Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Materials and Nanostructured Systems

Further sessions will consider crystal growth mechanisms, polymorphism and phase purity, defect chemistry, and the influence of dopants on electronic and ionic transport. Presentations may cover metal–organic frameworks, covalent organic frameworks, perovskites, layered dichalcogenides, quantum dots, and hybrid organic–inorganic assemblies. Discussion will extend to size- and shape-dependent optical response, plasmonic coupling, phonon confinement, and thermal transport in low-dimensional structures. Characterization by electron microscopy, synchrotron diffraction, scanning probe methods, and spectroscopic ellipsometry will be considered alongside simulation of structure–property relationships. Directed self-assembly, templated synthesis, and additive manufacturing routes will also be examined. Design principles for nanostructured and multifunctional materials will be presented, with applications in flexible electronics, catalysis, energy harvesting, thermal management, sensing, and biomedical imaging, together with attention to toxicity, stability, and end-of-life considerations.