Euro - TMCS I

Theory, Modelling and Computational Methods for Semiconductors, European Session

Granada (SPAIN), 28th - 30th January 2015

Official Website: http://www.tmcsuk.org/conferences/Euro-TMCSI/

1st announcement

Modelling, theory and the use of sophisticated computational tools have the potential to represent a substantial cost and time saving for R&D. The development of high speed computer architectures is finally allowing the ordinary use of accurate methods for calculating the structural, thermodynamic, vibrational and electronic properties of semiconductors and their heterostructures.

This workshop, a follow up to the successful events in Manchester in 2008, York in 2010, Leeds in 2012 and Salford in 2014, will run for three days, with the objective of bringing together international leading experts in the field of theory of group IV, III-V and II-VI semiconductors together with postdocs and students in their early stages who will benefit from an introduction to a very vast field at this influential point in their careers.

The first day (28th January) will be an introductory day and is intended specifically for PhD students and early career researchers, with high level lectures on widely used and emerging simulators in the field:

Pablo Ordejón (Centre d'Investigació en Nanociéncia i Nanotecnologia, SP), presentation to show SIESTA's capabilities
Nicola Bonini (King's College London, UK), presentation to show Quantum Espresso's capabilities
Davide Sangalli (Politecnico di Milano, IT), presentation to show YAMBO's capabilities
Alessandro Pecchia (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", IT), presentation to show TiberCad's capabilities

Invited, contributed talks and poster presentations will take place on days 29th and 30th January.

Topics

* Density Functional Theory Calculations

* Tight Binding, Pseudopotential and Effective Mass Models for Electronic Structure

* Empirical Potential Methods for Calculation of Structural Properties

* Multiscale Approaches

* Optical and Transport Properties of Quantum Nanostructures including Colloidals and Nanotubes

* Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors

* Graphene

* Laser Devices

* Photonic Structures

* Plasmonics

*Electronic Devices

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

Mikhail Katsnelson (Radboud University of Nijmegen), "Theory of carbon-based magnetism"
Ángel Rubio (University of the Basque Country), "Modeling hybrid optoelectronic devices for energy applications within TDDFT"
Yann-Michel Niquet (CEA Grenoble), "Quantum modeling of nanoscale devices with Non-Equilibrium Green's Functions : from physics to engineering"
Patrick Briddon (University of Newcastle), "Ten thousand atom cells of carbon with full DFT precision"

Important Dates

- Opening Registration/Submission: 15th September 2014

- Abstract Deadline: 15th October 2014

- Notification of Acceptance: 1st December 2014

- Early Registration Deadline: 19th December 2014

- Workshop: 28th - 30th January 2015

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Yours Sincerely

Francisco M. Gómez-Campos, Salvador Rodríguez-Bolívar, Stanko Tomic, Max Migliorato, Marco Califano and Matt Probert