Computational Modelling Group

Workshop  23rd June 2010 8 a.m.  University of Manchester

Empirical Methods in Semiconductor Nano-Structures Design and Modelling (Manchester)

Web page
http://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk/cecam_at_daresbury/nano_structures.shtml
Categories
Nanoscale Assemblies
Submitter
Petrina Butler

CECAM Workshops June 2010 www.cecam.org

http://www.cecam.org/workshop-470.html

Two closely coupled CECAM Workshops on the use of empirical methods for semiconductor nanostructure design and modelling will be held in Dublin and Manchester. The first ACAM Workshop (Dublin) focuses primarily on computational/technical issues, numerical implementations and parametrisation strategies, followed immediately by the second STFC Daresbury Workshop (Manchester) highlighting the scientific issues and demands related to empirical nanostructure design and modelling.

A variety of modelling implementations [k.p, tight-binding, valence force field, empirical pseudopotential, etc.] are being employed that exploit not just the accumulated knowledge of existing experimental and ab-initio results, but also exploit the increased computational power and advanced computational methods now available. The development of empirical methods inherently facilitates synergy between experiment and theory. Proper implementations of empirical methods are capable of delivering new levels of understanding and design for both materials and devices alike. Applications of such schemes span from designing emitters and absorbers used in conventional optoelectronics, through new architectures proposed in quantum information processing, to investigation of novel concepts for the design of future high efficiency solar cells. The workshops address all of these topics and are of relevance both to theoretical and experimental researchers.

Organisers: Stanko Tomic (STFC Daresbury Laboratory) Eoin O'Reilly (Tyndall National Institute) Max Migliorato (University of Manchester) G.P.Srivastava (University of Exeter)

This three day workshop will take place at the University of Manchester from 23-25 June and will follow on from a similar workshop to be held at the Tyndall Instutute in Dublin on 21 and 22 June. The Dublin meeting will focus on the more technical aspects of the subject with this Manchester workshop concentrating on the science aspect. A more detailed description of the subject for this workshop is included for information below.

Registration If you would like to attend this workshop please complete the online registration form herehttp://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk/database/CECAM_Nano.jsp

The workshop has a limit of 50 places and the registration form will be disabled once this limit is reached.

Two registration fees will be in operation for this event...

Academic Delegates £35 Non-Academic Delegates £70

Details of how to pay your registration fees can be found here. http://www.cse.scitech.ac.uk/cecam_at_daresbury/payment.shtml

NOTE: By completing this form you are only registering for the Manchester workshop. If you would also like to register for the workshop in Dublin then you must visit the Dublin workshop web pages here http://www.tyndall.ie/ptg/Seminars/ACAMTyndall.html

Speakers and participants confirmed so far include

  • Pawel Hawrylak (Institute for Microstructural Sciences, Canada)
  • Xiang-Wei Jiang (Institute of Semiconductor, Chinese Academy of Science, China)
  • Guy Allan (Institut d'Electronique, de Micoelectronique et de Nanotchnology, France)
  • Frederic Aniel (University of Paris, France)
  • Urs Aeberhard (IEF-5 Photovoltaik Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany)
  • Gabriel Bester (Max-Planck-Institut fur Festkorperforschung, Germany)
  • Stefan Birner (nextnano3, Germany)
  • Andrei Schliwa (Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum für Informationstechnik Berlin, Germany)
  • Bernd Witzigmann (University of Kassel, Germany)
  • Brad Foreman (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong)
  • Aldo Di Carlo (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy)
  • Guido Goldoni (INFM-CNR S3 and University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
  • Wlodek Zawadzki (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
  • Mikhail Nestoklon (IOFFE Institute, Russia)
  • Nikola Prodanovic (University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro)
  • Juan Manuel Llorens Montolio (Insitute of Microelectronics of Madrid, CSIC, Spain)
  • Christof Voemel (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
  • David Binks (University of Manchester, UK)
  • Marco Califano (University of Leeds, UK)
  • Ned Ekins-Daukes (Imperial College London, UK)
  • Andy Sunderland (STFC Daresbury Laboratory, UK)
  • Timothy Boykin (University of Alabama at Huntsville, USA)
  • Thomas Chanier (University of Iowa, USA)
  • Michael Flatte (University of Iowa, USA)
  • Lok Lew Yan Voon (Wright State University, USA)
  • Lin-Wang Wang (Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory, USA)
  • Vladimir Falko (University of Lancaster, UK)

Programme

The timetable for the workshop will be added as speakers are confirmed but we aim to start with registration from 08:00 - 10:00 on Wednesday 23 June. The workshop will close at 16:00 on Friday 25 June.

If you require accommodation for the duration of the workshop then you must make your own arrangements.

You can find information about hotels in Manchester from the following web pages...

http://www.Otel.com/ManchesterHotels http://www.booking.com/Manchester http://www.direct-hotels.co.uk/city-manchester.htm

NOTE: If you would also like to register for the workshop in Dublin (June 21-22) then you must visit the Dublin workshop web pages. http://www.tyndall.ie/ptg/Seminars/ACAMTyndall.html