femtosecond Photocurrent Cross-Correlation Experiments on a Ladder-Type Polymer
8:20-8:30 p.m.: BREAK
8:30-10:00 p.m.: Discussion 1; Charge Photogeneration Processes in p-Conjugated Polymers; Moderator: L. Rothberg
10:00-11:30 p.m.: Discussion 2; Optics of Photonic Crystals; Moderator: A. Zakhidov

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18

Lasing in Photonic Crystals (Chair: K. Yoshino)
8:00-8:30 a.m.: F-1 - A. Scherer (Invited); Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Lasers
8:30-9:00 a.m.: F-2 - M. Shkunov; A Three Dimensional Photonic Crystal Laser
9:00-9:30 a.m.: F-3 - V. Kopp (Invited); Band-Edge Lasing from Dye-Doped Cholesteric Liquid Crystals <
9:30-10:00 a.m.: BREAK
Lasing in Photonoic Crystals and m-Cavities (Chair: S. Frolov)
10:00-10:20 a.m.: F-18 - C.M. Soukoulis (Invited); Time Dependent Theory for Random Lasers
10:20-10:40: F-5 - U. Lemmer; Flexible Organic Lasers Using 2D Distributed Feedback
10:40-11:00 a.m.: F-6 - R. Gupta; Novel Photonic Structures for Conjugated Polymer Devices
11:00-11:20 a.m.: F-4 - A. Galstyan; Phase-Slip-Induced Laser Modes in a Distributed Feedback Resonator with Tilted Index Modulation
11:20-11:40 a.m.: BREAK
Optics of m-Cavities (Chair: P. Lane)
11:40-12:00 a.m.: F-8 - T. Virgili; The Optical Structure of Organic Semiconductor Microcavities
12:00-12:20 a.m.: F-9 - R.F. Mahrt; Enhanced Dipole-Dipole Interaction in a Polymer Microcavity
12:20-12:40 p.m.: F-10 - B.J. Schwartz; Controlling Interchain Interactions in Conjugated Polymers
12:40-1:00 p.m.: F-7 - R. Polson; Mode Characterization and Threshold Determination of Microring Polymer Lasers
1:00-6:00 p.m.: AFTERNOON BREAK (skiing, etc.)
Absorption and Band-Structure (Chair: J.L. Bredas)
6:00-6:30 p.m.: F-11 - S.G. Louie (Invited); Optical Absorption Spectra in Conjugated Polymers
6:30-6:50 p.m.: F-12 - D. Comoretto; Experimental and Theoretical Studies of the Anisotropical Complex Dielectric Constant of Highly Stretch-Oriented Poly(P-Phenylene-Vinylene)
6:50-7:10 p.m.: F-13 - E.K. Miller; Electronic Structure of Luminescent Conjugated Polymers: Polarized Absorption of Highly Oriented PPV's and PPP's
7:10-7:30 p.m.: F-14 - G. Rumbles; The Origin of the Electronic Absorption Spectrum of MEHPPV in Toluene: Homogeneous V Inhomogeneous Line Broadening
7:30-7:50 p.m.: F-15 - M. Yan (Invited); Photoluminescence Microscopy and Spectroscopy of PPV Related Polymers at the Single Molecule Level
7:50-8:10 p.m.: BREAK
Breaking News (Chair: A.J. Heeger)
8:10-8:40 p.m.: F-16 - T.L. Reinecke (Invited); Photon Band Gap Systems from Semiconductor Microcavities
8:40-9:10 p.m.: F-17 - D. McBranch (Invited); PPV-Based Biological Sensors
POSTERS
9:30-11:30 p.m.
P2-1: J. Ballato; Tailoring Visible Photonic Bandgaps Through Microstructural Order and Coupled Material Effects in Silica Colloidal Crystals
P2-2: J.-P. Vigneron; Self-Consistent Spectrum of Photonic Crystal Containing Non-Linear Optical Materials
P2-3: S. John; Quantum Self-Induced Transparency of Doped Photonic Crystals
P2-4: N. Eradat; Optical Probes of Dye Infiltrated Opal Photonic Crystals
P2-5: P. Halevi; Photonic Crystals as Optical Components
P2-6: A. Galstyan; Boundary Effects on Spontaneous Emission From a Dipole Inside a Photonic Crystal
P2-7: N.P. Johnson; Synthesis and Optical Properties of Opal and Inverse Opal Photonic Crystals
P2-8: S. Romanov; Dye-Impregnated Polymeric Photonic Crystals
P2-9: WITHDRAWN
P2-10: D.S. Galvao; Metallic Regime in Conducting Polymers: The Role of Disorder
P2-11: H. Schriemer; Strongly Modified Dye Emission in Air-Sphere Crystals
P2-12: A. Moroz; Three-Dimensional Photonic Structures with Several Complete Photonic Bandgaps
P2-13: C.Jin; Two-Dimensional Metallodielectric Photonic Crystal in the THz Range
P2-14: C.Jin; Band Gap and Wave Guiding Effect in a Quasiperiodic Photonic Crystal
P2-15: C.P. An; FTIR Studies of Charge Photoexcitations in Regioregular and Regiorandom Poly(3-Alkyl Thiophene) Films
P2-16: V.M. Kobryanskii; Optical Properties of Highly Ordered Poly-Para-Phenylene Films
P2-17: D. Comoretto; Dielectric, Raman, Calorimetric and X-Ray Diffraction Studies of a Polycarbazolyldiacetilene
P2-18: A. Sassella; Optical Properties of Thin Films of Oligothiophenes Deposited by Organic Molecular Beam Deposition
P2-19: M. Ariu; A Study of the Different Structural Phases of the Polymer Poly(9,9' Dioctyl Fluorene) Using Raman Spectroscopy
P2-20: Y. Ichino; Vibronic Structures in Optical Spectra of Distyrylbenezene Derivatives
P2-21: L.X. Chen; Effects of Chemical Modification on Photophysics and Exciton Dynamics on p-Conjugation Attenuated and Metal Ion Chelated Photoconducting Polymers
P2-22: D. Dudis; Toward n-Doped Polymers
P2-23: B.J. Schwartz; Aggregation on Conjugated Polymers
P2-24: N.S. Sariciftci; Highly Ordered Crystalline Thin Film Bilayers of Para-Hexaphenyl and C60 Grown by Hot Wall Epitaxy
P2-25: N.S. Sariciftci; In situ Attenuated Total Reflection FTIR Spectroelectrochemistry of Benzimidazobenzophenanthroline (BBL)
P2-26: C.P. An; Raman Scattering Study of Electrochemically Doped Single Wall Nanotubes
P2-27: M. Yamashita; Charge Distribution and Fluctuation in MX and MMX Chain Compounds
P2-28: J.-H. Hsu; Correlation Between Electronic Properties and Chain-Length in Luminescent Conjugated Polymer
P2-29: P.J. Angiolillo; Triplet State Photophysics of Highly Conjugated Porphyrinic Arrays
P2-30: H. Okumoto; High Hole Mobility Achieved by the Molecular Orientation of Oligosilanes Having Mesophases
P2-31: K. Lee; Amplification of Raman Scattering by Stimulated Emission in a Free-Standing PPV Film
P2-32: C.Q. Wu; Subgap Absorption and Quantum Lattice Fluctuation in Degenerate and Nondegenerate Polymers
P2-33: S. Mazumdar; Theory of Nonlinear Optical Absorption in Oligomers of PPP and PPV
P2-34: L. Del Freo; Electronic Defects and Conjugation Length in Mesoscopic p-Systems
P2-35: V.M. Geskin; Nonlinear Optical Response of Polarized Apocarotenals: A Theoretical Study
P2-36: V.M. Geskin; Interpretation of Finite-Field Molecular Polarizabilities Via Real-Space Contributions: Applications to p-Conjugated Oligomers
P2-37: S. de Oliveira Dantas; A Dual-Mode Photoswitching Mechanism and Charge Transfer on Chiroptical Systems - Theoretical Study
P2-38: F.C. Spano; Exciton-Vibrational Coupling in Pinwheel Aggregates of p-Conjugated Molecules
P2-39: S. Mazumdar; Role of Electron Correlations and External Electric Field in Electron-Hole Recombination in Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDS)
P2-40: A.T. Yates; A Theoretical Model for Excited State Absorption
P2-41: X. Duan; Electronic Structure and Energy Band Gap Studies for Poly-[1,3-(Thienyl-Squarine)] and Its Dianion
P2-42: D. Dudis; Triplet Excitons in BBL
P2-43: V.M. Agranovich; Kinematical Biexcitons in Molecular Crystals
P2-44: M. Yan; Light Emission from Self-Assembled and Microstructures of Phenylenevinylene Polymers with Dendritic Side Groups
P2-45: G. van Soest; Enhanced Backscattering in a Random Laser
P2-46: I. Talanina; Wavelength Filtering and Optical Tunneling Due to Bloch Oscillations in Curved Waveguide Arrays
P2-47: M.J. Rice; Excitonic Virtual Bound States and Ultrafast Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Conjugated Polymer Systems
P2.48: K.S. Narayan; Determination of Trap States in Ladder Type Polymers

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19

Interchain Interactions; Oligomers (Chair: S. Mukamel)
8:00-8:30 a.m.: S-1 - J.L. Bredas (Invited); Interchain Interactions in p-Conjugated Oligomers: Impact on Luminescence and Transport Properties
8:30-8:50 a.m.: S-2 - M. Muccini; Chain Length Dependence of Interchain Interaction in Organic Conjugated Materials
8:50-9:10 a.m.: S-3 - S. Tretiak*; Interchain Electronic Excitations in Poly-Phenylenevinylene (PPV) Oligomer and Polymer Aggregates
9:10-9:30 a.m.: S-4 - G. Weiser; Absorption and Electroabsorption Spectra of an a-Sexithienyl Single Crystal at 20 K
9:30-9:50 a.m.: S-5 - M.A. Loi; High Pressure Effects on the Photoluminescence of Sexithiophene Single Crystals
9:50-10:10 a.m.: P1-50 - H.-J. Egelhaaf; Highly Luminescent Oligo(p-Phenylenevinylene) Films: The Stereochemical Approach
10:10-10:30 a.m.: BREAK
Interchain Interaction; Polymers (Chair: B. Schwartz)
10:30-11:00 a.m.: S-6 - H. Sirringhaus (Invited); Two-Dimensional Charge Transport in Self-Organized, High-Mobility Conjugated Polymers
11:00-11:20 a.m.: S-7 - R. Osterbacka; Two Dimensional Electronic Excitations in Self-Assembled Conjugated Polymer Nanocrystals
11:20-11:40 a.m.: S-8 - D. Yaron; Quantum Chemical Models of Exciton-Exciton Interactions and Exciton Motion in Disordered Systems
11:40-12:00 a.m.: S-9 - H. Neugebauer; Photoexcited Spectroscopy and in situ Electrochemical Spectroscopy in Conjugated Polymers: A Comparative Study
12:00-1:00 p.m.: LUNCH
Photoluminescence and Morphology (Chair: F. Papadimitrakopoulos)
1:00-1:20 p.m.: S-10 - S. Tretiak; Modeling Chromophore-Chromophore Interactions Using Paracyclophane Derivatives
1:20-1:40 p.m.: S-11 - R. Jakubiak; Influence of Side Groups in the Luminescence Efficiency of Conjugated Polymers
1:40-2:00 p.m.: S-12 - J.-H. Hsu; The Interchain Emission in Luminescent Conjugated Polymer
2:00-2:20 p.m.: S-13 - R.V. Gregory; Effect of Morphology and Micro-Structure on the Optical and Electronic Properties of Conjugated Polymeric Films
2:20-2:40 p.m.: S-14 - R.A.J. Janssen; Photoinduced Energy and Electron Transfer in Covalent Conjugated Oligomer-Fullerene Arrays
2:40-3:00 p.m.: BREAK
Nonlinear Optics (Chair: D. Yaron)
3:00-3:30 p.m.: S-15 - S. Mukamel (Invited); Collective Electronic-Excitations in Conjugated Dendrimers and Photosynthetic Antennae
3:30-3:50 p.m.: S-16 - E. Giorgetti; Films of a Novel Polydiacethylene for Photonic Applications: Linear and Nonlinear Properties
3:50-4:10 p.m.: S-17 - A. Painelli; Push-Pull Chromophores: NLO Responses, Solvatochromism and Vibrational Spectra in a Simple Non-Perturative Model
4:10-4:30 p.m.: S-18 - Avadh Saxena; Enhancement of Optical Nonlinearities in Polyenes by Intrinsic Localized Modes
4:3:0-4:50 p.m.: P1-11 - D. Kim; Direct Probe of Temporal Profiles of Spectrally Narrowed Emission in p-Conjugated Polymers
4:50-5:00 p.m.: BREAK
Closing (Chair: V. Vardeny)
5:00-5:30 p.m.: Closing Address; L. Rothberg
5:30-5:40 p.m.: Closing Ceremony
5:40-7:00 p.m.: BREAK
7:00-10:30 p.m.: CONFERENCE BANQUET