The European Polymer Federation (EPF) in collaboration with Italian Association of Macromolecular Science and Technology (AIM) is honored and pleased to announce the organization of the EUropean POlymer Conference “MacroLight” (EUPOC 2025) to be held in Bertinoro (Italy), May 11-15, 2025.

The interaction between light and matter drives many systems, e.g. light-emitting diodes and solar cells, biological structures, and future quantum devices.

Photovoltaic action exploiting macromolecules is an important tool for green energy generation, in particular if recyclable and renewable raw materials can be used.

Light-responsive macromolecular architectures are emerging for applications such as untethered soft robots and actuators.

Nature is a great source of inspiration for functional materials and devices by using different architectures that can be mimicked by macromolecules and hybridized with inorganic materials.

The search for efficient, lightweight and sustainable systems for the hyper-connected (both locally and globally) society of the future requires the development of new materials and architectures enabling an efficient management of optical signals with a reduced carbon footprint

In this context, polymers and their architectures – which are often biologically inspired – are gaining strong interest due to their properties that cannot be achieved by inorganic semiconductors and insulators.

In this way, the interaction between light and polymers can be engineered to solve a range of problems such as energy production and conservation, environmental monitoring, bio-medical issues, and more in general sustainability issues.