International experts

  • Canada: Prof. Richard McCreery, National Institute for Nanotechnology and Faculty of Science , University of Alberta, Canada.
    Talk: "All carbon molecular junctions: charge transport and practical applications"
  • US: Prof. Latha Venkataraman, Department of Applied Physics, Columbia University.
    Talk: "Thermopower and Conductance in Silicon-Based Single-Molecule Insulator"
  • Korea: Prof. Takhee Lee, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University (SNU).
    Talk: "Functional high-yield molecular-scale electronic devices"

Participants from the Japanese side

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
(Theoretical Physics and Chemistry)

  • Dr. Yoshihiro Asai / Research Director
    Talk: "Quantum and semi-classical features in the non-equilibrium transport through single molecules"
  • Dr. M. E. Buerkle / Researcher
    Talk: "Computational modeling of nanoscale systems"
  • Dr. Hisao Nakamura / Senior Researcher
    Talk: "Theory and first-principles simulation of nano-scale device: From single molecule to topological superlattice"

Osaka University (Single-Molecule Measurements)

  • Prof. Masateru Taniguchi
    Talk: "Single-molecule electrical sequencing"
  • Assoc. Prof. Makusu Tsutsui
    Talk: "Measuring thermoelectric and heat transport in atomic and molecular junctions"
  • Assist. Prof. Kazumichi Yokota
    Talk: "Single molecule/particle detection by nanogap/nanopore devices"
  • MSc Takanori Morikawa

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Single-Molecule Measurements)

  • Prof. Manabu Kiguchi
    Talk: "Electron transport through well-definded single molecular junction"

Kyushu University (Nanowire Devices)

  • Prof. Takeshi Yanagida
    Talk: "Molecule Recognition by Metal Oxide Nanowires"

National Institute for Materials Science (Molecular Devices)

  • Dr. Ryoma Hayakawa / Senior Researcher
    Talk: "Vertical resonant tunneling transistors with molecular quantum dots"

The University of Tokyo (Molecular Synthesis)

  • Dr. Hiroshi Masai
    Talk: "Functionalized Insulated Molecular Wires toward Molecular Electronics"

Participants from the German side

Theoretical Physics and Chemistry:

  • Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Evers (University of Regensburg)
    Talk: "“Zero modes” in Single Molecule Transport: Quantum Interference & Solitons"
  • Prof. Dr. Fabian Pauly (University of Konstanz)
    Talk: "Heat transport through single-atom and single-molecule junctions"
  • Prof. Dr. Michael Thoss (University of Freiburg)
    Talk: "Charge transport in molecular junctions: Density matrix theory, vibrational effects, and proton transfer"
  • Prof. Dr. Carmen Herrmann (University of Hamburg)
    Talk: "First-principles modeling of spin-dependent transport through molecular junctions"

Single Molecule STM:

  • Dr. Markus Ternes (Max-Planck Institute Solid State Research, Stuttgart)
    Talk: "Engineering spin and correlations in cobalt hydrides adsorbed on h-BN/Rh(111)"
  • Prof. Dr. Katharina Franke (Freie Universität, Berlin)
    Talk: "Defects and molecular adsorbates on monolayers of MoS2/Au(111)"
  • Prof. Dr. Wulf Wulfhekel (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, KIT)
    Talk: "Multifunctional molecular switches on surfaces"
  • Prof. Dr. Jascha Repp (University of Regensburg)
    Talk: "Single-molecule scanning-probe junctions: vibrational excitations, entanglement and ultrafast timescales"
  • Prof. Dr. Richard Berndt (University of Kiel)
    Talk: "STM-made contacts: a free-standing "wire", spin effects, and light emission"

Single Molecule Devices using MCBJ

  • Prof. Dr. Heiko Weber (Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen)
    Talk: "New directions in single-molecule junctions: transport and light fields"
  • Prof. Dr. Artur Erbe (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
    Talk: "Switching and doping of single molecules"
  • Prof. Dr. Elke Scheer (University of Konstanz)

Single Molecules and SAMs, other techniques

  • Dr. Dirk Mayer (Research Center Jülich)
    Talk: "Holey electrodes for large area molecular junctions"
  • Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wernsdorfer (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, KIT)
    Talk: "Operating quantum states in single magnetic molecules: application to quantum algorithms"
  • Dr. Florian von Wrochem (Sony Deutschland, Stuttgart)
    Talk: "Ultra-robust molecular thin-films and functional materials for organic electronics"
  • Dr. Christoph Sürgers (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, KIT)

Synthetic Chemistry:

  • Prof. Dr. Marcel Mayor (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, KIT)
    Talk: "E-Field Triggered Single Molecule Switches"
  • Dr. Michal Valasek (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology, KIT)
    Talk: "Functionalization of metal surfaces by rigid molecular platforms"
  • Dr. Thomas Huhn (University of Konstanz)
  • Prof. Dr. Rainer Winter (University of Konstanz)
    Talk: "Towards electrically conductive linear complexes and metallamacrocycles"