Semiconducting colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) form an extremely versatile family of nanomaterials offering potential applications ranging from optoelectronics, via photocatalysis, to bioimaging and drug delivery. The materials most thoroughly studied are lead and cadmium chalcogenides and lead halide perovskites. However, in recent years, chalcopyrite-type compounds built from group I-III-VI elements (e.g., CuInS , AgInS ,
CuInSe ) have emerged as potentially more sustainable and less toxic alternatives. The aim of this symposium is to bring together experts leveraging the advantages and opportunities that I-III-VI NCs and their derivatives offer for diverse applications. The symposium will provide an opportunity to discuss recent developments in synthesis, toxicity studies, spectroscopy, theoretical investigations, and device applications of these materials. Key issues related to the basic understanding of structure-properties relationships will be addressed. Recent achievements in establishing the toxicity risks will be assessed and new device developments will be discussed. Crucially, directions of future research into tailoring the properties of I-III-VI NCs will be advanced. The symposium aims at connecting researchers from different scientific backgrounds, expertise, and geographic locations to forge synergistic collaborations.
- Synthetic strategies for novel morphologies
- Synthetic strategies for tailoring optical properties
- Alloyed and core/shell architectures
- Ensemble and single QD level optical spectroscopy
- Degradation, stability, toxicity
- Bio-imaging
- Optoelectronic applications: LEDs, photodetectors, scintillators, photovoltaics
- Photocatalysis
- Theoretical studies of band structure, luminescent excited states, electron-phonon coupling, exciton self-trapping
Andrés Burgos CaminalTeresa Pellegrino since 2014 is tenured team leader of the group of “Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications” at the Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy. She received her PhD in Chemical synthesis in 2005 from the University of Bari. Her current research interests focus on the development of inorganic nanostructures for drug delivery, magnetic hyperthermia, photo-thermal treatment and radiotherapy applications. She is coauthor of 150 papers in peer review international journals. She is the recipient of H2020 ERC Consolidator grant “ Magnetic Hyperthermia for Metastasized Tumor Treatment and Remote Manipulation of Microdevice -GIULIa” N. 101044020 and the Investigator Grant received by the Italian Association of Cancer Research IG-AIRC-2023’ entitled ‘Magnetic scaffolds for tumor treatment: combining immunotherapy, differentiation therapy and mild magnetic hyperthermia’
Maksym Yarema received his master degree in Chemistry from Lviv National University (Ukraine) in 2007. From 2008 to 2012, he worked towards his doctorate degree at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria) under supervision of Prof. W. Heiss. In 2012, he joined the research group of Prof. M. V. Kovalenko at EMPA as Marie-Curie fellow. Since 2013, he is working in the Institute for Electronics, ETH Zurich (the research group of Prof. V. Wood), where he received the SNSF Ambizione Fellowship in 2016 and the ERC Starting Grant in 2019. His research interest spans various topics of solid-state and physical chemistry as well as chemical engineering. Particular focus is given for colloidal nanomaterials, their synthetic approaches and applications into optoelectronic devices, memory cells, and lithium-ion batteries.