EPSRC Sponsorship of the Exploratory Workshop Mott's Physics in nanowires and quantum dots , UK, July-August 2006

ESF研讨会将汇集来自11个欧洲国家的多名分子纳米线和量子点专家、纳米工程专家以及强关联电子和极化子领域的理论家，他们在大学和研究实验室工作。讨论的主题将包括分子纳米对象、纳米尺度上的极化子、低维导体、纳米对象中的强关联电子、金属-绝缘体的转变和尺寸量化，以及包括第一原理模拟在内的介观量子理论。这次研讨会是欧洲在实验纳米物理、量子化学和纳米工程领域的研究人员，以及研究强关联电子和极化子的理论家之间的一次独特的会议。研讨会还将纪念内维尔·弗朗西斯·莫特爵士(诺贝尔奖获得者)诞辰一百周年，他对金属-绝缘体跃迁、极化子和非晶态导体的研究对我们目前对强关联量子系统的理解产生了巨大影响。EPSRC奖将使ESF研讨会与英国研究界更相关，并将更好地定位拉夫堡和其他英国大学，以确保从欧洲获得研究资金。

The ESF workshop will bring together a number of experts in molecular nanowires and quantum dots, nanoscale engineering and theorists in the field of strongly correlated electrons and polarons from 11 European countries working in universities and research laboratories. Topics for discussion will include molecular nanoobjects, polarons on nanoscale, low-dimensional conductors, strongly-correlated electrons in nanoobjects, metal-insulator transitions and size quantizations, and mesoscopic quantum theory including first-principle simulations. The workshop is planned as a unique meeting of European researches working in experimental nano-physics, quantum chemistry and nano-engineering, and theorists studying strongly-correlated electrons and polarons. The workshop will also mark the centenary of the birth of Sir Nevill Francis Mott (The Nobel Laureate), whose research on metal-insulator transitions, polarons and amorphous conductors has tremendous impact on our current understanding of strongly-correlated quantum systems. The EPSRC award will make the ESF workshop more relevant to the UK research community and will better position Loughborough and other UK Universities to secure research funding from Europe.