Call for Papers

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Semiconducting materials that exist in layered (2D) form like the transition metal dichalcogenides, perovskites and metal oxides bring new opportunities for optoelectronic applications, as they combine the unique characteristics of nanomaterial with ease of fabrication because of their planar configuration. These are emerging materials, that have a potential to form a core research topic in future. This symposium will focus on new developments in layered optoelectronic materials and their applications. This symposium will cover modelling, synthesis/growth, characterisation and applications of layered (two dimensional) optoelectronic materials and will bring together chemists, physicists and engineers.

The symposium can be broadly categorised into three parts. The first part of the symposium will focus on modelling for predictions and new discoveries, material synthesis and structural and optoelectronic characterisation. Submissions on insights into material growth mechanisms, engineering structure/composition to enable new applications and large area synthesis are encouraged. Emerging materials like 2D perovskites and metal oxides and hybrid heterostructures of layered materials will be included in this section of the symposium. Second part of the symposium will focus on light manipulation applications, and will include nano-lasers and LEDs, quantum nanophotonic devices and applications of non-linear properties of layered materials. Final section of the symposium will focus on biosensing and energy related applications of layered optoelectronic materials. The planar configuration and very high surface area to volume ratio makes layered optoelectronic materials ideal for such applications. Wearable and flexible devices will be included in this section of the symposium. Submissions on novel device configurations and fabrication approaches are encouraged for the sessions on applications of layered optoelectronic material.

Topics will include:

• Synthesis of 2D optoelectronic materials and their heterostructures
• Optoelectronic characterisation and Optical/Optoelectronic properties of layered optoelectronic materials and their heterostructures
• Structural characterisation of layered optoelectronic materials
• Modelling of 2D Materials and Heterostructures: New discoveries and predictions
• Emerging 2D optoelectronic materials: perovskites, metal-oxides, hybrid heterostructures
• Light-matter interactions in layered optoelectronic materials
• Light emitters: Nano/micro-LEDs and lasers based on layered semiconductors
• Sensing, imaging and information processing applications based on layered (2D) materials
• Quantum nanophotonics: Single photon emitters and detectors based on layered materials
• Non-linear properties and applications of layered (2D) materials
• Energy applications of layered materials: catalysis and (photo)electrochemical water splitting
• 2D materials for chemical/electrochemical/electronic biosensors
• Layered (2D) materials based flexible and wearable devices

Invited Speakers (tentative):

• Pulickel M. Ajayan (Rice University, USA)
• Deji Akinwande (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
• Susan Fullerton (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
• Giulia Grancini (Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy)
• Baohua Jia (RMIT University, Australia)
• Bin Liu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
• Adina Luican-Mayer (University of Ottawa, Canada)
• Jian Zhen Ou (RMIT University, Australia)
• Alexander Tartakovskii (The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
• Jorik van der Groep (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Zeila Zanolli (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
• Xiao-xiao Zhang (University of Florida, USA)

Symposium Organizers