Seventh International Conference on
Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics (M&BE7)
CALL FOR PAPERS

2013

March 17-19, 2013
Fukuoka International Congress Center, Fukuoka, Japan
Organized by“Division of Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics - The Japan Society of Applied Physics”

The Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics Division of the Japan Society of Applied Physics has continued theorganization of the biennial International Conference on Molecular Electronics and Bioelectronics (M&BE) since its inception
in 2001. The first conference was held at Awaji Island, Japan in 2001, and the 2nd to 4th conferences were in Tokyo, in 2003,
2005 and 2007, and 5th conference was in Miyazaki in 2009. The last meeting in Sendai in 2011 was unfortunately cancelled forall oral and poster presentation programs by the Great East Japan Earthquake. We are delighted to announce that we areorganizing the seventh international conference in Fukuoka, Japan, in the forthcoming March 2013.
Recent progress in every aspect of science and technology related with electronics and photonics using organic molecules,
polymers and bio-related materials will be discussed at M&BE7. Topics on basic studies such as fabrication andcharacterization of thin films, interfacial phenomena, spectroscopy, and single-molecule manipulations, as well as
application-oriented studies, related to LEDs, FETs, solar cells, memory devices, biochips, biosensors and so on, are all included.
A limited number of plenary and invited lectures by overseas guest speakers, as well as domestic guest speakers, will bearranged. Contributed papers will be presented in both oral and poster sessions.
You are cordially invited to join this exciting conference, M&BE7. Especially, the attendance of young and motivatedresearchers from Asian countries is highly encouraged. The conference is expected to provide excellent opportunities for sharing
ideas, stimulating discussions, and information exchange for scientists.
We look forward to meeting you at Fukuoka in March 2013.

Prof. Kaoru Tamada, M&BE7 ChairTopics•••••

Organic Devices and Molecular Electronics
Fabrication Technique and Characterization
Liquid Crystals, Polymers and Other Soft Materials
Biomolecular Electronics and Bioanalysis[Special Session] Organic Photovoltaics

Plenary Speakers
Prof. James Durrant (Imperial College London)
Prof. James Gimzewski (UCLA and NIMS)
Prof. Karl Leo (TU Dresden)

Invited Speakers (tentative)

Prof. Kookheon Char (Seoul National Univ.)
Dr. Jun-ichi Fukuda (AIST)
Prof. Masahiro Hiramoto (IMS)Prof. Ki-Hun Jeong (KAIST)
Prof. Yuri S. Kivshar (ANU)
Prof. Roberto Lazzaroni (Univ. of Mons)
Prof. Bo Liedberg (Nanyang Tech. Univ.)
Prof. Xiaogang Liu (National Univ. Singapore)Prof. Cheolmin Park (Yonsei Univ.)
Prof. Lee Pooi See (Nanyang Tech. Univ.)
Prof. Jean Charles Ribierre (Ewha Womans Univ.)
Prof. Tsuyoshi Sekitani (Univ. of Tokyo)
Prof. Yasuhiro Tachibana (RMIT Univ.)
Prof. Hideo Takezoe (Honor Lecture) (Tokyo TECH)
Prof. Kazuo Takimiya (Hiroshima Univ.)
Prof. Masaru Tanaka (Yamagata Univ.)
Prof. Motomu Tanaka (Univ. Heidelberg)

Abstract
Abstract submission DEADLINE: 26 December, 2012.
All abstracts written in English are required to be submitted via the Conference web site at http://www.mbe.jp .
Length of the abstract should be one-page in A4 size within black and white, and uploaded with PDF file.
Abstracts are subjected to be reviewed and Notification of acceptance shall be delivered to the contact person via e-mailby the middle of February 2013.

Special Issue of Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.
The conference papers will be published in the special issue of Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. The participants to theconference are strongly encouraged to submit their review and/or original papers to the special issue. The deadline forsubmission is March 31, 2013. The accepted papers will be appeared in the Jan. 2014 issue. The detailed information will
be announced on the web site.

Conference Schedule
9:00

12:00

March 17 (Sun)March 18 (Mon)
March 19 (Tues)

Plenary, Invited andContributed Talks
Plenary, Invited andContributed Talks

18:00

Satellite Meeting & Registration
Plenary, Invited and Contributed
Banquet at Aquarium
Talks
Invited and Contributed Talks,
Poster Session

Registration
The registration fee includes admission to technical sessions and one copy of an Abstract Book .
TypeEarly Bird (before/on 31 Jan)
Regular (after 1 Feb.)
Member*
JPY 45,000
JPY 50,000
General (Non-member)
JPY 50,000
JPY 55,000
Student
JPY 15,000
JPY 20,000*Member of the Japan Society of Applied Physics.

BanquetJPY 5,000

Registration will be completed only with full payment.

The registration site will open from Oct, 2012 to Feb, 2013. The major credit cards are accepted for payment.

Venue
M&BE7 will take place at Fukuoka International Congress Center (http://www.marinemesse.or.jp/congress/) located in
Fukuoka prefecture, Japan. Fukuoka is known as “The Gateway of Asia” in Japan. The Fukuoka airport(http://www.fuk-ab.co.jp) with a role as its entrance is connected to 23 cities abroad, 85 minutes’ distance to Seoul, 100
minutes’ distance to Shanghai and 120 minutes’ distance to Taipei. Also with about 90 minutes to Tokyo and about 65 minutesto Osaka, you can travel smoothly inside Japan. The good access of 10 minutes by subway (http://subway.city.fukuoka.lg.jp)
from the airport to the center of the city is also appealing. Moreover, a jetfoil ship connecting Fukuoka and Pusan in about 3
hours is running from Hakata Port International Passenger Terminal (http://www.hakataport.com) near the Fukuoka
International Congress Center.

Contact
If you have any queries, please feel free to contact Secretariat General at mbe7@mbe.jp

Organizing Committee
Chair
Kaoru Tamada (Kyushu Univ.)
Vice Chair
Hisao Ishii (Chiba Univ.)
Secretariat-General
Shuichi Nagamatsu (Kyutech.)
Program Chair
Yuji Yoshida (AIST)
Treasurer
Toshinori Matsushima (JAIST)Takafumi Sassa (RIKEN)
Publication
Musubu Ichikawa (Shinshu Univ.)
Public Relations
Tomohiro Hayashi (Tokyo Tech.)
Tatsunosuke Matsui (Mie Univ.)

Local Arrangement
Shuichi Nagamatsu (Kyutech.)
Koichi Sakaguchi (Saga Univ.)
Executive Members
Hirotake Kajii (Osaka Univ.)
Iwao Soga (Mitsubishi Chem.)
Sadahiro Masuo (Kwansei Gakuin Univ.)
Takeo Minari (NIMS)
Masatoshi Kitamura (Kobe Univ.)
Nobutaka Tanigaki (AIST)
Hiromi Kimura-Suda (Chitose Inst. Sci. Tech.)
Yuhki Yanase (Hiroshima Univ.)
Takeshi Yamao (Kyoto Inst. Tech.)
Kenji Ishida (Kobe Univ.)
Ryuichi Nakamura (TOPPAN)
Hideo Ohkita (Kyoto Univ.)
Jun Matsui (Tohoku Univ.)