Sunday
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Plasmonically-Powered
Processes: Channels for Energy Transfer and Hot Electrons
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm
"Plasmonically-Powered Processes"
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
"Driving Nanophotonics to the Atomic Scale"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Plasmonic Detection and Applications
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:50 am
"Plasmonically Tuned and Amplified Nanoprobes for Biomedical Applications"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:20 am
"Strong Coupling of Plasmons and Single Quantum Dots"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:20 pm
"Energy-Related Phenomena in Metal Nanostructures with Hot Spots: Coherent Transfer of Plasmons, Hot Electrons and Heat Generation"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Thermal Energy Dissipation and
Energy Storage
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:20 pm
"Thermoplasmonics: Critical Overview, Recent Advances, and Promising Applications"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:20 pm
"Plasmonic Metal Oxide Nanocrystals"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Advances in SERS
and Bioimaging Molecular Behavior
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:50 am
"Probing Molecule-Plasmon Interactions with Ultrafast SERS"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:20 am
"Super-Resolution Imaging and Plasmonics: Achieving a Molecular Level Perspective"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:20 pm
"Probing Biomolecular Structure and Function via Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Poster Session
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Nanostructure
Hotspots, Spatial Coherence, and Amplification, and Novel Characterization
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
4:05 pm - 4:35 pm
"Plasmonic Nanostructure Fabrication and Its Near-Field Optical Characterization"
4:35 pm - 4:45 pm
Discussion
4:45 pm - 5:15 pm
"Nanocavity Plasmons: Quantifying Light-Matter Interaction"
5:15 pm - 5:25 pm
Discussion
5:25 pm - 5:55 pm
"Coupled Dielectric-Metallic Nanostructures for Plasmonic Applications"
5:55 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Plasmon-Mediated
Photocatalysis and Photoelectron Emission
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:50 am
"Controlling Energy Flow in Plasmonic Catalysis"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:20 am
"Plasmon-Induced Hot Carrier Generation and Applications"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:20 pm
"Physics of Enhanced Photoelectron Emission from Plasmonic Nanoantennas"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Quantifiable Electrochemical Behavior
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 8:05 pm
"Electrochemical Surface and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
"Plasmonic Driving of Liquid-Phase Chemical Reactions with Colloidal Plasmonic Nanostructures"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
"Room Temperature Molecule Manipulation by Applying Optical Force Induced by Plasmonic Field at Electrified Interfaces"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Plasmons in Liquids:
Self-Assembly, Solvent-Dependent Cascaded Effects, and Thermophoresis
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:40 am
"Visualizing Enantioselective Optical Forces Mediated by Plasmonic Nanostructures"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:25 am
"Thermal and Electric Effects in Active Colloid"
10:25 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:40 am
"Two-Photon Photoluminescence and Excitation Mechanisms of Noble Metal Nanoparticles"
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:25 pm
"Plasmonically-Powered Trapping and Rotation of Colloidal Nanostructures"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Selected Poster Presentations: Putting Plasmons to Work: Future Applications
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
4:05 pm - 4:15 pm
"Thermo-Electric Charging of a Hot Spot in Electrolyte Solution"
4:15 pm - 4:20 pm
Discussion
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
"Correlating Carrier Densities with Composition and Surface Ligands in Cu2-x Se Nanoparticles"
4:30 pm - 4:35 pm
Discussion
4:35 pm - 4:45 pm
"Polyaniline-Coated Gold Nanocrystals with Tunable Plasmon for Active Plasmon Switching"
4:45 pm - 4:50 pm
Discussion
4:50 pm - 5:00 pm
"Photothermally Driven Polymerizations"
5:00 pm - 5:05 pm
Discussion
5:05 pm - 5:15 pm
"15.000-Fold Fluorescence Enhancement in Plasmonic Nanogap Antennas"
5:15 pm - 5:20 pm
Discussion
5:20 pm - 5:30 pm
"Rapid and Accurate Bacterial Identification Based on Plasmon-Enhanced Raman Scattering and Machine Learning"
5:30 pm - 5:35 pm
Discussion
5:35 pm - 5:50 pm
General Discussion: Future Frontier Efforts
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Closing Remarks
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure