SYMPOSIUM D
MATERIALS FOR PHOTODEVICES

From microwaves to X-ray, photons are extensively used in communication, energy generation, material modification and characterization, including medical diagnosis. This poses many important and interesting technological challenges to the materials science community. In particular, the need for more efficient solar cells, light emitting diodes, solid state lasers, photo detectors and dosimeters tackle the development of new materials and devices used to convert photons into excited charge states and vice-versa. Research in this area is necessarily a multidisciplinary activity combining synthesis and characterization of organic and inorganic bulk, thin film or heterostructured materials including dye sensitized or nano-structured composites.

This is the first symposium in “ Photodevices Materials” promoted by SBPMat. The symposium encourages submission of abstracts reporting experimental, theoretical and computer simulation works discussing materials for photodetection, photoemission and photoconversion, including photovoltaic cells, LEDs, photodetectors, X-ray imaging, dosimetry and other devices based on photo active/sensitive materials.

The symposium should bring together scientists, students and R&D Professionals in order to disclose capabilities and stimulate/strength interactions at national or international level. Topics include, but are not limited to materials for:

Photovoltaics and photon conversion phenomena;
Light emitting diodes, LEDs;
Solid state lasers;
Optical memories;
Infrared detectors and imaging;
Light detectors and imaging;
X-ray detectors and imaging;
Microwave detectors and devices;
Solid state dosimeters;
Photosensitive/active devices.

Keywords: photosensitive materials, photoactive materials, photo-devices.

Symposium Organizers

Carlos Frederico de Oliveira Graeff
cfograeff@ffclrp.usp.br
Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, USP

Paulo F. P. Fichtner
paulo.fichtner@ufrgs.br
Instituto de Física, UFRGS

Ivo A Hummelgen
iah@fisica.ufpr.br
Departamento de Física, UFPR

Scientific Committee

Adriano Moehlecke (PUC-RS)
Ana Flávia Nogueira (Unicamp)
André A. Pasa (UFSC)
Antonio Ferreira da Silva (UFBA)
Fernando C. Zawislak (UFRGS)
Francisco das Chagas Marques (UNICAMP)
Henrique Toma (USP)
José A. Giacometti (UNESP - Pres. Prud.)
Luiz Antônio Ribeiro Rosa (CNEN-Rio)
Marco Cremona (PUC-Rio)
Paulo F. P. Fichtner (UFRGS)

Preliminary List of Invited Speakers (already confirmed)

Frank Nüesch (EMPA-Zürich, Switzerland)
Vladimir Dyakonov, (Univ. of Würzburg, Germany)
Reinhard Carius (FZ-Jülich, Germany)
Victor Klimov (Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
Younes Messadeq (UNESP-Araraquara, Brazil)

Papers from this Symposium will be published in a Special Issue of Journal of Materials Science

To be considered for this special issue, the Brazilian MRS paper number should precede the title of the paper on the manuscript. This number will be removed before publication.

The submission window for full manuscripts will be October 1 until November 30, 2006.

1) Go to www.editorialmanager.com/jmsc/
2) Follow Instructions for Authors
3) Be sure to select "Brazil MRS 2006" for your submission category

Journal of Materials Science Editors Grant Norton, Mark Aindow and Barry Carter will be present at the meeting to answer any questions.

All papers will be fully reviewed in the usual way. Symposia chairs will be sent a copy of each submitted paper