Schedule
(Updated as of November 2, 2026)
Important notes:
| 1. | This program will be held in face-to-face mode. |
| 2. | Unauthorized recording of any session is prohibited. |
| 3. | Please obtain the consent from the speaker concerned for any adaptation/sharing of his/her presentation materials. |
| Should you have further enquiries, please feel free to contact the secretariat by email at ias2026rqm@ust.hk. | |
November 30, 2026 (Mon)
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Event
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Registration (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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Session I: Session Chairs: To be confirmed |
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| 13:00 - 13:10 |
Opening Remarks |
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| 13:10 - 14:00 |
[Keynote Talk] D1-#1: Coordination Self-Assembly: From Origins to the Latest Advances [Abstract] Makoto FUJITA (The University of Tokyo) |
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| 14:00 - 14:40 |
D1-#2: Molecular Engineering at Surfaces - The Metal-Organic Experience Johannes V. BARTH (Technische Universität München) |
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| 14:40 - 15:00 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 15:00 - 15:40 |
D1-#3: Rational Design of Low-Dimension Organic Frameworks [Abstract] Shixuan DU (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
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| 15:40 - 16:00 |
D1-#4: Molecular Qubit Frameworks: Spin Dynamics and Quantum Sensing Applications [Abstract] Lei SUN (Westlake University) |
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| 16:00 - 16:40 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 16:40 |
End of Day 1 |
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December 1, 2026 (Tue)
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Event
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Session II: Session Chairs: To be confirmed |
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| 09:00 - 09:40 |
D2-#1: On-Surface Synthesis and Spin Interaction of Non-Benzenoid Carbon-Based Quantum Magnets Lifeng CHI (Soochow University) |
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| 09:40 - 10:20 |
D2-#2: Spin Manipulation and Coupling at the Single Molecule Level Yongfeng WANG (Peking University) |
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| 10:20 - 10:50 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 10:50 - 11:10 |
Group photo taking & Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:10 - 11:50 |
D2-#3: Real-Space Insights into Open-Shell Coordination Nanographenes Shiyong WANG (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) |
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| 11:50 - 12:10 |
D2-#4: Real-Space Imaging of Delocalized Quantum States under Conformational Disorder [Abstract] Bruno DE LA TORRE (The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) |
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| 12:10 - 12:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: 5/F Lounge, IAS) |
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Session III: Session Chairs: To be confirmed |
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| 14:00 - 14:40 |
D2-#5: Controlling Rotational Motion in Self-Assembled Porous Networks [Abstract] Sabine MAIER (RWTH Aachen University) |
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| 14:40 - 15:20 |
D2-#6: On-Surface Synthesis of 1D and 2D Conductive-MOF [Abstract] Mathieu ABEL (Aix Marseille Université) |
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| 15:20 - 15:50 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 15:50 - 16:10 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 16:10 - 16:50 |
D2-#7: Single Sheet Reticular Materials: Controlling Quantum Behaviour by Host-Guest Interactions [Abstract] Thomas JUNG (University of Basel and Paul Scherrer Institute) |
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| 16:50 - 17:10 |
D2-#8: Hydrocarbon Frameworks with Long-Range Order [Abstract] Seungkyu LEE (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 17:10 - 17:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 17:30 |
End of Day 2 |
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December 2, 2026 (Wed)
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Event
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Session IV: Session Chairs: To be confirmed |
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| 09:00 - 09:40 |
D3-#1: Organic 2D Crystals and van der Waals Heterostructures Xinliang FENG (The Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics) |
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| 09:40 - 10:20 |
D3-#2: Advances in the Design of 2D Networks at Surfaces [Abstract] David ÉCJIA (IMDEA Nanociencia) |
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| 10:20 - 10:50 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 10:50 - 11:10 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:10 - 11:50 |
D3-#3: Designer Electronic States in Van der Waals - Metal-Organic Framework Heterostructures [Abstract] Peter LILJEROTH (Aalto University) |
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| 11:50 - 12:10 |
D3-#4: Yu-Shiba-Rusinov Bands in a Self-Assembled Kagome Lattice of Magnetic Molecules [Abstract] Laëtitia FARINACCI (University of Würzburg) |
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| 12:10 - 12:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: 5/F Lounge, IAS) |
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Session V: Session Chairs: To be confirmed |
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| 14:00 - 14:40 |
D3-#5: Probing Molecular Spins on Superconducting Pb(111) Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy [Abstract] Rémy PAWLAK (University of Basel) |
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| 14:40 - 15:20 |
D3-#6: Generating Novel 2D-MOFs and Chiral 2D-COFs Using Non-Planar SubPhthalocyanines [Abstract] Jorge LOBO-CHECA (The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) |
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| 15:20 - 15:40 |
D3-#7: Strong Electron Correlation in Reticular Matters [Abstract] Qingyun WAN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
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| 15:40 - 16:10 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 16:10 - 16:30 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 16:30 - 18:00 |
Poster Session (Venue: Lobby, G/F) [Poster List] |
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| 18:00 |
End of Day 3 |
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| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Dinner Banquet (For Invited Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: To be confirmed) |
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December 3, 2026 (Thu)
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Event
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Session VI: Session Chairs: To be confirmed |
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| 09:00 - 09:40 |
D4-#1: Coordination Nanosheets: From Molecular Design to Emerging Functions [Abstract] Hiroshi NISHIHARA (University of Yamanashi) |
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| 09:40 - 10:20 |
D4-#2: Assembling Quantum Materials from Molecular Building Blocks: Metallic Transport and Bloch–Grüneisen Behavior in a SURMOF Thin Film [Abstract] Christof WOELL (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) |
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| 10:20 - 10:50 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 10:50 - 11:10 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:10 - 11:50 |
D4-#3: On-Surface Synthesis of Magetic 2D MOF on Surfaces [Abstract] Pavel JELINEK (Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences) |
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| 11:50 - 12:10 |
D4-#4: Non-Reciprocal Transport in Molecular Intercalated 2D Superconductors [Abstract] Zhong WAN (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 12:10 - 12:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: 5/F Lounge, IAS) |
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Session VII: Session Chairs: To be confirmed |
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| 14:00 - 14:40 |
D4-#5: π-Magnetism of Surface Supported Molecular Structures [Abstract] Wei JI (Renmin University of China) |
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| 14:40 - 15:20 |
D4-#6: On-Surface Synthesis of Kagome Metal-Organic Frameworks from Halogenated Aromatic Precursors [Abstract] Jennifer MACLEOD (Queensland University of Technology) |
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| 15:20 - 15:50 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 15:50 - 16:10 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 16:10 - 16:50 |
D4-#7: Talk title to be confirmed To be confirmed |
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| 16:50 - 17:10 |
D4-#8: High-Mobility Band-Like Charge Transport in 2D Covalent- and Metal- Organic Frameworks [Abstract] Enrique CÁNOVAS (IMDEA Nanociencia) |
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| 17:10 - 17:30 |
Panel Discussion |
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| 17:30 |
End of Day 4 |
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December 4, 2026 (Fri)
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Contributed Talks |
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| 09:00 - 09:20 |
D5-#1: Controllable Synthesis and Quantum Property Modulation of Two-Dimensional Intercalation Superlattices Jingyuan ZHOU (Nankai University) |
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| 09:20 - 09:40 |
D5-#2: Design and Preparation of Highly Efficient COFs Photocatalyst for Overall Synthesis Zhao-Di YANG (Harbin University of Science and Technology) |
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| 09:40 - 10:00 |
D5-#3: Precise Defect Engineering in Metal–Organic Frameworks Xiao FENG (Dalian University of Technology) |
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| 10:00 - 10:20 |
D5-#4: Charge/Spin Transport in Conjugated Coordination Polymers Yang LU (Chongqing University) |
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| 10 :20 - 10:50 |
D5-#5: Indenyl Coupling at Interfaces Alba GARCÍA-FRUTOS (IMDEA Nanociencia) |
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| 10:50 - 11:10 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 11:10 - 11:30 |
D5-#6: On-Surface Synthesis of Tunable Dinuclear Organometallic Networks Wenchao ZHAO (Soochow University) |
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| 11:30 - 11:50 |
D5-#7: Synthesis of 2D Conductive MOFs by Chemical Vapor Deposition Jie ZHANG (The University of Hong Kong) |
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| 11:50 - 12:10 |
D5-#8: Programmable Molecular Spin Lattices: From Kondo impurities to Lattices Henan CHEN (The Quantum Science Center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area) |
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| 12:10 - 12:30 |
D5-#9: Construction of Orientationally Ordered Organometallic Chains by Directional Noncovalent Interactions Jie LI (Peking University) |
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| 12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch (For Speakers & Invited Participants Only; Venue: 5/F Lounge, IAS) |
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Young Scientist Forum |
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| 14:00 - 14:25 |
D5-#10: Spin-State Manipulation in Surface-Confined Metal-Organic Chains Jing LIU (Beijing Normal University) |
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| 14:25 - 14:50 |
D5-#11: Engineering Sublattice-Inequivalent Yu–Shiba–Rusinov Lattices in a Binary Metal–Organic Framework Linghao YAN (Soochow University) |
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| 14:50 - 15:15 |
D5-#12: Rational Design and Physical Property Study of Two-Dimensional Metal–Organic Frameworks Lizhi ZHANG (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology) |
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| 15:15 - 15:25 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 15:25 - 15:50 |
D5-#13: Investigating Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Surface-Supported Metal-Organic Frameworks by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Weihua WANG (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
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| 15:50 - 16:15 |
D5-#14: Gas-Mediated On-Surface Synthesis under Mild Conditions: From Long-Range-Ordered Architectures to Emergent Electronic Properties Yiqi ZHANG (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) |
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| 16:15 - 16:40 |
D5-#15: Realizing of Ullmann Coupling on Non-Metallic Substrates Dingguan WANG (Shenzhen University) |
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| 16:40 - 16:50 |
Coffee Break (Venue: Lobby, G/F) |
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| 16:50 - 17:15 |
D5-#16: Crystal Hamiltonian Engineering in Framework Materials: Towards Unconventional and Topological Magnets Zhongyue ZHANG (Kumamoto University) |
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| 17:15 - 17:40 |
D5-#17: Orthogonal Control of Proton and Electron Transport in Conjugated Frameworks Tianyang CHEN (The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)) |
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| 17:40 - 18:05 |
D5-#18: Talk title to be confirmed Xing HUANG (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) |
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| 18:05 |
End of Program |
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