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π 2011
Welcome to the International Conference on
“Electronic Properties of π-conjugated Materials II”
Over the last twenty years π-conjugated molecules have received increasing a�ention owing to
their versatile functions that are demanded for breakthroughs in many interdisciplinary fields like
bio-imaging or plastic electronics. For the la�er field, organic light emi�ing diodes (OLEDs) have
spearheaded the entry of an entirely new class of semiconductors based on organic molecules into
industrial applications. Other devices, such as organic field effect transistors and organic photovoltaic
cells, have not yet reached the same marketability, thus motivating substantial research
programmes by academic and industrial groups. To achieve these aims, the understanding of
the underlying electronic processes for exciton and charge transport and charge separation in
organic materials are of fundamental importance. �is research, however, can only be carried
out successfully in close interdisciplinary interaction between chemists and physicists, encompassing
synthesis, spectroscopy and theory from small molecules via supermolecular aggregates
in solution or on surfaces to the bulk solid: Scientists who are mainly involved in the synthesis
of chromophores for such aggregates need to know how structural modification of the underlying
molecules will eventually affect the electronic material properties, as well as spectroscopy
researchers have to be aware of the synthetic accessibility of certain classes of compounds and
the theoretical basis of their technologically relevant properties. �is is the background of the
research training school GRK1221 Control of Electronic Properties of Aggregated π-conjugated
Molecules of German Science Foundation (DFG), founded in 2006 at the University of Würzburg.
In 2010, the DFG granted a second term of research funding which will last until 2014. Primarily
designed as an interdisciplinary training programme for participating PhD students, the GRK is
focused on basic research as well.
Tying in with the first convention, which took place in 2008, this second international conference
on π-conjugated materials brings together scientists from all over the world working on
various different aspects of the field. With invited talks from leading international experts and
further oral and poster contributions from within the GRK and beyond, we hope that this meeting
will strengthen the interactions between different groups and foster the broad understanding
of the complex issues involved in this research. �e World Heritage Site of Würzburg Residenz,
amidst the beautiful university town and wine growing center Würzburg, provides the se�ing
for this encounter between the different subdisciplines as well as between the experienced and
the younger generation of researchers. We hope that it will be a stimulating and memorable
event for all of us.
Speaker GRK1221
Dean of the Faculty of Bernd Engels Dean of the Faculty of
Chemistry and Pharmacy Physics and Astronomy
Ulrike Holzgrabe Organizing Committee �omas Trefzger
Volker Engel
Christoph Lambert
Bernd Engels
Alexander Schubert
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