October 8 – 10, 2024
Dom Hotel, Limburg, Germany
Scientific Organizer:
Grace G. D. Han / Brandeis University, Waltham
Hermann A. Wegner / Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen
Stay tuned #BeilsteinHarnessingLight2024
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The ultimate source of energy on earth is sunlight, but storing solar energy in molecules and soft matter for subsequent use poses a significant challenge. This symposium aims to uncover and explore fundamental concepts that involve utilizing molecules to capture and store light energy. The focus is on any molecular-level interaction with light; relevant topics include the storage of photon energy and the release as heat in molecular solar thermal storage (MOST) systems, as well as transformation photon energy into different types such as chemical or electrical energy.
The symposium will cover, but is not limited to the following themes:
/ Understanding of interactions of light with molecules
/ Molecules involved in light-mediated transformations
/ Photoswitches for energy management
/ Devices utilizing molecules for light-triggered processes
Ivan Aprahamian / Dartmouth College, USA
Sophie Beeren / Technical University of Denmark
Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen / University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Stefano Crespi / Uppsala University, Sweden
Rachel Evans / University of Cambridge, UK
Grace G. D. Han / Brandeis University, USA
Sunkyu Han / KAIST, Republic of Korea
Helen Hölzel / Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
Christoph Kerzig / University of Mainz, Germany
Daichi Kitagawa / Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Franco King-Chi Leung / The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Doreen Mollenhauer / Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
Kasper Moth-Poulsen / Polytechnic University of Catalunya, Spain
Timothy Noël / University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arri Priimagi / Tampere University, Finland
Ravinder Pawar / National Institute of Technology Warangal, India
Bart Jan Ravoo / University of Muenster, Germany
Anne Staubitz / University of Kiel, Germany
Hermann A. Wegner / Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
Emma Wolpert / Imperial College London, UK
Si Wu / University of Science and Technology of China
Nobuhiro Yanai / Kyushu University, Japan
#1
Light Powered Mechanically Active Materials
Navneet Kaur Gill / University of Queensland, Australia
#2
Harnessing light with carbon quantum dots – bright and colorful fluorescence emissions and photoinduced redox processes driving photocatalysis and antimicrobial functions
Ya-Ping Sun / Clemson University, USA
#3
Systems controlled by light: A series Of thieno[3,2-b]thiophene imines
Harry Robson / VŠCHT Praha, Czech Republic
#4
Designing new organic photosensitizers for solar light conversion: applications in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSSCs) and Photoelectrochemical Cells (DS-PECs)
Alessio Dessì / National Council of Research, Italy
#5
Making the MOST of the photodimerization of 1,4-aryl-substituted anthracenes
Till Staschko / University of Siegen, Germany
#6
New polymer and macrocyclic hybrid photoswitches: their synthesis and study
Martin Šetek / VŠCHT Praha, Czech Republic
#7
A fiber-optic spectroscopic setup for isomerization quantum yield determination
Jorn Steen / Uppsala University, Sweden
#8
Synthetic advances towards cyclohexaazobenzene for increased storage energy density
Silke Müsse / Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany
#9
Vis-to-UV photon upconverting porous monoliths
Sakura Nakagawa / Kyushu University, Japan
#10
Application of fluorescent organic materials in luminescent solar concentrators (LSCs) and visible light communication (VLC)
Massimo Calamante / National Council of Research, Italy
#11
Novel organic dyes for DSSC cells utilizing the intramolecular Förster energy transfer (FRET) to enhance light harvesting
Elena Ermini / National Council of Research, Italy
#12
Functionalisation of gold nanoparticles with arylazopyrazole-modified N-heterocyclic carbene ligands
Dominik Mählmann / University of Münster, Germany
#13
Monoaryl-substituted norbornadienes for efficient molecular solar thermal energy storage
Robin Schulte / University of Siegen, Germany
#14
Investigation of the photoinduced electron transfer-induced cycloreversion of quadricyclanes to norbornadienes
Julian Hebborn / University of Siegen, Germany
#15
Fast T-type photochromism of aza-diarylethenes
Shota Hamatani / Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
#16
Investigation of the photoinduced electron transfer-induced cycloreversion of quadricyclanes to norbornadienes
Paul Gueben / Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
#17
Teamwork makes the dream work - Symbiotic lone-pair/pi and C-H/pi interactions in meta-bis-azobenzenes
Dominic Schatz / Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Germany
#18
Electronic effects on Dithienylethene-based organocatalysts
Debashis Majee / National University of Singapore, Germany
#19
Surface tension manipulation with visible light through sensitized disequilibration of photoswitchable amphiphiles
Bastian Stövesand / University of Münster, Germany
#20
Hemipiperazines as novel peptide-derived molecular photoswitches
Peter Gödtel / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
#21
Hemipiperazine-based photochromic sensors and nanomaterials
Valentin Schäfer / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany