08.15

Opening of the virtual class room (scg.ch/pcs/2020/vc).

08.30

Welcome and Introduction
Prof. Olivier Nicolet, President SCS Photochemistry Section, HEIA Fribourg

08.35

Welcome message from the European Photochemistry Association (EPA)
Dr. Alexandre Fürstenberg, EPA Board Member, University of Geneva

08.40

Session 1 - Chair: Dr. Tatu Kumpulainen

Invited Lecture
Prof. Peter Vöhringer, University of Bonn, Germany (website)
«Photochemical dynamics of transition metal complexes from time-resolved infrared-to-visible spectroscopies»

09.10

Contributed Talk
Sara Cembellín, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
«Metal Free and Visible Light Promoted Synthesis of Isothiazoles»

09.25

Contributed Talk
Yinyin Bao, ETH Zurich
«Tuning Molecular Fluorescence via Polymerization-Mediated Charge Transfer»

09.40

Short Break

09.55

Session 2 - Chair: Dr. Silvio Canonica

Invited Lecture
Prof. Kristopher McNeill
, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (website)
«Studying Aquatic Photochemistry with Laser Spectroscopy and Molecular Probes»

10.25

Quantum Design
Short Presentation of latest developments

10.30

10x 3min Elevator Talks

11.00

Short Break

11.15

Session 3 - Chair: Prof. Olivier Wenger

Invited Lecture
Prof. Luisa De Cola
, Université de Strasbourg, France (website)
«Molecular interactions to switch on the emission of metal complexes»

11.45

Contributed Talk
Paul Elliott, University of Huddersfield
«Unravelling the mechanism of excited state interligand energy transfer and the engineering of dual-emission in [Ir(C^N)2(N^N)]+ complexes»

12.00

Contributed Talk
Bogdan Dereka, The University of Chicago
«Solvent Tuning of Photochemistry upon Excited-State Symmetry Breaking»

12.15

Short Break (award committee meeting)

12.20

Ceremony Best Short Talk and Best Elevator Speech, sponsored by Helvetica
Dr. Richard Smith, Managing Editor of Helvetica (Wiley-VHCA)

12.30

Closing remark
Prof. Olivier Nicolet, HEIA-FR
End of the 2020 Photochemistry Symposium


*To apply for a short talk or an elevator talk please submit your abstract during the registration process. 

 

General Assembly of the Swiss Photochemistry Section

14.00

PCS General Assembly 2020 
Prof. Olivier Nicolet, PCS President

 


10 Elevator Talks

This session replaces the poster session. Max. 2 slides per presenter.

10.30

Hsin-Hua Huang, University of Basel
«Delayed Fluorescence in a Chiral Perylene-3,4,9,10-bis(dicarboximide) Organic Cage»

10.33

Claudia Bizzarri, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
«Earth-abundant Photosensitizers and Light-harvesting Antennaes»

10.36

Sergio Adan-Bermudez, University of Edinburgh
«Two-photon photosensitization and detection of singlet oxygen within single-ring photonic crystal fibres»

10.39

João Avó, University of Lisbon
«Nanomaterials with thermally-activated delayed fluorescence for live-cell imaging»

10.42

Steffy Becht, Ruprecht-Karls University Heidelberg
«Formation of triazole photoswitches on azide modified structures via click reaction»

10.45

Matthias Dorn, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
«A vanadium(III) complex with dual emission in solution»

10.48

Alessa Rolka, University of Regensburg
«Dearomative Cycloadditions Utilizing an Organic Photosensitizer: An Alternative to Iridium Catalysis»

10.51

Christopher Rumble, University of Geneva
«Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Computer Simulations to Re-examine Our Picture of Photoinduced Electron Transfer»

10.54

Atena B. Solea, HEIA-FR Fribourg
«RTP vs TADF in a purely-organic, amphiphilic, water-soluble emitter»

10.56

Bernhard Spingler, University of Zürich
«Platination of photosensitizer used in photodynamic therapy (PDT) improves the phototoxic index»