We are happy to welcome you to the 7th SCOPe conference days, which will be held in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium on October 23rd - 24th 2025.

The objective of these conference days is to bring together the European actors involved in research on porous semiconductors and oxides and their applications.

This 6th edition of the SCOPe conference days will be an opportunity for our community to share our latest advances in the field and to promote the young scientists.

Doctoral and post-doctoral students will be given priority for oral presentation.

Topics:

• Development, manufacturing techniques, structures
• Luminescence and photonics
• Microelectronics
• Systems and integration
• Functional coatings
• Sensors
• Photovoltaic
• Electrode materials, energy, conversion, storage
• Medical imaging, therapy

• Laurent FRANCIS (UCLouvain, Belgique) : "From Material to Biosensors : Why Porous Silicon?"
  

• Guido MULA (University of Cagliari, Italie)

A new interest in porous semiconductors has emerged in the scientific community in the 90s, notably thanks to the discovery of the photoluminescence of porous silicon. Electrochemical processes have become leading methods for the nano-structuration of most semiconductors (Si, GaAs, InP, etc) and have enabled the generation of self-ordered porous networks (Al2O3, TiO2, etc). They have therefore been widely studied as they have opened up prospects for the manufacture of nano-objects with new properties, in particular electronic and optical. Subsequently, potential applications for such structures have increased in various fields including opto- and microelectronics, systems, sensors, energy and nanomedicine.

Nowadays, porous semiconductors are at the heart of the scientific interests of many research teams around the world, attracting the attention of chemists, physicists, biologists and clinicians.

October 1st, 2025 :

October 8th, 2025 :

Abstract deadline

October 13th, 2025 :

Registration deadline

October 23rd - 24th , 2025 :

SCOPe 2025 conference days