Organic Semiconductor Materials: Challenges and Opportunities

Beilstein Organic Chemistry Symposium 2025

September 23 – 25, 2025
Lindner Hotel Frankfurt Hochst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

 

Scientific Committee:
Stefan Bräse / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jessica Wade / Imperial College London

 

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Organic semiconductor materials, with all their unique structures, open a world of possibilities that traditional silicon-based materials would find difficult to fill. The potential of organic electronics is now being unlocked across a broad range of applications, from energy conversion to flexible and sustainable devices. However, significant hurdles remain, particularly in improving stability, scalability, manufacturing, and performance across diverse systems.

This conference will bring together experts in molecular design, material synthesis and properties, as well as device characterisation, to showcase the latest advances in organic semiconductor research. By fostering interdisciplinary dialogue, the event aims to address key challenges and inspire new approaches to realising the full potential of organic materials in next-generation technologies.

The symposium will cover, but is not limited to the following themes:

/ Molecular design and synthesis of organic semiconductor materials

/ Chiral and supramolecular materials for advanced applications

/ Luminescence mechanisms (phosphorescence, fluorescence, (MR-)TADF)

/ Spectroscopy, photophysics, and exciton dynamics

/ Computational design and modelling of functional organic materials

/ Manufacturing approaches and scalable processing for organic semiconductors

/ Flexible, printed, and sustainable materials for organic electronics

/ Device integration: organic electronics, optoelectronics, and energy conversion

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  • a poster presentation slot
  • five minute flash talk
  • free registration for the symposium
  • conference package which covers lunches, dinners and coffee breaks

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Confirmed Speakers

 

Stefan Bräse / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Karl Börjesson / University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Hugo Bronstein / University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jeanne Crassous / University of Rennes, France

Birgit Esser / Ulm University, Germany

Matthew Fuchter / University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Takuji Hatakeyama / Kyoto University, Japan

 

Takashi Hirose / Kyoto University, Japan

Zachary Hudson / University of British Columbia, Canada

Malika Jeffries-EL / Boston University, USA

Hironori Kaji / Kyoto University, Japan

Uli Lemmer / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Christine Luscombe / Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan

Anna Painelli / Parma University, Italy

 

Emma Puttock / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Akshay Rao / University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Roberta Sessoli / University of Florence, Italy

Andreas Steffen / TU Dresden, Germany

Mark Thompson / University of Southern California, USA

Jessica Wade / Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Shigeru Yamago / Kyoto University, Japan