URL: http://www.gk-1221.uni-wuerzburg.de/pi2011,
Flyer: Download conference flyer (pdf)

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES of PI-CONJUGATED MATERIALS II

September 27-30, 2011, Würzburg, Germany

In 2006, the German Science Foundation established the Research Training School 
GRK1221 - “Control of Electronic Properties of Aggregated pi-Conjugated Molecules” 
at the Universität of Würzburg. 
The first international symposium of the Graduate Research School took place in 2008.

We are pleased to announce the second international symposium

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES of PI-CONJUGATED MATERIALS II

which will take place from September 27th to September 30th 2011 
in the Würzburg Residenz, a site of UNESCO’s world heritage. 

The focus of the conference is on the synthesis, spectroscopy and theory of
pi-aggregates. The list of invited speakers includes

J.-L. Bredas (Georgia Tech)
S. Grimme (Münster)
K. Leo (Dresden)
E. Nakamura (Tokyo)
J.P. Ogilvie (Michigan) 
F. Spano (Temple)
N. Ueno (Chiba)
E. Vauthey (Geneva)
S. Wang (Queen's)
M.R. Wasielewski (Northwestern)

Arrival is scheduled on Tuesday, September 27, 2011. The registration is
accompanied by a reception in the afternoon/evening.

The program starts on Wednesday and ends on Friday, lunchtime. It includes
invited lectures, lectures given by students from the research training school and a 
poster session.

Further information will soon be provided at our web site and in the
Second announcement.

On behalf of the Research Training School GRK1221,


Volker Engel
Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
University of Würzburg
E-mail: voen@phys-chem.uni-wuerzburg.de