Sunday, 15 July

Monday, 16 July

V. Cimrová
Microsymposium chair

Y. Koike (Keio University, Yokohama, Japan)
Photonics polymers for fiber-to-the-display

J.R. Bartoli, V.M. Giacon, M.I. Alayo, M.N.P. Carreño (State University of Campinas, Brazil)
Polymeric optical waveguides fabricated by plasma fluorination process

A. Charas, A.L. Mendonca, L. Alcácer, J. Morgado, J. Cabanillas-Gonzales, T. Vergili, G. Lanzani (Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal)
Photoactive PMMA-polyfluorene copolymers

F. Mikeš, J. Baldrian, J. Pleštil (Polytechnic University, New York, USA)
Synthesis and characterization of a transparent, thermally and chemically stable perfluoro polymer: perfluorinated poly(2-methylidene-1,3-dioxolane)

A. Tagaya, Y. Koike (Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawasaki, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan)
Zero zero-birefringence polymers for optical devices

M. Lebental, N. Djellali, J.S. Lauret, J. Zyss, C. Schmit, E. Bogomolny (Ecole Normal Supérieure de Cachan, CNRS, UMR, France)
Tailored shapes of organic microlasers: a test-bed for wave chaos physics

J. de Mello (Imperial College London, UK)
Integrated sensors for point of care diagnostics

S. Reynaud, B. Grassl, C. Thévenot, M. Bouhadid, N. Redon, J. Desbrières (Ecole Normal Supérieure de Cachan, CNRS, UMR, France)
Intrinsically conducting composite films and hydrogels for chemical sensors and drug release

K. Gatsouli, A. Meristoudi, A. Tsigara, G. Manasis, N. Vainos, S. Pispas (Institute of Theoretical and Physical Chemistry, Athens, Greece)
Polymer based hybrid materials for photonic sensors

S. Sakthivel, D. Mangalaraj (Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India)

Nanosize conducting polymer preparation, properties and applications

Y. Tajitsu, K. Fukuda, T. Takaki (Kansai University, Suita, Osaka Japan)
Large ion-conductivity of transparent films of hydroxyapatite-poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite

F. Böhme, U. Oertel, H. Komber (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany)
Optical probes for acid-base interactions in polymer mixtures

Tuesday, 17 July

M. Morana, M. Koppe, M.C. Scharber, Z. Zhu, R. Gaudiana, D. Waller, C.J. Brabec  (Konarka Technologies, Linz, Austria)
Material requirements for organic solar cells. The structure - property correlation of low-bandgap transporters

F. Ouhib, R.C. Hiorns, R. deBettignies, S. Billy, A. Khoukh, J. Desbrières, Ch. Dagron-Lartigau (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France)
Synthesis and characterization of regioregular polythiophenes substituted by aromatic groups for bulk-heterojunction photovoltaic cells

R.L. Patyk, B.S. Lomba, A.F. Nogueira, C.A. Furtado, A.P. Santos, R.M.Q. Mello, L.Micaroni, I.A. Hümmelgen (Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil)
High open-circuit voltage photovoltaic devices based on modified carbon nanotube blend - polybithiophene heterojunctions

D. Neher, C. Yin, S. Bange, X.H. Yang, T. Kietzke, H.-H. Hörhold (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Optoelectronic devices with defined polymer-polymer heterojunctions

D.A.M. Egbe, A. Wild, U.S. Schubert (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
Anthracene- and thiophene-containing poly(p-phenylene-ethynylene)/poly(p-phenylene-vinylene)s: towards optimized structures for photovoltaic applications

R. Mezzenga, N. Sary, C. Brochon, G. Hadziioannou, J. Ruokolainen (University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Nestlé Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland )
Interfaces nanostructuring by blending rod-coil block copolymers and rods: a promising route towards design of polymer photovoltaic materials

Y. Okamoto (Polytechnic University, New York, USA)
Tunable color of a polymer silica

D.J. Asunkis, I.L. Bolotin, A.T. Wroble, A.M. Zachary, L. Hanley (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Preparation and analysis of lead sulfide nanocrystal-polymer nanocomposite films for optoelectronic applications

S. Kaufmann, T. Stöferle, N. Moll, R.F. Mahrt (Zurich Research Laboratory, Ruschlikon, Switzerland)
Resonant energy transfer within a colloidal nanocrystal polymer host system

D. Bléger, D. Kreher, F. Mathevet, A.-J. Attias, G. Schull, L. Douillard, C. Fiorini-Debuisschert, F. Charra (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France)
Surface-mediated bonding for rational design of multiscale molecular self-assemblies

K. Cho (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Korea)
Surface-induced self-assembly of conjugated organic molecules for high-performance supramolecular electronics

V. Senkovskyy, N. Khanduyeva, M. Stamm, A. Kiriy (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany)
Conductive polymer brushes of regioregular head-to-tail poly(3-alkylthiophene) via catalyst-transfer surface-initiated polycondensation

Wednesday, 18 July

G. Wegner, S. Baluchev, F. Laquai, C. Chi (Max Planck Institute of Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany)
Managing photoexcited states in conjugated polymers

S. Gurlui, E. Buruiana, T. Buruiana, G. Strat, M. Strat, V. Pohoata (University of Iasi, Romania)
Fluorescence properties of some polyurethanes with stilbene and pyrene rings

I. Glowacki, Z. Szamel (Technical University of Lodz, Poland)
Energy transfer and charge trapping processes in poly(N-vinylcarbazole) doped with iridium complexes

M. Ree, O. Kim, S. Baek, D. Lee, J. Kim (University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Republic of Korea)
Novel digital nonvolatile memory devices based on semiconducting polymer thin films

S.Y. Park (Seoul National University, Korea)
Bistable optical recording and fluorescence patterning in a highly luminescent polymer film

Thursday, 19 July

S.A. Chen (National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan)
Multiple functionalities of pendent charge transport moiety in electroluminescent conjugated polymers

S. Janietz, H. Krueger, M. Thesen, B. Fischer, A. Wedel (Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Potsdam, Germany)
Solution-processible non-conjugated electrophosphorescent polymers

T. Tsutsui, T. Yasuda, H. Kayashima, K. Fujita (Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan)
Material design of oligomers and polymers for organic field-effect transistors

P. Miskiewicz, J. Jung, S. Kotarba, I. Glowacki, M. Shkunov,
M. Heeney, W. Zhang, W. Maniukiewicz, J. Ulanski (Technical University of Lodz, Poland)
FETs made of anisotropic layers of quaterthiophene derivatives

J.-M. Verilhac, G. LeBlevennec, A. Pron, R. Prokop, M. Zagorska,
J.-P. Travers (UMR SprAM, DRFMC/SprAM/LEMOH, CEA Grenoble, France)
Electronic transport properties vs structural organization of thin layers of different regioregular polythiophene derivatives: effect of chain length and processing conditions

W. Brütting, A. Opitz, M. Bronner (University of Augsburg, Germany)
Charge carrier transport in ambipolar organic field-effect devices

N. Benson, M. Schidleja, Ch. Melzer, H. von Seggern (University of Technology Darmstadt, Germany)
Organic CMOS inverts through dieletric interface modification of OFETs

T. Miteva, G. Nelles (SONY Deutschland GmbH, Materials Science Laboratory, Stuttgart, Germany)
Non-coherently excited photon up-conversion: sun-spectrum engineering and solar cells