Symposium @ RSEF Physics Biennial (2024)- San Sebastian/Donostia (Spain)

Written by Carmen Ocal on July 15, 2024. Posted in Events.

Symposium @ RSEF Physics Biennial: Scanning Probe Microscopy: a tool to understand and fabricate materials for future electronics (July 15-19, 2024, San Sebastian/Donostia, Spain)

Scope: In recent years, improvements in the miniaturization and assembly processes of matter, as well as the use of novel chemical species, have placed nanotechnology as a major producer of new materials: customized organic molecules, nanowires, 2D materials and materials for energy, among others. These new materials are expected to be part of future electronic devices addressing some of humanity’s current challenges, such as electronic eﬀiciency, energy storage, climate change and disease control. Scanning probe microscopies (SPM) play a key role in the characterization and fabrication of these materials. These techniques provide valuable information at the nanometer scale about the structure and physical properties of materials. It also enables structure-property correlations, which is crucial for understanding the behavior of materials and is a source of inspiration for the design of new ones with specific properties. In addition, SPM studies on materials can be performed in situ on working devices, such as transistors, photodetectors or batteries. This symposium will cover SPM works for the production, characterization and test of materials for future electronics.

The symposium includes a Special Session: SPM techniques + synchrotron radiation.

Keynote speaker: Daniel Ebeling from Justus-Liebig University

Invited speakers:

Fabian Schulz (CIC nanoGUNE),
Sara Barja (Donostia International Physics Center)
Carmen Munuera (Madrid Institute of Materials Science)
Eider Berganza (Madrid Institute of Materials Science)
Marc González Cuixart (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology)
Aitor Mugarza (Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology).
And the contribution of Niklas Friedrich (CIC nanoGUNE) as the winner of the best experimental thesis of GEFES in 2023.

Organizing Committee:

Héctor González Herrero, Atom by Atom lab at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, UAM

Daniel Martín Jiménez, PCSI group at Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC

Ana Pérez Rodríguez, Nanotechnology group at Universidad de Salamanca, USAL

Sponsors:

División de Física de la Materia Condensada (GEFES), Asociación Usuarios Sincrotrón España (AUSE), Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB), Condensed Matter Physics Center-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (IFIMAC-UAM), The Spanish Vacuum Society (ASEVA).