Special Session 3 NON-CONVENTIONAL METHODS OF SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (SS3)
Functional materials can come with various forms and morphologies (powders, ceramics, films, single crystals…) and possess an extended range of physical and chemical properties making them suitable for widespread applications in various technologically important areas such as sensing and imaging, communication and informatics, heterogeneous catalysis, protective coatings, spintronic application as well as nuclear combustible and waste packaging, and glass industry. They display an extremely wide range of properties including electrical and ionic conductivity, superconductivity, piezoelectricity, magnetism, luminescence, multiferroic behaviour, thermoelectricity etc.
This special session aims at presenting and discussing the state of the art on the experimental and theoretical studies of functional materials with a particular emphasis on the novel and non-conventional synthesis and characterization methods, including genuine large-scale facilities studies. Non-conventional approaches include for example, high-energy techniques for production, treatment and characterization, novel and unique preparation methods in solid state and wet chemistry, advanced deposition methods, operando studies, metastable states etc.
Keywords / hot topics
- Novel theoretical and experimental approaches to modelling, preparation, and characterization of functional materials.
- Strong fields (electric, magnetic…) studies, high-pressure synthesis and characterization.
- Operando and ultra-fast processes studies.
- Spark plasma and flash sintering, mechanoactivation, high-power sonication, microwave-assisted processes.
The support by SOLEIL Synchrotron is gratefully acknowledged!
PUBLICATION
"DEFECT AND DIFFUSION FORUM" by Trans Tech. Publications www.ttp.net/1012-0386.html
Note: The journal ‘Defect and Diffusion Forum’ is cited in SCOPUS and Google Scholar.
ORGANISER(S)
Dr. Antoine Barbier Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, SPEC,
France
antoine.barbier@cea.fr
OPENING TALK:
‘Model Single Crystalline Epitaxial Photoanodes for Solar Water Splitting’
Abstract (PDF)
Dr. Andrei Salak University of Aveiro,
CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials,
Portugal
salak@ua.pt
INTRODUCTORY TALK:
‘Incommensurate Modulations in Bi-containing Perovskite Multiferroics’
Abstract (PDF)
INVITED SPEAKERS:
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‘Magnetic Phase Transitions in Multiferroic Perovskite Solid Solutions Based on BiFeO3’Prof. Erik Čižmár
P.J. Safarik University,
Slovakia
Abstract (PDF) 
‘Functionalized Nanofibers by Electrospinning for Energy Applications’Prof. Bernardo Gonçalves Almeida
University of Minho,
Portugal
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‘Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Study of Ferroelectric-Relaxor Transition in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3 Ceramics’ Dr. Vladimir Shvartsman
University of Duisburg-Essen,
Germany
Abstract (PDF)
‘Exploring Deep Eutectic Solvents: What Insights Can Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectroscopy Provide?’ Dr. Mariela Nolasco
University of Aveiro,
Germany Portugal
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Prof. Gonzalo Abellán Sáez
University of Valencia,
Spain
‘The Outstanding Role of Dielectricity in Hybrid Solar Cell Absorbers’ Prof. Doru Lupascu
University of Duisburg-Essen,
Germany
Abstract (PDF)- ‘Anomalous Magnetoelastic Coupling on Ultrathin Shear-Strained Fe/BTO Films’ Prof. Francesco Maccherozzi
Diamond light source,
UK
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‘Tuning Structural and Magnetic Properties of Epitaxially Grown thin Film Oxides’ Dr. Pâmella Vasconcelos Young Talent
CEA/DES Saclay,
France
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‘XAS and XMCD at Ultra-Low Temperatures’ Dr. Philippe Ohresser
Synchrotron Soleil
France
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‘Tailoring the Catalytic Properties of Pd Nanoparticles via Plasma-Assited Syntesis’ Dr. Alina Vlad
Synchrotron Soleil
France
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‘Transient Phenomena in Photoactive Materials: Insights from High-Resolution and Time-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy’ Dr. Mathieu Silly
Synchrotron Soleil
France
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‘1s2p Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering Natural Circular Dichroism’ Dr. James Ablett
Synchrotron Soleil
France
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‘NdFeO3: An Interesting Interplay between two Distinct Magnetic Sublattices’ Dr. Joaquim Agostinho Moreira
University of Porto,
Portugal
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‘Electronic Transport and Switching of Charge Density Waves in 2D Materials’ Dr. Yannick Dappe
C2N, CNRS, Université Paris Saclay,
France
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‘Using Large Scale Scattering Facilities to Study Structural and Optoelectronic Properties of 2D and 3D Perovskites’ Prof. Jacky Even
INSA Rennes, IUF Physique,
FOTON Institute, CNRS, France
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‘In situ Bragg Coherent Diffraction Imaging and Nano-Diffraction from Energy Materials’ Dr. Marie-Ingrid Richard
CEA/Grenoble
ESRF, France
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‘Conventional and Inverse Electrocaloric Effects in Perovskites: Insights from ab initio based Modelling’ Prof. Anna Grünebohm
Ruhr-University Bochum,
Germany
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‘Gadolinium‑Oxide Nanoparticles for Cryogenic Magnetocaloric Applications’ Prof. Adriana Zelenakova
P.J. Safarik University,
Slovakia
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‘Paths for Obtaining Complex Compositions of BiFeO3 thin Films’ Prof. Eudes Borges de Araújo
São Paulo State University,
Brazil
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‘High Pressure as a Unique Tool for the Exploration of Solid State: The Case of Quadruple Perovskite Manganites’ Prof. Francesco Mezzadri
Università degli studi di Parma,
Italy
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Dr. Igor Levin
National Institute of Standards and Technology,
USA
‘Automated Analysis of Impedance Spectroscopy Data’ Prof. Rainer Schmidt
Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
Spain
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‘BiCu0.4Mn0.6O3 and K0.4Pb1.6FeMoO6: New Functional Perovskites Stabilized via High-Pressure/High-Temperature Synthesis’ Dr. Chiara Coppi Young Talent
Institute of Materials for Electronics and Magnetism, CNR,
Italy
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‘Ordered Nanoporous Silica as a Diffusion-Controlled Drug Delivery System’ Prof. Vladimír Zeleňák
P. J. Šafárik University,
Slovak Republic
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