PCPM 2001 -program-

The Fourth NIMC International Symposium on PC & PM
March 14th(Wed)-16th(Fri), 2001 at the AIST Tsukuba Reserach Center

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Opening Chair: H. Arakawa

Session1-1 Chair: M. Tachiya

10:20: Nobuhiro OHTA, Hokkaido University
Control of Photochemical Reaction of Electron Transfer in Solid States by an Electric Field
11:00: Ryuzi KATOH, NIMC
Near-IR Transient Absorption Spectroscopy for Electron Transfer Reaction Studies
11:20: Abraham NITZAN, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Electron Transmission through Molecular Junctions
12:00: Lunch

Session1-2 Chair: S. Murata

13:20: Osamu KITAO,NIMC
Theoretical Studies on Photoinduced Electron Transfer at Photosynthetic Reaction Centers
13:40: Frans C. De SCHRYVER, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Energy Dissipation in Dendrimers
14:20: Break

Session1-3 Chair: T. Nakanaga

14:30: Kenji OHMORI, Tohoku University
Femtosecond Spectroscopy of Molecular Dynamics and Attosecond Wave-packet Engineering
15:10: Sighart FISCHER, University of Technology, Munich, Germany
Vibronic Couplings and Radiationless Transitions between the Lowest Bu and the First Excited Ag State of Linear Polyenes
15:50: Poster Session A

Session2-1 Chair: H. Sugihara

9:00: Takashi ARIMURA, NIMC
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Reaction within Supramolecular Systems
9:20: Akihiko KUDO, Science University of Tokyo
Development of Photocatalyst Materials for Water Splitting
10:00: Kazuhiro SAYAMA, NIMC
A New Water Splitting System Using Oxide Semiconductor Photocatalysts and a Redox Mediator
10:20: Break

Session 2-2 Chair: H. Arakawa

10:30: Md. K. NAZEERUDDIN, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
Engineering of Efficient Panchromatic Sensitizers for Nanocrystalline TiO2 Based Solar Cells
11:10: Arthur J. FRANK, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, USA
Charge Transport and Recombination in Dye-sensitized Nanocrystalline TiO2 Solar Cells
11:50: Lunch

Session2-3 Chair: H. Arakawa

13:20: Kohjiro HARA, NIMC
New Ru(II) Phenanthroline Complex Photosensitizera Having Different Number of Carboxy Groups for Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
13:40: Anders HAGFELDT, Uppsala University, Sweden
Research and Development of Dye-sensitized Solar Cells at the Angstrom Solar Center
14:20: Break

Session3-1 Chair: A. Yabe

14:30: Tadatake SATO, NIMC
Generation of Reactive Intermediates by Laser-induced Reactions in Low Temperature Matrices
14:50: Hans P. REISENAUER, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Photochemically Induced Isomerizations in Rare Gas Matrices
15:30: Thomas K. LIPPERT, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
Polymers for UV or Near-IR Irradiation
16:10: Poster Session B
(18:30: Banquet)

Session3-2 Chair: H. Niino

9:00: Takeshi SASAKI, NIMC
Preparation of Pt/TiO2 Nanocomposite Films by 2-Beam Pulsed Laser Deposition
9:20: Hiroaki MISAWA, University of Tokushima
Femtosecond Laser Micro-Fabrication for Tailoring Photonic Crystals in Resins and Silica
10:00: Tatsuo OKADA, Kyushu University
Dynamics of Laser Ablation Plume in Rare Gas Ambient during Nanoparticle and Thin Film Syntheses
10:40: Break

Session4-1 Chair: H. Matsuda

10:50: Takashi FUKUDA, NIMC
Photofabrication of Surface Relief Structure -Mechanism and Application-
11:10: P. S. RAMANUJAM, Riso National Laboratory, Denmark
Side-chain Azobenzene Polyesters for Optical Information Storage
11:50: Lunch

Session4-2 Chair: K. Kasuga

13:20: Mutsuyoshi MATSUMOTO, NIMC
Structures and Photopolymerization of Diacetylene Langmuir-Blodgett Films
13:40: Takatoshi KINOSHITA, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Preparation of a Structural Color Forming System by Polypeptide-based LB Films

Session4-3 Chair: K. Kasuga

14:20: Takayuki MIYAMAE, NIMC
Sum-frequency Generation of Polymer Surface and Oxide/polymer Interface
14:40: Andre PERSOONS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Symmetry-breaking in Second-Order Nonlinear Optics by Chirality
15:20: Closing Remarks
Hironori ARAKAWA, NIMC

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