Workshop on Inelastic Transport Phenomena

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When
2010/09/01 - 2010/09/03
Place
Donostia International Physics Center, San Sebastián
Organizers
Thomas Frederiksen and Aran Garcia-Lekue
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Workshop on Inelastic Transport Phenomena

Confirmed speakers

Prof. Nicolas Agraït, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain
Dr. Maite Alducin, Centro de Física de Materiales CFM-MPC, San Sebastian, Spain
Dr. Mads Brandbyge, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Dr. Jorge Cerdá, ICMM, Madrid
Dr. Luis Foà Torres, FaMAF, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Prof. Jean-Pierre Gauyacq, LCAM, CNRS-Paris Sud, France
Dr. Rafael Gutierrez, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
Prof. Wilson Ho, University of California Irvine, USA
Dr. Hiroyuki Ishii, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Prof. Abraham Nitzan, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Dr. Frederico Novaes, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), Spain
Dr. Frank Ortmann, CEA, Grenoble
Prof. Jose-Ignacio Pascual, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Dr. Magnus Paulsson, Kalmar University, Sweden
Dr. Alessandro Pecchia, University of Rome, Italy
Prof. Mats Persson, University of Liverpool, UK
Prof. Jan van Ruitenbeek, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Dr. Daniel Sanchez-Portal, DIPC and CFM-MPC, San Sebastian, Spain
Dr. Carlos Untiedt, Universitat d`Alacant, Spain
Dr. Lucia Vitali, DIPC, San Sebastian, Spain

Organizers

Thomas Frederiksen
Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastian
A. Garcia-Lekue
Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), San Sebastian

Steering committee

Prof. Andres Arnau
DIPC, Centro de Física de Materiales CFM-MPC, Dpto. Física de Materiales UPV/EHU
Dr. Nicolas Lorente
CIN2: Centre d`Investigació en Nanociència i Nanotecnologia (CSIC-ICN), Barcelona
Prof. Stephan Roche
CEA, SP2M, L_sim, Grenoble, France
Dr. Daniel Sanchez-Portal
DIPC, Centro de Física de Materiales CFM-MPC, Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV

Description

The Workshop on Inelastic Transport Phenomena aims at the identification and promotion of the common elements developed in experimental and theoretical studies of inelastic transport phenomena, which are fundamental for the development of nanoelectronics. To accomplish this goal, the workshop brings together leading experts from the field of inelastic transport, including theoriticians and experimentalists with outstanding achievements within the theme of the workshop .

Therefore, this workshop provides a forum for experts to expose the most recent state-of-the-art theoretical and experimental developments in studying, understanding, and predicting the inelastic properties of electronic transport. Discussion between experts will be strongly encouraged, with special emphasis on the cross-fertilization between different subfields of inelastic transport. This workshop also aims to attract students and young researchers in the field.

The proposed workshop is organized by the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) to be held in San Sebastián (Spain), on September 1-3, 2010.

The call for participation will be mainly directed to students, young researches and scientists specialized on inelastic transport phenomena. We will limit the number of participants to 40, in order to ensure a maximum interaction between all the scientists participating. Attendance of graduate students and postdocs will be strongly encouraged through the inclusion of a poster session.

Scientific Objectives

The objective of this event is to get together experts in the field of electronic transport at the nanoscale, with special emphasis on the investigation of inelastic processes. In particular, great emphasis will be placed on the study and theoretical investigation of energy transfer processes between moving electrons and atomic nuclei, i.e., vibrational excitations and Joule effect in nanojunctions. Other inelasic effects such as those related to electron-electron interaction or spinflip processes wil also be discussed. The most relevant experimental aspects of the field will be covered by experts on scanning tunneling microscopy and break-junction technique.

Since the seminal work of I. K. Yanson, inelastic spectroscopy has become a standar experimental technique which allows to determine accurately the vibrational density of states of the materials forming a nanojunction. Equally, this technique allows the measurement of electron-phonon coupling as a function of incident electron energy. In recent years, this technique has been used to characterize molecular junctions and nanocontacts. In such systems, the excitation of vibrations localized in the contact region and the consequent detection of changes in the resistance of the junction, allow to determine the type of molecule in the junction, the geometry of its bond to the contacts and the nature of the chemical bonds involved in electronic propagation. For all these reasons, inelastic spectroscopy is believed to be an important technique in the emerging field of nanoelectrons.

Contact

Thomas Frederiksen: thomas_frederiksen@ehu.es
Aran Garcia-Lekue: wmbgalea@lg.ehu.es

 

 

Contact

Thomas Frederiksen: thomas_frederiksen@ehu.es
Aran Garcia-Lekue: wmbgalea@lg.ehu.es

 

The DIPC is sponsoring this event and a conference fee of only 150 euros is required to attend the workshop. This fee includes attendance to the workshop, book of abstracts, coffee breaks, lunches during the event and workshop dinner.


The deadline for registration and abstract submission of poster contributions is July 15th, 2010.
Please, register by sending an email to the organizers: thomas_frederiksen@ehu.es or wmbgalea@lg.ehu.es.


* If you require special diet (vegetarians,...) please contact the organizers.

 

Registration Fee: Method of Payment

Make Bank Transfer to:

Fundación DIPC
IBAN. Es50 2101 0381 0100 10804649
Bic (swift): CGGKES22

Please clearly state your full name and the words “Workshop Inelastic” in your bank transfer

Fax a copy of the Bank Transfer to:        

        DIPC (Donostia International Physics Center)
        Fax number: +34 943 01 56 00

Cost of Money Order/Transference: Participants are responsible for any bank fees relating to the transfer.

 

Poster session will be organized to allow all participants to communicate their recent achievements. Therefore, a poster contribution is
   strongly encouraged.

   The deadline for abstract submission is July 15th. Abstracts should be submitted online, including title, authors, affiliation, and a description of the work to be     presented.The page limit is one and the format is free (no template is provided) although we recommend double space manuscripts with up to 2 figures. The maximum size of the PORTRAIT panel to hold the posters is 170cm height and 100cm width.

 

Speaker list:

          Prof. Nicolas Agraït
               Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy and Transport in Single molecules

          Dr. Maite Alducin
               The vibrational inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy of O_2 on Ag(110): what can we learn on the electronic structure

          Dr. Mads Brandbyge
               Current-driven runaway-instabilities in molecular bridges

          Dr. Jorge Cerdá
               IETS simulations under tunneling regime: molecules adsorbed at surfaces and STM tips

          Dr. Luis Foà Torres
              
AC transport in carbon-based devices: unveiling novel phenomena in a world made of carbon

          Prof. Jean-Pierre Gauyacq
               Magnetic transitions induced by tunnelling electrons in individual adsorbates

          Dr. Rafael Gutierrez
               Charge transport in dynamical environments: applications to DNA and organic stacks

          Prof. Wilson Ho
               Atomic Scale Inelastic Tunneling Phenomena

          Dr. Hiroyuki Ishii
               Inelastic transport through phonon-vibrating carbon nanotubes-Scattering times and temperature-dependent decoherence effects-

          Prof. Abraham Nitzan
               Inelastic transport, heating and cooling in molecular junctions

          Dr. Frederico Novaes
               Simulations of inelastic conductance in magnetic adsorbates from first principles

          Dr. Frank Ortmann
               Charge Transport in Organic Crystals

          Prof. Jose-Ignacio Pascual
               Electron transfer phenomena in quantum transport through molecules on surfaces

          Dr. Magnus Paulsson
               First-principles description of inelastic transport in atomic and molecular wires

          Dr. Alessandro Pecchia
                Heating and cooling effects in molecular electronics

          Prof. Mats Persson  
                Inelastic spin excitations in tunneling from electronic structure calculations

          Prof. Jan van Ruitenbeek
               Experimental model systems: inelastic scattering and shot noise

          Dr. Daniel Sanchez-Portal 
                Functionalized STM tips: propensity rules and its influence on the IETS of single-molecules  

          Dr. Carlos Untiedt
                Transport through atomic-contacts, e-ph and e-e interactions

          Dr. Lucia Vitali
                Local effects on Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy at single molecular junctions