OSI 10Optics of Surfaces

and InterfacesSeptember 8 - 13, 2013 in Chemnitz, Germany

The conference „Optics of Surfaces and Interfaces“ (OSI)

will highlight new developments of opticaltechniques for probing interfaces and

nanostructures. A further aim of this meeting is to bridge the gap

between basic and applied science.

The OSI 10 will be chaired by:Prof. D.R.T. Zahn (Chemnitz University of Technology)Prof. F. Bechstedt (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)Prof. N. Esser (Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS e.V.)

www.OSI2013.de

secretary@osi2013.de

First announcement January, 2013

Abstract submission deadline April 27, 2013

Notice of acceptance May 31, 2013

Deadline for payment of regular conference fees

June 28, 2013

Hotel reservation deadline August 1, 2013

OSI 10 conference in Chemnitz September 8-13, 2013

Regular: 500 € (before June 28,2013)

550 € (after deadline)

Students*): 350 € (before June 28,2013)

400 € (after deadline)

Accompanying person**): 250 €

The fee includes abstract booklet, lunch (Monday - Thursday), coffee, reception, banquet, and conference tour.*) Students may register only after sending an official statement providing evidence for their enrolment.**) Accompanying person fee includes reception, banquet, and conference tour.

For registration, particular information, and payment please use the conference homepage:

Þ www.osi2013.dePlease note that the number of participants is limited to 100. In order to secure your place please pre-register on the web page.

Lamberto Duò (Politecnico di Milano) Porphyrins 2D Layers: Optics and Morphology

Xavier Blase (CNRS Grenoble) Optical Properties of Donor-acceptor Organic Complexes from Many-Body Perturbation Theory

Antonio Cricenti (Institute of Structure of Matter of the Italian National Research Council, Rome) Near-Field Optical Microscopy with an IR-Free Electron Laser Applied to Cancer Diagnosis

Enzo di Fabrizio (Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) Nanostructures for Sensing and Imaging

Torsten Fritz (Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena) Optical in-situ Differential Reflectance Spectroscopy on Epitaxially Grown Molecular Films

Claudio Goletti (Università di Roma Tor Vergata) A RAS Investigation of Strained (105) Ge Facets from Ge/Si(100) Heteroepitaxy

Alfred Meixner (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) Tip Enhanced Near-Field Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy: From Molecular Mono-Layers to Organic Semiconductor Film

Alexander Milekhin (Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Novosibirsk) Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering by Semiconductor Nanostructures

Cecilia Noguez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications

Charles Patterson (Trinity College Dublin) Optical Anisotropy Calculations on Semiconductor and Oxide Surfaces

Olivia Pulci (Università di Roma Tor Vergata) Two-Dimensional Excitons: A Theoretical View

Peter Puschnig (Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz) Hybrid Excitons in Pi-Conjugated Polymers Encapsulated in Carbon Nanotubes

Markus Raschke (University of Colorado Boulder) Ultrafast and Nonlinear Spectroscopic Nano-Imaging at Surfaces

Michael Rohlfing (Universität Osnabrück) Influence of the Environment on the Spectra of Nanostructured Systems from First Principles

Georgeta Salvan (Technische Universität Chemnitz) Magneto-optical Kerr Effect Spectroscopy of Organic/Ferromagnetic Heterostructures

Wolf-Gero Schmidt (Universität Paderborn) Molecular Excitations Calculated from First Principles

Eugen Speiser (Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissen-schaften - ISAS - e.V., Berlin) Vibrational Properties of Reconstructed Surfaces

Valérie Véniard (École Polytechnique, Paris) Second Harmonic Generation from Surfaces and Interfaces: An ab initio Study

Peter Zeppenfeld (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz) Optical Spectroscopy and Microscopy of Organic Thin Films

•Invited Talks •Important Dates

•Conference Fees

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The conference „Optics of Surfaces and Interfaces“ (OSI) will highlight new developments of optical techniques for probing interfaces and nanostructures. A further aim of this meeting is to bridge the gap between basic and ap-plied science.

Main topics:

• Surface sensitive optical techniques• Tip and surface enhanced spectroscopy• Plasmonics: experiment and theory• Nonlinear optical spectroscopy• Time resolved spectroscopy• Magneto-optics• Microscopic theory and modeling of optical response• Vibrational properties• Interfaces to organic layers and biological systems• Functionalised surfaces and nanostructures• Nanomembranes, graphene-like structures

•History •Conference Scope •Venue

Conference Venue: Chemnitz, Hotel, Chemnitzer Hof‘

CHEMNITZ - THE CITY OF MODERNITY

Chemnitz, more than 800 years old, is situated in the heart of Saxony. The city is the third-largest in the new Federal States; about 245,000 people live here. More than 10,000 young people study at the Chemnitz Univer-sity of Technology.

Fascinating architecture reflects the changing times and spirit of those things which have shaped the city: industri-al monuments, redeveloped Gründerzeit residential quar-ters such as Kassberg, the Schocken department store, Villa Esche or the city centre, which has been comple-tely modified since Reunification, constructed by Helmut Jahn, Hans Kollhoff, and Christoph Ingenhoven, bridge the gap from yesterday to today and tomorrow. The city alone has invested more than 50 million Euro in the new city centre, investors more than 500 million Euro. Just as famous is the 7.10-metres-high Karl-Marx bust made of bronze by Lew Kerbel in 1971, locally known as "Nischel" (head).

Probably no other city in Germany fits the description "City of Modernity" quite so well as Chemnitz does. Deve-loped at the time of Classical Modernism, which still gives impetus to the development of business and science, the influences of the cultural and architectural Modernism are visible and perceptible.Dietrich R. T. Zahn

(Chemnitz University of Technology)Friedhelm Bechstedt (Friedrich Schiller University Jena)Norbert Esser (Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS e.V.)

Local Support: S. Raschke (Chemnitz University of Technology) J. Eisentraut (Chemnitz University of Technology) L. Feige (Chemnitz University of Technology) M. Fronk (Chemnitz University of Technology)

Contact: secretary@osi2013.de

•The way to Chemnitz

Train:Deutsche Bahn / DB: ICE connections to Leipzig and Dresden

Chemnitz is located in Saxony on southwest of Germany. The con-ference location can be reached by different means of transporta-tions.

Airports:• Airport Dresden

International• Leipzig-Halle Airport• Berlin Airport• Frankfurt Airport• Munich Airport /

München

OSI started in Rome (Italy, 1995) and has evolved into a leading international confe-rence, including suc-cessful meetings in Åa-lesund (Norway, 1997), S a i n t e - M a x i m e (France, 1999), Bad Honnef (Germany, 2001), Leon (Mexico, 2003), Aalborg (Den-

mark, 2005), Grand Targhee (USA, 2007), Ischia (Italy, 2009), and Akumal (Mexico, 2011).

The conference topics present a balanced overview of new results, emerging trends, and perspectives in the science of optics of surfaces and interfaces, nanopartic-les, and nanostructures, providing an interdisciplinary fo-rum for presentation and discussion of fundamental and technological developments in these fields. The interdis-ciplinary approach of the conference motivates new re-search topics yielding innovative applications of science.

•Organizing Committee

More information on the conference webpage.

secretary@osi2013.de