[HYBRID] Shining Light on Carbon Quantum Dots
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IT4Innovations
Shining Light on Carbon Quantum Dots
When: 4 September
Where: IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Centre, online
Project: Experimental and theoretical studies of near-infrared-emitting and chiral carbon dot Luminophores, RRC/2023/00734.
Welcome to Shining Light on Carbon Quantum Dots, a focused meeting dedicated to exploring the multifaceted world of carbon quantum dots. With their tunable optical properties, rich surface chemistry, and versatility across environments, carbon dots are making waves in energy, catalysis, sensing, and beyond.
This event brings together researchers working across synthesis, spectroscopy, and simulation to deep dive into the latest experimental breakthroughs and theoretical insights shaping the field. Through interdisciplinary talks and open discussion, we aim to illuminate current challenges and highlight the breakthroughs pushing the field forward.
Join us for a comprehensive look into this rapidly evolving field, where bright materials inspire bold ideas—and where experiment and theory meet to shape the next generation of quantum nanomaterials.
Programme
8:00-08:35 Andrey Rogach
8:35-8:50 Dimitrios Chronopoulos
8:50-9:05 Sergii Kalytchuk
9:05-9:20 Tomáš Hrivnák
9:20-9:35 Miroslav Medveď
9:35-9:50 Lukáš Zdražil
9:50-10:25 Elena Ushakova
10:25-10:40 Michal Langer
10:40-12:00 Discussion panel
Confirmed speakers:
Prof. Andrey Rogach: Chiral Carbon Dots
Professor Andrey L. Rogach is a Yeung Kin Man Chair Professor of Photonics Materials at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and the Founding Director of the Centre for Functional Photonics (CFP) at City University of Hong Kong. He received his Diploma in Chemistry (1991, with honors) and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (1995) from the Belarusian State University in Minsk studying formation and properties of silver nanoparticles in different media. He worked as a postdoc (with Horst Weller) and then as a staff scientist at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the University of Hamburg, Germany from 1995 to 2002. From 2002–2009 he held a tenured position of a lead staff scientist at the Department of Physics and Centre for NanoScience of the University of Munich, Germany, where he completed his habilitation in Experimental Physics on light emission and harvesting with semiconductor nanocrystals. He joined the City University of Hong Kong as a Full Professor in 2009 and was advanced to Chair Professor in 2012. His research focuses on the synthesis, assembly, and optical spectroscopy of colloidal semiconductor and metal nanocrystals and their hybrid structures and their use for energy-related applications. He authored over 550 scientific publications (h-index 2023: 138) in these fields that have been extensively (over 70,000) cited, which him as Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics) – Cross-Field 2018 & 2019 and Material Science 2020-2022. His distinctions include the RGC Senior Research Fellowship (Hong Kong, 2023), the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship (Hong Kong, 2019), the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Research Award of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation (Germany, 2018), the CityU President’s Award (2017), the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (Germany, 2000), the Ikerbasque Fellowship of the Basque Country (Spain, 2012), the Grand Research Excellence Award from City University of Hong Kong (2011), the Walton Award from the Science Foundation Ireland (2005), as well as NRC COBASE (USA, 1999), British Telecom (UK, 1998) and DAAD (Germany, 1995) Fellowships. He holds honorable appointments at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), Xi’An Jiaotong University, and Soochow University (China). Andrey Rogach is a Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea, and a Fellow of the Electromagnetic Academy, USA. He served as an Associate Editor of ACS Nano in 2011-2023.
Organizers
Prof. Michal Otyepka, Assoc. Dr. Michal Langer
Professor Michal Otyepka, Ph.D. (born 1975), serves as the Head of the Modelling for Nanotechnology Lab at IT4Innovations, VSB-TUO, and concurrently holds the position of Head of the CATRIN-RCPTM research division at Palacký University in Olomouc. Additionally, he is a member of the Scientific Board of the Czech Grant Agency and the LUMI Supercomputer in Finland. Prof. Otyepka's extensive research portfolio encompasses the exploration of the physical-chemical properties and reactivity of graphene derivatives and 2D materials, as well as non-covalent interactions with 2D materials and the photoluminescent properties of carbon dots. His pioneering work involves advancing the chemistry of fluorographene (2D chemistry) towards graphene derivatives with applications in biosensing, catalysis, and energy storage. Proficient in the modeling of biomolecules, nanomaterials, and complex molecular systems, he specializes in the development of force fields, multiscale methods, and their practical applications. Prof. Otyepka serves as the principal investigator for an ERC – Consolidator grant, three ERC Proof of Concept grants, and EIC Transition grants. He is the author or co-author of over 300 papers in international journals, three book chapters, and one book.
The Global Experts Programme is supported by the Moravian-Silesian Region.
co-organized by CATEN (Center for Advanced Technologies and ENgineering).
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