Dr Wallace Wong of the University of Melbourne and Prof Dwight Seferos of the University of Toronto organised an online workshop on advanced materials to initiate collaborative research projects between the two universities on 8 and 9 December 2020. Dr Wong and Prof Seferos received funding ($30,000) from the chancelleries of the universities through the University of Toronto – University of Melbourne: Joint Research Program for workshops and exchange visits.
Up to 60 researchers participated in the workshop including seven academics from each university as well as postdoctoral fellows and graduate students. Highlights include talks by Prof Edward Sargent and Prof Paul Mulvaney as well as discussion sessions on the future of various advanced materials and technologies. It was apparent that there were many common and complementary research interests between groups and numerous potential collaborations were identified. We are planning further discussion sessions and are looking forward to exchange visits when that becomes possible.
Toronto: Monday 7 December, 17:00 to 20:00
Melbourne: Tuesday 8 December, 9:00 to 12:00
| Toronto Time | Melb Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | 9:00 | Edward Sargent | Quantum dots and perovskite materials |
| 17:20 | 9:20 | James Hutchison | Energy Transfer in Optical Cavities |
| 17:40 | 9:40 | Trevor Smith | Time-resolved and Microspectroscopy of Excitonic Materials |
| 18:00 | 10:00 | Discussion | What’s next for perovskite materials? |
| 18:20 | 10:20 | Tim Bender | Materials Engineering in Organic Solar Cells |
| 18:40 | 10:40 | Wallace Wong | Conjugated Polymers for Upconversion |
| 19:00 | 11:00 | Helen Tran | Macromolecular Bioelectronics |
| 19:20 | 11:20 | Paul Mulvaney | Spectroelectrochemistry of CdSe Quantum Dots |
| 19:40 | 11:40 | Discussion | The next big thing in flexible electronics |
Toronto: Tuesday 8 December, 17:00 to 20:00
Melbourne: Wednesday 9 December, 9:00 to 12:00
| Toronto Time | Melb Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17:00 | 9:00 | Mark Wilson | Nanocrystals, Triplet Fusion Molecules, and the Excitons Moving Between Them |
| 17:20 | 9:20 | Ken Ghiggino | Large Area Luminescent Concentrators |
| 17:40 | 9:40 | David Jones | Singlet Fission - New Materials Design |
| 18:00 | 10:00 | Discussion | Barriers to efficient multi-exciton processes |
| 18:20 | 10:20 | Alexander Voznyy | Machine Learning for Energy Materials |
| 18:40 | 10:40 | Jonathan White | Crystallography of Advanced Materials |
| 19:00 | 11:00 | Dwight Seferos | Charge Transport and Storage in Organic Materials |
| 19:20 | 11:20 | Discussion | Beyond lithium-ion batteries? |
| 19:40 | 11:40 | Wrap up |