International Conference on Molecular Photonics: Interaction of Light with Nano-structured Materials; Friday Harbor, WA

技术上的。分子光子学会议将于2007年8月28-31日在华盛顿州星期五港华盛顿大学港湾实验室举行。会议将聚焦于光与纳米结构材料的相互作用，并将从理论和实验两个角度涵盖分子和材料的非线性光学性质的基本原理。会议主题包括材料加工、结构-功能关系、设备和应用。有机电光和发光二极管材料有望显著提高现有材料技术的性能，预期将对民用和国防部门产生影响。有机电光材料可以显著提高电信能力和信息技术。有机三阶非线性光学材料在传感器保护、全光处理和三维光刻等方面具有潜在的应用前景。同样，有机光学放大器材料、集光太阳能电池涂层和光伏材料也具有技术前景。这被认为是将主要研究人员聚集在一起处理这一新兴领域的这些机会和挑战、评估和实现潜在影响的重要时机。例如，有必要了解关键的结构-功能关系，并改进材料性能，使其坚固、可靠和可重现。这次会议将汇集最好的应用和材料开发的想法，使非线性有机材料的全部潜力得以实现。这次会议的一个重要影响将是增加来自代表性不足群体的学生和青年科学家的出席人数。除了有机会评估这一领域和未来的方向外，预计在这次会议上，大学、研究机构和行业之间以及与国外研究人员之间将建立新的联系。申请的NSF资金将用于促进年轻教师、博士后研究助理和研究生等代表不足的群体参加会议。

Technical. A conference on molecular photonics will be held at the University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, Friday Harbor, WA on August 28-31, 2007. The conference will focus on the interaction of light with nano-structured materials and will cover fundamentals of non-linear optical properties of molecules and materials from both theoretical and experimental perspectives. Conference topics include materials processing, structure-function relationships, devices and applications. Organic electro-optic and light emitting diode materials hold promise for providing significant enhancement of performance over existing materials technologies with expected impacts on both the civilian and defense sectors. Organic electro-optic materials may significantly enhance telecommunications capabilities and information technologies. Organic third order nonlinear optical materials have significantly improved to the point that they hold potential for sensor protection, all-optical processing, and 3-dimensional photolithography. Similarly, organic optical amplifier materials and light harvesting solar cell coatings and photovoltaic materials hold technological promise. This is considered to be an important time to bring together key researchers to address such opportunities and challenges in this emerging field for assessment and realization of potential impacts. For example, it is necessary that key structure-function relationships are understood and materials properties improved to make them robust, reliable and reproducible. This conference will bring together the best ideas both for applications and for materials development so that full potential of non-linear organic materials can be realized.Non-technical. An important impact of this conference will be to increase the attendance of students and young scientists from underrepresented groups. Along with the opportunity to assess the field and future directions, it is expected that new ties will be established among universities, research institutions, and industry, and with researchers abroad, at this meeting. The requested NSF funds will be used to facilitate participation in the meeting by underrepresented groups including young faculty, postdoctoral research associates and graduate students.