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Polaritonics for next generation materials

Recent years have witnessed a surge in research around "polaritonic materials", in which strong light-matter coupling leads to new chemical and physical properties. The symposium will gather leading researchers exploring multiple aspects of polaritonic materials to highlight the latest breakthroughs in this rapidly evolving field.

Scope:

During the past decade, strong light-matter coupling has emerged as a novel approach for modifying material properties, including chemical reactivity, electronic transport, and photophysical properties. This expanding research has given rise to the field of "polaritonic materials," paving the way for innovative tools to engineer materials and control chemical reactions. At the same time, the mechanisms by which strong coupling induces these changes remain unclear, presenting numerous unresolved conceptual and theoretical challenges, which stand at the interface between molecular chemistry, quantum optics and condensed-matter physics.

This symposium aims to highlight the latest advancements in polaritonic materials and polaritonic chemistry, covering both experimental and theoretical perspectives. The symposium will connect researchers and students working on various aspects of this topic, fostering open discussions within the growing polaritonics community to advance the field and identify emerging directions. Additionally, the program is designed to attract a broader audience, providing an ideal entry point for researchers from related fields into this exciting, multidisciplinary area. The sessions will address novel phenomena emerging under electronic and vibrational strong coupling, as well as state-of-the-art theoretical approaches for modelling various material systems and phenomena under strong light-matter coupling.

Hot topics to be covered by the symposium:

  • Energy and charge transport in polaritonic materials
  • Polaritons for future optoelectronic technologies
  • Cavity-control of chemical reactions
  • Spectroscopy, photophysics, and photochemistry of polaritonic systems
  • Novel modelling approaches for confined light-matter interactions

List of confirmed invited speakers:

  • Dmitri N. Basov (Columbia University, United States)
  • Elisabetta Collini (Università di Padova, Italy)
  • Francisco Garcia Vidal (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)
  • Jaime Gómez Rivas (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
  • Jianshu Cao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
  • Junichiro Kono (Rice University, USA)
  • Kei Murakoshi (Hokkaido University, Japan)
  • Michael Ruggenthaler (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter,
  • Hamburg, Germany)
  • Milan Delor (Columbia University, United States)
  • Pengfei Huo (Univesity of Rochester, United States)
  • Srihari Keshavamurthy (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India)
  • Stephanie Reich (Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany)
  • Teri W. Odom (Northwestern University, United States)
  • Thomas Ebbesen (University of Strasbourg, France)

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Symposium organizers
Anoop THOMAS (Main organizer)Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science

CG-06, Chemical Sciences Building, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India

athomas@iisc.ac.in
Henrik KOCHDepartment of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Høgskoleringen 5, 7491 Trondheim, Norway

henrik.koch@ntnu.no
Tal SCHWARTZ Department of Physical Chemistry, Tel Aviv University

School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel

talschwartz@tau.ac.il
Timur O. SHEGAIDepartment of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Kemivägen 9, 412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden

timurs@chalmers.se