Materials for Electronics & Photonics
NSemiconductor Nanostructures towards Opto-Electronic and Photonic Device Applications
This symposium marks the 10th installment of a successful decade-long EMRS tradition(see metrics below), bringing together chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and engineers to discuss the latest advancements in semiconductor nanostructures and their applications in optoelectronic and photonic devices. Over the years, it has both contributed to and witnessed the evolution of the field, continuously accompanying the materials research community. The topics span the entire workflow, from theoretical modeling and materials synthesis to structural and optical characterization and the integration of nanostructures into functional devices for both established and emerging applications and technologies.
Scope:
Semiconductor nanostructures are a versatile and powerful class of materials, offering precise control over their optoelectronic properties through composition, size, and dimensionality. They drive cutting-edge technologies, from LEDs, lasers, and solar cells to quantum light sources, photodetectors, sensors, and advanced energy-harvesting devices.
This symposium highlights the latest advances in inorganic and organic nanostructures at all stages of development, bridging theory, synthesis and manufacturing, characterization, and device integration. Topics include structural, spectroscopic, electrical, and magnetic studies of quantum dots, rods, wells, multilayered and hybrid structures, and heterostructures, alongside their applications in photonics, plasmonics, spintronics, additive manufacturing, and sustainable hybrid materials.
Our focus is on understanding the critical material and interface parameters that define device functionality, while exploring structure-property relationships and performance optimization. Sessions will integrate experimental and computational approaches, presenting state-of-the-art strategies for design, fabrication, and functional enhancement.
By fostering cross-disciplinary exchange among chemists, physicists, materials scientists, and engineers, this symposium provides a unique platform for collaboration and innovation, driving the development of next-generation optoelectronic devices and paving the way for future technological breakthroughs.
Hot topics to be covered by the symposium:
- Theoretical modelling of nanostructured semiconductors
- Synthesis of nanostructured semiconductors using chemical or physical methods.
- Functional nanoparticles and hybrid materials, including nanocrystals in dielectric/polymeric matrices, nanoparticle–molecular networks.
- Integration of 2D and 1D materials to create novel functionalities.
- Emerging material classes (heavy-metal-free semiconductors, perovskites, 2D layered materials).
- Spectroscopic and structural characterization to probe optical, electronic, and magnetic properties, including studies in optical cavities and light–matter coupling regimes.
- Fundamental aspects and applications of nanocrystal-based radiation detection.
- Optoelectronic properties and photophysics of semiconductor nanostructures and devices.
- Magnetic and magneto-optical phenomena, spintronics, nanomagnetism, exchange-coupled systems, collective effects.
- Applications in nanoelectronics, thermoelectronics, optoelectronics, and photonics, including memristors, lasers, LEDs and displays, plasmonics, solar fuels, solar cells, photodetectors, light converters, quantum computing, quantum emitters, and cavity-based photonic devices.
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federica.bertolotti@uninsubria.itMartina Casiano, 3rd. Floor, UPV/EHU Science Park, Barrio Sarriena s/n, 48940 Leioa, Spain
ivan.infante@bcmaterials.netDepartment of Materials Science - Via R. Cozzi 55, 20125 Milano, Italy
sergio.brovelli@unimib.itSint-Pietersnieuwstraat 33, 9000 Gent, Belgium
Zeger.Hens@ugent.be