Thematic sessions

Session 1: Single Module Detection and Spectroscopy
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
C. Bräuchle What single molecules can tell us about nano- and biosystems IL01 59
M. Sliwa Single perylene diimide dendrimers as single-photon sources OC01 221
M. J. Walter Simultaneous Single Molecule Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Conjugated Polymers OC02 356
Session 2: Intense Laser fields
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
N. Nakashima Intact Molecular Ion Formation and Multiphoton Absorption in High Intensity Laser Fields IL02 120
K. Yamanouchi Ultrafast Hydrogen Migration in Molecules in Intense Laser Fields IL03 520
X. Ito Local Temperature at the Focus of Near Infrared Laser Beam in Optical Tweezing OC03 242
Session 3: Photo- and Stereochemistry
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
A. Zehnacker-Rentien Chiral recognition in jet-cooled complexes IL04 393
Y.-S. Yang Supramolecular Photochirogenesis with γ-Cyclodextrins and Cucurbit[8]uril: Stereoselective [4+4] Photodimerization of Anthracenecarboxylate OC04 84
R. Pietschnig MLCT and E-Z Isomerization in Ferrocenyldiphosphenes OC05 483
Session 4: Theoretical Photochemistry
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
M. Olivucci Ab initio Multiconfigurational Quantum Chemistry in Photobiology IL05 30
B. Dick Locating the Conical Intersections relevant to Photochemical Reactions OC06 192
L. Blancafort Benign and degradative excited-state processes of DNA nucleobases OC07 262
C. M. Marian Singlet-Triplet Coupling in Photobiologically Relevant Chromophores OC08 364
J. W. Waluk Various aspects of single and multiple proton/hydrogen transfer OC09 382
L. M. Frutos Unveiling the Role of Stretching Modes in Nonvertical Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer in trans-Stilbene OC10 444
G. Groenhof Excited State CASSCF/Force-Field Dynamics Computations on Systems of Biological Interest OC11 440
Session 5: Femto(bio)chemistry
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
N. P. Ernsting Femtosecond solvation dynamics in DNA double helices: towards local IR spectroscopy IL06 509
S. Habuchi A Single-Molecule View of Eukaryotic DNA Replication Initiation OC12 116
A. Jones Probing DNA Conformation and Base Dynamics by Time-Resolved Fluorescence OC13 233
Y. Yatsuhashi Direct Desorption Ionization of Organic Molecules in Solid Phase by Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses OC14 121
D. Markovitsi Fluorescence of the DNA double helix (dA)20·(dT)20 studied by femtosecond spectroscopy – effect of the duplex size on the properties of the excited states OC15 492
M. Noronha Tracking local conformational changes of ribonuclease A using time-resolved fluorescence of the six tyrosine residues OC16 52
S. Takeuchi Real-time probing of structural dynamics in cis-stilbene photoisomerization by ultrafast time-domain Raman spectroscopy OC17 171
Session 6: Photoinduced Electron Transfer Transport Phenomena
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
M. S. Gudipati Organic Photochemistry in Cryogenic Ice Matrices—The Ionization Channel IL07 422
W. Seitz Bio-Inspired Electron-Donor-Acceptor Hybrids OC18 31
H. C. Becker Bridge-mediated photoinduced electron transfer in strongly coupled Zinc-Gold porphyrin dyads OC19 318
A. C. Benniston Through bond electron exchange in ethynylnaphthalene-based molecular bridges OC20 200
B. Albinsson Electron Transfer Reactions in Designed Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Systems OC21 210
C. Lambert Neutral Organic Mixed Valence Compounds: Analysis of Electron Transfer Processes by Jortners Theory and by Transient Spectroscopy OC22 51
G. Knör Electronic Transitions and Photochemistry of Novel Organometallic Multichromophore Complexes OC23 345
Session 7: Applied photochemistry
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
L. De Cola Assembling photoresponsive molecules, nano-objects, and living systems IL08 507
B. Strehmel Photochemistry in the Printing World—From Slow Conventional to High Speed Laser Systems OC24 394
A. J. Moulé Light Intensity Dependent Recombination at the Anode in Bulk-heterojunction Solar Cells OC25 66
H. Yersin Basic emission properties of triplet emitters applied in OLEDs OC26 10
Session 8: Photoinduced Electron Transfer Processes
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
J.-S. Yang Probing the Twisting Processes of Aminostilbenes in the Photoinduced Intramolecular Charge Transfer States IL09 265
E. Vauthey Experimental study of the interplay between photoinduced electron transfer and reorientational motion OC27 109
S. Landgraf Rehm-Weller and Stern-Volmer experiments in the light of remote electron transfer OC28 55
A. I. Burshtein Contact and Distant Transfer Reactions OC29 420
Session 9: Photocatalysis
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
T. Majima Mechanistic Insight into the TiO2 Photocatalytic Reactions IL10 36
J. Hofkens Single Molecule Catalysis OC30 397
M. Demuth Evolution of Hydrogen and Oxygen from Water with Titanium Disilicide and Solar Radiation Including Storage/Release of the Gases OC31 495
S. Rau Inspired by Nature—Light Driven Hydrogen Production Using Oligonuclear Ruthenium Complexes OC32 392
Session 10: Basic Photochemical Processes
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
J. Manz Quantum dynamics simulations for laser pulse control of photochemical processes IL11 346
S. R. Keiding Femtosecond Photolysis of Formamide in Water OC33 1
J. Schröder The photo-induced decomposition of aryl peroxycarbonates studied by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy OC34 453
A. V. Baklanov The photochemistry of van der Waals complexes of molecular oxygen X-O2 OC35 497
E. Ishov Reversible Holographic Fluorescent Patterning Through Photoinduced Mass Migration in Photoactive Monomeric Materials OC36 416
F. R. Vargas In vitro Studies of the Photooxidant Properties of new Antibacterials (Quinolone Naphtalene derivatives) by Chemiluminescence Assay Dynamics of Solvent and Rotational Relaxation of Coumarin-153 and Coumarin-151 in Ionic liquid Confined Microemulsions OC37 3
N. Ohta Remarkable Temperature Dependence of External Electric field effects on Photochemical Reactions OC38 50
Session 11: Photophysical techniques for the analysis of biological systems
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
S. Techert Structural Changes during Photoreactions Investigated by Time-resolved X-ray Diffraction IL12 511
M. Terazima Spectrally Silent Reaction Dynamics of Photosensor Proteins OC39 125
S. E. Braslavsky A Large Entropic Term Due to Water Rearrangement is Concomitant with the Photoproduction of Anionic Free-base Porphyrin Triplet States in Aqueous Solutions OC40 49
C. Niezborala Time-resolved circular dichroism in the far ultraviolet: application to the study of conformational changes in proteins OC41 145
A. Diller The origin of the high redox force of photosystem II: A photo-CIDNP MAS NMR analysis OC42 80
S. Fischer Nonadiabatic Coupling Mechanism for Ultrafast Electron Transfer in Reaction Centers of Bacterial Photosynthesis OC43 504
E. Riedle Ultrafast Proton Transfer: The Role of the Environment in the Dynamics OC44 473
Session 12: Quantum Dots
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
Y.-P. Sun Carbon Quantum Dots and Photoluminescence Properties OC45 86
C. Kryschi A femtosecond study of ultrafast exciton dynamics in silicon quantum dots OC46 138
E. I. Zenkevich Relaxation Processes in Nanocomposites Based on CdSe/ZnS Nanocrystals and Porphyrin Molecules OC47 208
B. Marciniak Modification of photochemical pathways of sensitized oxidation of phenylthioacetic acid. Effects of solvent and tetrabutylammonium salt OC48 112
H. N. Ghosh Effect of Size Quantization on Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics OC49 277
H. Fukumura Photo Luminescence and Raman Scattering of Nano and Micro Structures under Scanning Tunneling Microscopes OC50 491
V. F. Razumov Synthesis and optical properties of fluorescent colloidal quantum dots in reverse micelles OC51 379
Session 13: Reactive Oxygen and Chemiluminescence
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
M. Orfanopoulos Singlet Oxygen Photooxidation of Olefins: a Controversial Mechanism IL13 82
T. Linker Singlet Oxygen: From Synthesis to Lithography and Molecular Motors OC52 75
W. J. Baader Studies on the mechanism of excited state generation in cyclic organic peroxide decomposition OC53 336
A. V. Trofimov Excited-State Generation as an Experimental Tool in Studying the Oxidative and Antioxidative Processes: Fundamentals of Oxy-Chemiluminescence Assay OC54 95
K. Heyne The dual photochemistry of anthracene-9,10-endoperoxide OC55 141
H. Görner Oxygen Uptake via Triplet Quenching of 1,4-Benzoquinones OC56 67
Session 14: Polymer Photochemistry
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
I. Burghardt Ultrafast exciton dissociation in semiconducting polymers: non-adiabatic quantum dynamics based upon a hierarchical electron-phonon model IL14 400
T. F. Fujino Ultrafast Solvation Dynamics of Hydrophilic Polymer Fine Particles OC57 45
J. Stumpe Photoorientation of ionic azobenzene-surfactant self-assembly complexes OC58 405
M. Vacha Conformation and photophysical properties of single conjugated polymer molecules studied via their absorption ellipsoids OC59 244
Y. Li Intramolecular electron transfer and exciplex formation as the probe to detect the folding back conformation of Poly(aryl ether) Dendrimers OC60 276
N. K. Petrov Nano-sized Structure Effect on the Cyanine-Dye Relaxation from Electronically Excited States in Binary Liquid Mixtures OC61 185
Session 15: Photoactive Biomolecules
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
P. Changenet-Barret Role of the chromophore photophysics and of the local environment on the primary steps of the Photoactive Yellow Protein (PYP) photocycle IL15 257
M. Schmidt Cis/Trans Isomerizations in Photo-Active Proteins Investigated by (Time-Resolved) X-ray Crystallography OC62 11
K. M. Solntsev Meta and Para Effects in the Photophysics of the Green Fluorescence Protein Chromophores OC63 240
T. Kottke Photoactivation of the sensory blue light receptor cryptochrome from Arabidopsis and from Drosophila OC64 351
C. N. Lincoln Development of a High Signal-To-Noise UV Confocal Microscope for Multi-Photon Imaging of Endogenous Fluorescence OC65 96
M. K. Kuimova Porphyrin Oligomers for Photodynamic Therapy via Two-Photon Excitation OC66 226
Session 16: Singlet Oxygen in Chemistry, Biology and Medicine
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
E. Hideg Special ROS indicator reagents for detecting singlet oxygen in plants IL16 131
S. Nonell Porphycenes: new chemistry and one- and two-photon photosensitising properties for photodynamic therapy IL17 284
R. Redmond Effect of sub-cellular localization of singlet oxygen reactions and subsequent distant effects through secondary oxidative processes in cell populations IL18 510
P. Ogilby The Singlet Oxygen Microscope: Experiments with Sub-Cellular Resolution in Single Cells IL19 43
C.-H. Tung Nano-Space as Microreactors to Control Selectivity in Photooxygenation of Alkenes OC67 449
K. Lang Materials Producing Singlet Oxygen OC68 65
K. Hirakawa Photosensitized Singlet Oxygen Generation in the Microenvironment of DNA Strand OC69 182
Session 17: Spectroscopic Methods and Applications
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
C. Seidel Molecular Ångström Optics IL20
W. Fuss Dark intermediate states in pericyclic photochemical reactions, detected by ultrafast spectroscopy OC70 227
O. Brede Femtosecond Events in the Bimolecular Free Electron Transfer OC71 17
T. D. Nekipelova Photochemical Reaction as Reflection of Microstructure of Solvent Mixtures OC72 126
N. P. Gritsan Study of Ultrafast Hydrogen Atom and Acyl Group Transfer by Transient Absorption Spectroscopy and Computational Chemistry OC73 41
A. Harriman Light Harvesting and Subsequent Charge Separation in Borondipyrromethene (BODIPY) Based Arrays OC74 152
S. Badré Solid-state fluorescence of new Bodipy derivatives: development of molecular nanosensors OC75 451
Session 18: Energy Transfer
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
T. Smith Time-Resolved Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Studies of Macromolecular Adsorption IL21 389
O. A. Fedorova Assemblies of heterostylbene molecules: structure and properties OC76 209
W. M. Nau Self-Assembling Supramolecular Metalloenzyme Models Displaying Photocatalytic Activity OC77 320
X. Allonas Photodissociation Reaction: Experimental and Computational Study of 2-Hydroxy-2,2-dimethylacetophenone OC78 19
G. Loukova Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer and Coordination between d0 Metallocenes (Zr, Hf) and Unsaturated Hydrocarbons OC79 40
A. M. Brouwer Light activated translational motors: mechanistic studies OC80 446
H. Masuhara A Mechanistic Study on Femtosecond Laser-induced Crystallization OC81 501
Session 19: Water Dynamics
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
T. Elsässer Hydrogen bonded dimers in liquids: ultrafast nuclear motions, vibrational couplings and dissipation IL23 387
D. Laage Reorientational Dynamics of Water Molecules in Anionic Hydration Shells OC82 151
P. Vöhringer Femtosecond mid-infrared spectroscopy on liquid-to-supercritical water: Vibrational energy relaxation versus spectral diffusion OC83 169
F. Ingrosso Ultrafast energy transfer from intramolecular bend to librations in liquid water OC84 170
E. Pines Base-Induced Solvent Switches in Acid-Base Reactions OC85 396
Session 20: Photochemical Protecting Groups and Photocages
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
P. C. Ford Polychromophoric compounds for photogeneration of bioactive agents IL24 124
W.-S. Chung Cu(II)-Triggered Fluorescence On-Off/Off-On Switchable Calix[4]arene Chemosensors OC86 159
P. Klán The Photoenolization Reaction: Synthetic and Mechanistic Variations OC87 20
A. Soldevilla Chiral 3-(2-phthalimido-propionate)-yl Photocages for the Carboxylate Group based on a Photoinduced Electron Transfer Process OC88 24
P. Gilch Femtosecond Studies on the Hydrogen Transfer in Nitroarenes OC89 272
Session 21: Environmental Photochemistry
Name Lecture title Contrib. Abstr.
S. Canonica Electron Transfer to Excited Triplet States – A Relevant Process in Aquatic Photochemistry IL25 273
I. V. Sokolova Fluorescence analysis of sequential UV-biological degradation of cresols in water and in humic water OC90 193
K. Shibuya Photochemistry of Ozone-Water Complex in Cryogenic Matrices OC91 260
E. Coyle Solar Photooxygenations - A 'Green Route' to Quinonoid Fine Chemicals OC92 334
A. Orlov Doped and Nanoparticles Modified Semiconductors for Environmental Photocatalysis OC93 442