XVIII Brazil MRS Meeting

Lectures

Memorial Lecture

Instituto de Física de São Carlos – USP, Brazil

Cristalografia no Brasil: origem e panorama atual

Prof. Yvonne Primerano Mascarenhas

Nasceu em 21 de julho de 1931, em Pederneiras, Estado de São Paulo, sendo a primeira das duas filhas do casal Francisco Primerano e Luiza Lopes Primerano. O pai era filho de imigrantes italianos oriundos da Calábria. Quando ela tinha dez anos, a família mudou-se para o Rio de Janeiro, em função do trabalho do pai, e fixou-se em Copacabana. Nessa cidade, Yvonne cursou o clássico no Colégio Mello e Souza, uma escola particular tradicional. Em 1953, graduou-se em Química pela Faculdade Nacional de Filosofia da Universidade do Brasil, hoje Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). No ano seguinte, obteve o título de bacharel em Física pela Faculdade de Filosofia do Instituto La-Fayette atual Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Em 1956, foi contratada como professora assistente pela Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos, na época única unidade da Universidade de São Paulo na cidade.

Seu interesse pela cristalografia teve início no Rio de Janeiro, ao participar de uma disciplina ministrada pelo professor Elisiário Távora, cujo principal interesse era a Geoquímica e que acabava de retornar de seu doutorado, realizado no Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) sob a orientação de M. J. Buerger, renomado cristalógrafo e mineralogista americano. O curso evidenciou a forte correlação existente entre a estrutura cristalina e as propriedades dos materiais.

Na década de 60, seus trabalhos em cristalografia estrutural, pioneiros no Brasil, originaram o atual grupo de cristalografia do Instituto de Física de São Carlos, da Universidade de São Paulo. Fundou, junto com outros pesquisadores, a Sociedade Brasileira de Cristalografia, em 29 de outubro de 1971. Foi presidente desta entidade em diversas ocasiões, mesmo depois de sua aposentadoria.

Em 1971, obteve o título de livre-docente pela Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos. Atuou ainda como professora visitante na Harvard Medical School, de 1972 a 1973, e no Birkbeck College da Universidade de Londres, entre 1979 e 1980. Foi professora titular do Instituto de Física e Química de São Carlos a partir de 1981. Quando, em 1994, esta unidade foi dividida nos Institutos de Física e de Química (IFSC e IQSC), a professora Yvonne permaneceu no IFSC tendo sido eleita sua primeira Diretora. Atuou no mesmo até sua aposentadoria compulsória em 2001 mas ainda exerce várias atividades como professora sênior.

Membro titular da Academia Brasileira de Ciências desde 2001, foi agraciada com a Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico, na classe Grã-Cruz, concedido em 1998 pelo então presidente da República, Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Mais recentemente, em 2013, foi homenageada com o título de pesquisadora emérita do CNPq e em 2017 com o prêmio Distinguished Women in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering concedido pela International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).

Além da paixão pela cristalografia, a professora Yvonne dedica-se também à difusão científica. Coordena desde 2001 um grupo de trabalho sobre o tema no Polo de São Carlos do Instituto de Estudos Avançados da USP ( www.usp.br/cienciaweb ).

Foi casada com o professor e pesquisador Sergio Mascarenhas, com quem teve quatro filhos, Sergio Roberto, Yvone Maria, Helena e Paulo Roberto.

Cristalografia no Brasil: origem e panorama atual

Prof. Yvonne Primerano Mascarenhas

Pode-se dizer que a implantação da cristalografia estrutural no Brasil teve início na década de 60 do século passado após o retorno de Yvonne P. Mascarenhas de um estágio no Departamento de Cristalografia da Universidade de Pittsburgh, USA. Isto ocorreu inicialmente com a formação de um pequeno grupo de físicos e químicos que iniciaram seu mestrado e doutorado utilizando as instalações do recém criado laboratório de cristalografia, equipado com recursos inicialmente concedidos pelo CNPq para aquisição de câmaras para registro fotográfico dos padrões de difração de raios X e, posteriormente, pela FINEP e pela FAPESP, que permitiram a gradual modernização tanto do Laboratório, com difratômetros automáticos, como de sua infraestrutura computacional. Muito importante foi o estabelecimento de colaborações com grupos de pesquisa em diversas áreas da Química, Bioquímica e de Física da Matéria Condensada que sintetizavam ou extraiam os mais variados materiais e necessitavam o conhecimento das respectivas estruturas cristalinas e moleculares para melhor entenderem suas propriedades. Surgem novas lideranças no âmbito do IFSC, tais como Eduardo Castellano, Aldo F. Craievich, Glaucius Oliva, Richard Garratt, Javier Ellena e Igor Polikarpov que ampliaram extraordinariamente o escopo das pesquisas em cristalografia e a formação de novos recursos humanos para o setor. Um grande passo no desenvolvimento da Cristalografia se deu com a implantação em 1997 do Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron como mais um centro de pesquisa do CNPq e é grande a expectativa atual com a inauguração do SIRIUS ainda este ano.

Plenary Lectures

Prof. Alan Taub

University of Michigan, USA

Challenges in Processing of Materials to Reduce Weight of Structural Components

Prof. Alan Taub

Alan Taub joined the faculty of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan in the Fall of 2012. In this role, Taub is conducting research in advanced materials and processing and has a leadership role in the manufacturing innovation institute LIFT (Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow). He is also supporting the new university Global CO2 Initiative.

Taub retired from General Motors in April 2012. Prior to his retirement, he was vice president, Global Research & Development, leading GM’s advanced technical work activity, seven science laboratories around the world, and seven global science offices. He joined GM R&D as executive director in 2001 and was named vice president in 2009.

Taub serves on the boards of several small companies: CellEra and Brightway Vision, is technical advisor for a new strategic venture capital fund, Auto Tech Ventures and is also on the Innovation Advisory Board for Samsung Electronics and serves on the Technology and Strategy Committees for Bocar.

Before joining GM, Taub spent 15 years in research and development at General Electric, where he earned 26 patents. He has authored more than 60 papers. He also worked at Ford Motor Company for eight years.

Taub received his bachelor’s degree in materials engineering from Brown University and master’s and Ph.D. degrees in applied physics from Harvard University. Taub was elected to membership in the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 and elected to the council for NAE in 2016. He became a TMS Fellow in 2018 and has served as the Chair for the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT) for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and on advisory boards for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, and the University of California Davis and Berkeley.

Taub received the 2011 Acta Materialia Materials & Society Award. In 2010, he was awarded the Charles S. Barrett Medal from ASM International’s Rocky Mountain Chapter. In 2007, he gave the TMS-50th Anniversary Laureate Lecture and received the Materials Research Society’s Special Recognition Award in 2004 and Woody White Service Award in 2002. He also received the Brown University Engineering Alumni Medal in 2002.

Challenges in Processing of Materials to Reduce Weight of Structural Components

Prof. Alan Taub

The potential for reducing weight in automobiles and aircraft using high-strength steels, aluminum, titanium and magnesium alloys and polymer composites is well established. The challenge is to achieve the weight reduction at a cost acceptable to the user. Optimization of the material properties and processes together with robust design tools and joining technologies to enable multi-material structures is required. This has become possible through co-development of the new material, the component design and the manufacturing process using state-of-the-art Integrated Computational Materials Engineering models. Examples will be discussed crossing melt, thermomechanical and powder processing.

We will also describe the role of Lightweight Innovations for Tomorrow (LIFT). The Institute was established to accelerate the adoption of advanced metals and serves as the bridge between basic research and final product commercialization. Our industry partners in collaboration with an extensive network of universities and the national and federal laboratories are developing the next generation of advanced manufacturing processes.

Prof. Antônio José Roque da Silva

CNPEM Director, Brazil

Sirius: The New Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source

Prof. Antônio José Roque da Silva

Antonio José Roque da Silva is Director General of the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), Director of the Sirius Project and Full Professor of the Physics Institute at University of São Paulo (IFUSP). He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in physics from University of Campinas (Unicamp), a doctorate and postdoctoral degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a postdoctoral degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. He works in Condensed Matter Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics. He is a Full Member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (ABC) and he was awarded the National Medal of Order of Scientific Merit, in 2018.

Sirius: The New Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source

Prof. Antônio José Roque da Silva

The use of synchrotron radiation by a great variety of fields has increased steadily worldwide. This, to a large extent, is a result of the availability of the much brighter third-generation light sources, which allowed the development of new experimental techniques. Brazil gave an important contribution to science through the development of the necessary technology and the construction of the first synchrotron in the Southern Hemisphere, the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), still the only one in Latin America, that operates this installation as an open facility since 1997. It is a second-generation machine, with relatively low electron energy, high emittance and few straight sections for insertion devices. Its pioneering activities in synchrotron science gave rise, with time, to the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM), a complex of four National Laboratories – LNLS itself, the Brazilian Biosciences National Laboratory (LNBio), the Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE) and the Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano). Since 2009, the LNLS has been working on the project and construction of the new Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source - Sirius. It will be one of the first fourth-generation machines in the world and it is a national project. It is being planned to be a state-of-the-art light source, providing cutting edge research tools that are nonexistent today in Brazil. In this talk an overview of the main characteristics, potentialities and status of the project will be provided.

Prof. Julia Greer

California Institute of Technology, USA

Materials by Design: Three-Dimensional Nano-Architected Meta-Materials

Prof. Julia Greer

Greer’s research focuses on creating and characterizing classes of materials with multiscale microstructural hierarchy, that utilize the combination of three-dimensional (3D) architectures with nanoscale-induced material properties. These include nature-made materials, i.e. bone and hard biological systems, as well as synthetic ones that can be comprised of a broad range of materials: from ceramics and metals to glasses, polymers, organics, organic/inorganic hybrids, and multi-functional smart materials. These nanoarchitected meta-materials not only provide a rich “playground” for fundamental science but also have the potential to enable new technological advances in biomedical devices, energy storage, lightweight structural materials, and additive manufacturing.

Greer obtained her S.B. in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Advanced Music Performance from MIT in 1997 and a Ph.D. in Materials Science from Stanford, worked at Intel (2000-03) and was a post-doc at PARC (2005-07). Julia joined Caltech in 2007 and currently is a full professor with appointments in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Medical Engineering.

Greer has more than 140 publications and has delivered over 100 invited lectures, which include 2 TEDx talks, multiple named seminars at universities, the Watson lecture at Caltech, the Gilbreth Lecture at the National Academy of Engineering, the Midwest Mechanics Lecture series, and a “IdeasLab” at the World Economic Forum. She was named a Vannevar-Bush Faculty Fellow by the US Department of Defence (2016) and CNN’s 20/20 Visionary (2016). Her work was recognized among Top-10 Breakthrough Technologies by MIT’s Technology Review (2015). Greer was named as one of “100 Most Creative People” by Fast Company and a Young Global Leader by World Economic Forum (2014) and received multiple career awards: Kavli (2014), Nano Letters, SES, and TMS (2013); NASA, ASME (2012), Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award (2012), DOE (2011), DARPA (2009), and Technology Review’s TR-35, (2008).

Greer serves as an Associated Editor for Nano Letters and Extreme Mechanics Letters. She is also a concert pianist, with recent performances of “nanomechanics rap” with MUSE/IQUE, solo piano recitals and chamber concerts (2007-present), and as a soloist of Brahms Concerto No. 2 with Redwood Symphony (2006).

Materials by Design: Three-Dimensional Nano-Architected Meta-Materials

Prof. Julia Greer

Creation of extremely strong and simultaneously ultra lightweight materials can be achieved by incorporating architecture into material design. We fabricate threedimensional (3D) nano-architected materials that can exhibit superior and often tunable thermal, photonic, electrochemical, and mechanical properties at extremely low mass densities (lighter than aerogels), which renders them ideal for many scientific pursuits and technological applications. The dominant properties of such meta-materials, where individual constituent size at each relevant scale (atoms to nanometers to microns) is comparable to the characteristic microstructural length scale of the constituent solid, are largely unknown because of their multi-scale nature. To harness the beneficial properties of 3D nano-architected meta-materials, it is critical to assess properties at each relevant scale while capturing overall structural complexity.

We describe the fabrication and synthesis using two-photon lithography, nanofabrication, and additive manufacturing (AM) techniques, as well as the mechanical, biochemical, electrochemical, and thermal properties of nanolattices made of different materials with varying microstructural detail. Attention is focused on uncovering the synergy between the internal atomic-level microstructure and the nano-sized external dimensionality, where competing material- and structure-induced size effects drive overall response and govern these properties. Specific discussion topics include the nanofabrication and characterization of (often hierarchical) threedimensional nano-architected meta-materials and their applications in chemical and biological devices, ultra lightweight energy storage systems, damage-tolerant fabrics, and photonic crystals.

Prof. Maria-Pau Ginebra

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Bioinspired strategies for bone regeneration

Prof. Maria-Pau Ginebra

Maria-Pau Ginebra is full professor and Head of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) in Barcelona, Spain, as well as Director of the Biomaterials Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group of the Centre for Research in Biomedical Engineering of the UPC, where she leads a team of 30 multi-disciplinary researchers.

Her research has resulted in relevant contributions in the development of new biomaterials for bone regeneration, bone tissue engineering and controlled drug release. Her focus is on the processing and characterisation of a new generation of biomimetic calcium phosphates, which imitate the extracellular matrix of bones. Furthermore, she explores new strategies of biofabrication, including injectable cements and foams, scaffolds for tissue engineering, bioinspired substrates and 3D printing of implants for regenerative medicine.

She is author of more than 190 articles in peer reviewed indexed international journals and 220 contributions to international congresses, in addition to having edited 3 books and being author of 16 book chapters. She has been visiting professor in several foreign Universities, such as Dankook University (Korea) and University of Minnesota (USA) and has imparted more than 40 invited lectures in international Congresses.

She is actively involved in translational research to the clinics and industry, being the inventor of 10 patents. In 2013 she co-founded the spin-off company Mimetis Biomaterials.

She is member of the editorial board of Acta Biomaterialia, Tissue Engineering and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. In 2013, she received the Racquel LeGeros Award by the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine, for her contribution to the research in calcium phosphate biomaterials.

Bioinspired strategies for bone regeneration

Prof. Maria-Pau Ginebra

Bioinspiration is a powerful approach when designing functional biomaterials. Synthetic bone substitutes have been used for more than 40 years in the clinics. However, after decades of research, they have not been able to outperform autografts, which are still the gold standard, in spite of the serious drawbacks they entail. Paradoxically, conventional synthetic bone grafts are obtained by classical ceramic sintering routes, resulting in microstructures and compositions far from the bone mineral. Recently, novel biomimetic routes have opened unprecedented possibilities in terms of tuning the nanostructure and composition of hydroxyapatite, imitating more closely the mineral phase of bone. Tuning the size, shape and composition of hydroxyapatite nanocrystals allows promoting the osteoinductive and osteogenic properties of the material. This brings tremendous benefits in the in vivo synchronization between scaffold degradation and new bone deposition, suggesting that biomimetic apatite is able to enter the natural bone remodeling cycle. Moreover, the control of pore architecture by using advanced manufacturing technologies, such as 3D-printing or foam templating open up new possibilities in the design of customized bioceramics for bone regeneration.

Prof. Maurizio Prato

Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy

Multifunctional Hybrid Carbon Interfaces

Prof. Maurizio Prato

Maurizio Prato graduated in Padova, where he was appointed Assistant Professor in 1983. He moved to Trieste in 1992 as an Associate Professor to become Full Professor in 2000. From 2015, he joined CIC biomaGUNE, Spain as Ikerbasque Research Professor. He spent sabbatical terms at Yale University and at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was the recipient of an ERC Advanced Research Grant in 2008, became a Member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in 2010, and Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti in 2018.

His research focuses on the synthesis of new functional materials, for applications in medicine and energy fields, in particular in spinal cord repair, splitting of water, and reduction of carbon dioxide into useful chemicals.

Multifunctional Hybrid Carbon Interfaces

Prof. Maurizio Prato

Connecting nanostructured materials to biological compartments is a crucial step in prosthetic applications, where the interfacing surfaces should provide minimal undesired perturbation to the target tissue. Ultimately, the (nano)material of choice has to be biocompatible and promote cellular growth and adhesion with minimal cytotoxicity or dis-regulation of, for example, cellular activity and proliferation.

In this context, carbon nanomaterials, including nanotubes and graphene, are particularly well suited for the design and construction of functional interfaces. This is mainly due to the extraordinary properties of these novel materials, which combine mechanical strength, thermal and electrical conductivity.

Our group has been involved in the organic functionalization of various types of nanocarbons, including carbon nanotubes, fullerenes and, more recently, graphene. The organic functionalization offers the great advantage of producing soluble and easy-to-handle materials. As a consequence, since biocompatibility is expected to improve upon functionalization, many modified carbon nanomaterials may be useful in the field of nanomedicine.

In particular, we have recently shown that carbon nanotubes and graphene can act as active substrates for neuronal growth, a field that has given so far very exciting results. Nanotubes and graphene are compatible with neurons, but, especially, they play a very interesting role in interneuronal communication. Improved synaptic communication is just one example.

In addition, in combination with suitable catalysts, carbon nanotubes can serve as versatile interfaces for the splitting of water molecules to give oxygen, but, especially, molecular hydrogen, ideal for clean energy generation. In combination with catalysts of different nature, carbon nanostructures can serve for many scopes.

During this talk, we will show the latest and most exciting results obtained in our laboratories in these fast developing fields.

Prof. Mingzhong Wu

Colorado State University, USA

Spin Transfer in Topological Insulator/Magnetic Insulator Bi-Layered Structures

Prof. Mingzhong Wu

Mingzhong Wu received his Ph.D. in Solid State Electronics from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China in 1999, joined the faculty of Colorado State University in USA in 2007, and is currently a Professor of Physics and the Director of PRSE-Designated Center for Advanced Magnetics at Colorado State University. He is interested in many research topics in magnetism and magnetic materials; his current research areas include spintronics, magnetization dynamics, nonlinear spin waves, thin film growth, and microwave magnetic materials and devices. He has authored about 135 technical papers and 4 book chapters; he has also co-edited a book on magnetic insulators. Mingzhong Wu was an Editor for IEEE Magnetics Letters (2012-2016) and is currently serving as an Editor for Physics Letters A. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal of Applied Physics and the Editorial Board of Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. He served as the Education Committee Chair of the IEEE Magnetics Society from 2012 to 2015 and the Financial Chair of the Society from 2015 to 2018.

Spin Transfer in Topological Insulator/Magnetic Insulator Bi-Layered Structures

Prof. Mingzhong Wu

Recent years have witnessed a rapidly growing interest in topological insulators, not only because of rich intriguing physics in such materials, but also due to their promising potential in quantum computing and spintronics applications. This presentation will discuss a bi-layer system where a topological insulator interfaces with a magnetic insulator. This system is of particular interest for two main reasons. First, one can use the magnetic insulator to pump spins into the topological insulator; by measuring the resultant responses in the topological insulator, one can reveal the nature of the topological surface states. Second, the system can serve as a platform for exploring the use of topological insulators for magnetization manipulation. The first half of this presentation will report experiments on spin pumping from a magnetic insulator Y3Fe5O12 slab to a topological Kondo insulator SmB6 thin film. The data not only confirmed the non-trivial nature of the topological surface states, but also enabled the determination of the depth of the surface states. The second half will report on topological surface state-induced magnetization switching in a bi-layer that consists of a topological insulator Bi2Se3 thin film and a magnetic insulator BaFe₁₂O₁₉ thin film.

Prof. Norbert Koch

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Hybrid inorganic/organic semiconductor structures for opto-electronics

Prof. Norbert Koch

Norbert Koch studied technical physics at the Technische Universität Graz, Austria. At the same university he received a doctorate in solid state physics in 2000. He spent the following two years as postdoc at Princeton University and worked on organic/metal interfaces and covalently surface-bound self-assembled monolayers. After moving to Berlin in 2003, he started building his own group, and contributed to the fundamental understanding of interfaces of organic semiconductors with inorganic materials and devising methods to optimize interface electronic properties. In 2009 he was appointed as professor in the Department of Physics of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and in 2010 his group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie was established. More recently, doping of organic semiconductors, and interfacial phenomena with perovskites and 2D materials became part of his research agenda.

Hybrid inorganic/organic semiconductor structures for opto-electronics

Prof. Norbert Koch

Electronic and opto-electronic devices used in information, communication, energy conversion, and energy storage technologies rely on a precise control of the charge density distribution, which is the key parameter for a wide range of electronic and optical processes in devices. The charge density and its energy spectrum in electronic materials determine elemental parameters and functions, such as the Fermi level position, type and mobility of charge carriers, interfacial energy level alignment, carrier injection and extraction at contacts, and the characteristics of excitations. The primary conventional method to control the charge density in electronic materials is doping, as already employed by Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain in the first transistors in the 1940s. However, established electronic materials and doping concepts, e.g., the statistical incorporation of dopant atoms in a covalent lattice, will soon reach fundamental limits. The anticipated route beyond this deadlock is the use of new electronic materials and combinations thereof, where tuning quantum confinement, dimensionality, and the charge density enable new device concepts. In this contribution, at first the fundamental differences in the electronic properties of selected advanced and emerging electronic materials are contrasted, i.e., organic semiconductors, metal halide perovskites, and two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) monolayers. Next, considerations of how the energy levels differ in practical thin films from those in single crystals will provide the basis for discussing fundamental interfacial phenomena in hybrid heterostructures comprising dissimilar material classes. Modern approaches to tune the interfacial charge density re-arrangement, and concomitantly the energy level alignment, will then be introduced and their impact on interface functionality in devices exemplified. Most of these approaches are based on employing very strong molecular electron donor or acceptor molecules as interlayers, and photochromic molecular switches even facilitate operando optical control over electrical device characteristics, i.e., multifunctionality.

Prof. Stefano Baroni

Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Italy

Watching Flowers Through a Silicon Glass

Prof. Stefano Baroni

Stefano Baroni is Professor of Condensed Matter Theory at SISSA in Trieste. In the nineties he has been the director of CECAM, then in Lyon, France. His research over the years has led to new theoretical ideas and numerical tools for the study of properties and processes otherwise inaccessible to quantitative theoretical investigation. He has touched on diverse applications, including: semiconductor interfaces and alloys, the chemical reactivity of metal surfaces and catalysis, lattice dynamics and related materials properties, and the dynamics of quantum liquids and droplets. His recent most research interests include the ab initio simulation of molecular spectroscopy and thermal transport. Professor Baroni is known for pioneering different quantum simulation methods, including density-functional perturbation theory and reputation Quantum Monte Carlo, as well as for the development of the Quantum ESPRESSO suite of codes for ab-initio electronic structure calculations and quantum materials modeling.

Watching Flowers Through a Silicon Glass

Prof. Stefano Baroni

Most natural colours in the red-purple-blue gamut are expressed by anthocyanins, a broad class of dyes responsible for the color of berries, red grapes, eggplants, red cabbage, blue corn, purple carrots, as well as many flowers. The extreme variability of the color expressed by anthocyanins depends on their detailed chemical composition, as well as on environmental conditions, such as acidity and co-pigmentation, i.e. on the presence in solution of otherwise optically inert chemicals. In this talk I will review recent theoretical work aimed at unveiling the factors that allow an anthocyanin solution to express a bright shade of blue, a rare hue to be found in nature, of great interest in the food industry. This work is based on a recently designed multi-scale protocol that allows one to properly account for the effects of both high-frequency (intra-conformer) and low-frequency (inter-conformer) thermal fluctuations on the optical spectra of the solution, the latter being computed using an embedded flavour of time-dependent density-functional theory. Besides confirming the importance of the molecule's charge state, we also unveil the hitherto unrecognized role of internal distortions in the chromophore, which affect its degree of conjugation, modulating the optical gap and in turn the color. Our results are in excellent agreement with experiments for some simple anthocyanins and provide unprecedented insight into the complex behaviour underlying color expression in this molecular family, allowing us to extend our study to the effects of intra-molecular co-pigmentation and metal complexation.

Symposia

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BIO-RELATED MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS

A - Nanomaterials in Medicine, Nanotoxicology and Nanoregulation
B - Biological, biopolymer-based and bio-inspired materials
C - Advanced Materials and Surface Treatments for Biological, Dental and Medical Applications
D - Environmental remediation - science applied in the search for solutions to air, water and soil pollution
E - Green Materials: Processes and Devices

A - Nanomaterials in Medicine, Nanotoxicology and Nanoregulation

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Symposium A

Nanomaterials in Medicine, Nanotoxicology and Nanoregulation

Scope of the Symposium

Nanomaterials have been proven efficient theranostic agents to disease detection and diagnosis. Nevertheless, understanding the bio-nano interface is of key importance to guide the design of drug delivery systems with the better therapeutic outcomes. In this context, functionality, and safety is considered an integrated way from the earliest phases of the research and innovation of the nanoproduct, which opens up the focus on safety, making agencies around the world to supply specific regulatory guidelines for such materials before their commercialization. The latter is an openness of toxicology studies which can give information to guide regulatory decisions toward developing a safety net to enable the marketing of products before commercialization.
We propose the symposium "Nanomaterials in Medicine, Nanotoxicology and Nanoregulation", which will bring together a state-of-the-art discussion on the safe-by-design nanomaterials to be used in medicine as well as their toxicological aspects, a topic which is increasing over the world, and has been covered by important international conferences. Moreover, it will be the opportunity to present the updates of the international agreement NanoReg between Brazil and EU for the standardization of production and safe use of nanomaterials. The symposium welcomes all researchers in the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology that is interesting in the nanomaterials applied to medicine and Nanotox field.
Aligned with the fruitful scientific environment of the event, we also intend to organize the first technical meeting of the Project ?Certification of Nanoproducts?, a project elaborated as a national continuation of the NanoReg Program and coordinated by MCTIC and Inmetro, which aims to transfer the technical knowledge produced to the regulator agencies in Brazil such as Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency), Ibama (Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources), Mapa (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply) and Inmetro.
The symposium will create opportunities for participants to present and share experiences, explore new directions and to debate topics with experts from across the globe in the fields of Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology. This symposium has been offered since 2015 in SBPMat.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Nanomaterials for Diagnosis and Therapy, Nanomaterials for Biosensors, Nanomedicine and Bio-Nano Interfaces, Nanomedicine in Cancer, Nanocarriers for Drug-Delivery, Nanomedicine for Tissue Regeneration, In vitro and In vivo Nanotoxicology, Eco/Environment

Invited speakers

Marco Monopoli
(Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) [To be confirmed]
Günter Oberdörster
(University of Rochester Medical Center, USA) [To be confirmed]
Dr. Bengt Fadeel
(Karolinska Institutet) [To be confirmed]
Dr José Maria de Monserrat
(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) [To be confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Valtencir Zucolotto (Nanomedicine and Nanotoxicology Group, IFSC, USP)
Juliana Cancino (Federal University of Alfenas)
Felipe Silva Belucci (Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications - MCTIC)
José M Granjeiro (INMETRO)

B - Biological, biopolymer-based and bio-inspired materials

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Symposium B

Biological, biopolymer-based and bio-inspired materials

Scope of the Symposium

Nature serves as inspiration for the development of new high-performance materials though the mimicking of biological architectures or use of materials such as biopolymers. The mimicking of biological architectures serves for the development of new high-performance synthetic materials as they often exhibit combinations of properties that are mutually exclusive. Understanding the underlying principles that lead to these unusual combinations of properties in biological materials allows materials scientists and engineers to fabricate synthetic materials with unprecedented performance. Biopolymers possess properties such as biocompatibility, low toxicity, biodegradability, as well as abundant raw material which draws the attention for its use in areas such as medical-pharmaceutical, food, environment or energy. This symposium aims at strengthening the interactions between Brazilian and international researchers who are working on biological, biopolymer-based and bio-inspired materials and encourage scientific discussions of recent research, challenges and findings to foster new interdisciplinary collaborations.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Bio-inspired materials
Bio-mimetic materials
Technologies inspired by nature
Characterization of biological and bio-inspired materials
Processing of cellulose-based materials (e.g. cellulose nanocrystals, nanofibrillated cellulose and bacterial cellulose)
3D printing of Nano cellulose-based materials
Applications of nano and bacterial cellulose products
Biopolymer-based devices in food applications
Biopolymer-based devices in medical-pharmaceutical applications
Biopolymer-based devices in environment or energy applications

Invited speakers

Nico Bruns
(University of Strathclyde- Scotland) [Confirmed]
Orlando Rojas
(Aalto University - Finland) [Confirmed]
Thomas Crouzier
(KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Sweden) [Confirmed]
Marisa Masumi Beppu
(UNICAMP - Brazil) [Confirmed]
Osvaldo Novais de Oliveira Junior
(USP - Brazil) [Confirmed]
German Salazar-Alvarez
(Stockholms Universitet - Sweden) [Confirmed]
LaShanda Korley
(University of Delaware - USA) [Confirmed]
Hortense Le Ferrand
(Nanyang Technologial University - Singapore) [Confirmed]
Gustav Nyström
(EMPA - Switzerland) [Confirmed]
Tanja Zimmerman
(EMPA - Switzerland) [Confirmed]
Jon Pokorski
(UCSD - USA) [Confirmed]
Pedro Massaguer
(3D Biotechnology Solutions - Brazil) [Confirmed]
Ana Luiza Millás
(3D Biotechnology Solutions - Brazil) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Nico Bruns (University of Strathclyde)
Rafael Libanori (ETH Zurich)
Gilberto Siqueira (EMPA)
Sara Velasquez (University of Strathclyde)
Classius Ferreira da Silva (Universidade Federal de São Paulo)
Mariana Agostini de Moraes (Universidade Federal de São Paulo)
Marisa Masumi Beppu (UNICAMP)
Thomas Crouzier (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

C - Advanced Materials and Surface Treatments for Biological, Dental and Medical Applications

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Symposium C

Advanced Materials and Surface Treatments for Biological, Dental and Medical Applications

Scope of the Symposium

The ongoing development of biomaterials semi-synthetic, nanomaterials and soft materials continue to offer innovative, biological, dental and medical applications. These ?materials for life? express the challenge which the field of biomaterials is currently facing: to provide effective and affordable biomaterials-based methods to repair and regenerate damaged and diseased tissues and organs and/or to interact with the specific biological target. This challenge can only be overcome by converging breakthrough developments from the fields of chemistry, physics, materials science, biology and engineering to address real clinical needs, while also considering the translational pathway from bench to bedside. Surface modifications techniques are currently used in order to tailor the surface of materials to obtain desired properties for several applications, in special to biological, dental and medical. Thus, materials that possess excellent bulk properties can be used in the aggressive environmental where will be in service with appropriate surface. The symposium focuses on the development of new materials for biological, dental and medical applications and on the fundamental understanding of biological and biomimetic-solid interfaces as well as their implementation into biological, dental and medical applications. Interfacing biological molecules predictably with solid materials at the nanoscale is the key for hybrid materials design leading to innovative functional properties. Exploiting such properties towards developing functional materials and devices depends on a better understanding and control of the interfacial interactions at the atomic to nanoscale.

Selected papers will be published in a special issue of Revista Matéria.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Synthesis and characterization of novel biomaterials for biomedical applications;
Surface biofunctionality: the interface between the material and living cells and tissues;
Corrosion, tribocorrosion, and degradation of materials;
Mechanical behavior of materials for biomedical applications;
Biocompatibility of materials for biomedical applications;
Tissue regeneration: Advanced biomaterial approaches for promoting healing and restorative repair process;
Results of clinical evaluations of implantable materials.

Invited speakers

Prof. Thomas J. Webster
(Northeastern University, USA) [Confirmed]
Ketul C. Popat
(Colorado State University, USA) [Confirmed]
Geetha Manivasagam
(Vellore Institute of Technology, India) [Confirmed]
Lakshmi S. Nair
(University of Connecticut Health Center) [Confirmed]
Janaina de Andréa Dernowsek
(Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer, Brazil) [Confirmed]
Hernandes Faustino de Carvalho
(Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Carlos Roberto Grandini, FBSE (UNESP/Bauru)
Ana Paula Rosifini Alves Claro (UNESP/Guaratinguetá)
Paulo Noronha Lisboa Filho (UNESP/Bauru)
Rossana Mara da Silva Moreira Thiré (UFRJ/COPPE)
Rodrigo Silveira Vieira (Universidade Federal do Ceará)

D - Environmental remediation - science applied in the search for solutions to air, water and soil pollution

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Symposium D

Environmental remediation - science applied in the search for solutions to air, water and soil pollution

Scope of the Symposium

Sustainable development is certainly a concern all around the world, especially when 92% of the world population lives in polluted areas, according to the World Health Organization. As a consequence, managing pollution is certainly one of the world?s greatest challenges. Whilst strategies towards waste minimization (including recycling) are now established in many countries, society continues to pollute the environment. For these reasons, this symposium intends to be a forum for discussions on new technologies for the mitigation of air, water and soil pollution.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Waste Management by immobilization of residues not amenable to recycling (e.g. in cements, building materials and polymers);
Waste management by processing/concentrating diffuse wastes in aqueous media by the use of clays/zeolites/other ion exchangers; precipitation/redox chemistry; advanced oxidative processes;
Waste management by processing/concentrating diffuse wastes in gaseous media by the use of catalytic and photocatalytic processes;
Assessing/monitoring effectiveness of technologies for environmental remediation by the use of biosensors for toxicity monitoring;
Metal oxynitrides: synthesis, nitriding methods, characterization and theoretical calculations applied in the understanding of structural, vibrational and energetic aspects of oxynitride and related materials;
Environmental remediation systems based on oxynitride and related materials, including oxynitride based photocatalysts.

Invited speakers

Sandro Marden Torres
(Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB) [To be confirmed]
Donald Macphee
(University of Aberdeen, Scotland - UK) [To be confirmed]
Rodolfo Roncolatto
(CENPES - Petrobrás) [To be confirmed]
Josy Osajima
(Universidade Federal do Piauí - UFPI) [To be confirmed]
Kazuhiko Maeda
(Dep. of Chemistry, School of Science, Japan) [To be confirmed]
Ulrich Aschauer
(University of Bern, Switzerland) [To be confirmed]
Amparo Fuertes
(Institut de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona, Spain) [To be confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Ieda Maria Garcia dos Santos (Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB)
Ary da Silva Maia (Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB)
Donald Macphee (University of Aberdeen, Scotland - UK)
Ingrid Tavora Weber (Universidade de Brasília - Unb)
François Chéviré (University of Rennés 1, Rennés, France)
Carlos Alberto Paskocimas (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN)

E - Green Materials: Processes and Devices

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Symposium E

Green Materials: Processes and Devices

Scope of the Symposium

A sustainable development is ?a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs?. However, materials dominating nowadays technologies for electronic and energy storage devices have proven to lack sustainability. In contrast, carbon-based materials and technologies are options to reach sustainability in the electronic and energy storage fields. This means that new technologies covering the entire supply chain for developing environmentally friendly batteries are in high demand. Reuse and recycling are key factors to decrease the environmental impact of batteries, and energy storage and conversion devices. Finding new chemicals (easy-to-recover) to substitute critical materials (precious and/or heavy metals) will have a positive impact on ?green? energy storage devices. Newly designed batteries, that use of carbon-based biosourced redox-active electrode materials, natural binders and ?green? electrolytes, are expected to be biodegradable within dedicated waste management facilities. The intention/goal of this symposium is to bring together leading experts in bio-sourced materials and recycling and degradation strategies to highlight the forefront of research and steer future research directions in greener devices.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Biodegradable electrode materials
Electronic and ionic transport in sustainable energy storage devices
Heavy metal-free electrodes
Materials from bio-waste
Renewable biomass-derived materials for energy storage
Supercapacitors
Sustainable synthesis processes

Invited speakers

Paulo Roberto Bueno
(UNESP) [Confirmed]
Igor Zhitomirsky
(McMaster University) [To be confirmed]
Orlando Rios
(Oak Ridge National Laboratory) [To be confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Marcelo Ornaghi Orlandi (Sao Paulo State University)
Clara Santato (Polytechnique Montreal)
Francesca Soavi (Alma Mater Studiourm Universita? di Bologna)
Neftali Lenin Carreno (Federal University of Pelotas)

MATERIALS PROPERTIES AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

F - Organic Electronics and Bioelectronics: Fundamentals, Applications and Emerging Technologies
G - Photonics of Materials: Solar Cells, Photocatalysis, Luminescence and Physical Optics
H - 2nd Hydrogen Storage Alloys Workshop
I - Innovative applications for textile materials
J - Glass and Glass-Ceramics: Breakthrough Materials from Synthesis to Applications

F - Organic Electronics and Bioelectronics: Fundamentals, Applications and Emerging Technologies

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Symposium F

Organic Electronics and Bioelectronics: Fundamentals, Applications and Emerging Technologies

Scope of the Symposium

The Symposium intends to bring together chemists, materials scientists, biologist, physicists, and engineers from both academia and industry to share information on the organic- and bio-related materials for devices application and emerging technologies in organic electronics field. It includes all types of organic/inorganic functional materials, as well as their electronic and optoelectronics properties towards applications. The research topics comprise all types of synthesis, processing techniques (molecular crystals, multilayers, self-assemblies, printing techniques, and thin films), compounds (polymers, small molecules, composites, blends, nanoparticles, liquid crystals, hybrid), micro- and nano-fabrication, interfaces, spectroscopic characterization (linear and non-linear), surfaces (conducting, flexible, transparent substrates), electronic, and photonic properties. In addition, the symposium is equally opened for any type of electronic, photonic and hybrid devices, such as: light-emitting diodes (LEDs), field-effect transistors (FETs), MIS capacitors, diodes, electrochemical cells and transistors, photovoltaics (PVs), thermoelectrics, supercapacitors, integrated circuits, non-volatile memories, batteries, sensors, actuators & detectors. In this context, the Symposium aims to discuss the future of Organic Electronics and Bioelectronics to argue our current understanding and to define future trends of this exciting field.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Synthesis and characterization of conjugated molecules and polymers, hybrid, and compounds
Natural/biocompatible electronic materials
Synthesis and characterization of functional liquid crystals and their applications
Mixed ion-electron conduction
Interfaces and bulk properties: advances in material processing
Photonic, photophysics, and photochemistry of conjugated molecules and polymers
Electronic, photonic, hybrid and carbon-based devices
Micro- and nano-fabrication of organic or hybrid materials
Organic sensors, biosensors and interfacing biology to electronics
Theoretical modeling of conjugated molecules or polymers and organic devices

Invited speakers

Jeffrey Kettle
(Bangor University) [Confirmed]
Andy Monkman
(Durham University) [Confirmed]
Harald Bock
(Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal) [Confirmed]
Paulo Rocha
(University of Bath) [Confirmed]
Matthias Lehmann
(University of Würzburg ) [Confirmed]
Antonio Riul Júnior
(Universidade Estadual de Campinas) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Juliana Eccher (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Marystela Ferreira (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)
Douglas José Coutinho (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná)
Eduard Westphal (Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná)

G - Photonics of Materials: Solar Cells, Photocatalysis, Luminescence and Physical Optics

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Symposium G

Photonics of Materials: Solar Cells, Photocatalysis, Luminescence and Physical Optics

Scope of the Symposium

This symposium aims at providing a forum for material scientists, chemists and physicists where to debate about the state of the art and the perspectives of the photonic materials. Both fundamental luminescence and photovoltaic properties and application oriented material investigations will be considered, including the theoretical and experimental mechanisms involved in nanometric scale properties and aspects related to surface modification related to optical phenomena. The symposium also aims to integrate the institutions and their research groups interested in the processing and applications of materials for photovoltaic devices, photo catalysis and optical physics like light emitters, photo detectors and multiple junction devices.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Solar Cells
Photocatalyst
Luminescence
Physical optics

Invited speakers

Carlos Graeff
(Universidade Estadual Paulista) [Confirmed]
Helio Cesar Nogueira Tolentino
(Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais) [Confirmed]
Tatiana Martelli Mazzo
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo) [Confirmed]
Francisco das Chagas Marques
(Universidade de Campinas) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Sergio da Silva Cava (Universidade Federal de Pelotas)
Mario Lucio Moreira (Universidade Federal de Pelotas)
Cristiane Wienke Raubach Ratmann (Universidade Federal de Pelotas)
Pedro Lovato Gomes Jardim (Universidade Federal de Pelotas)

H - 2nd Hydrogen Storage Alloys Workshop

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Symposium H

2nd Hydrogen Storage Alloys Workshop

Scope of the Symposium

Safe and effective hydrogen storage is one of the key challenges for a broader use of hydrogen as an energy carrier. Hydrogen storage in metal hydrides may offer an interesting solution, since very high volumetric capacities can be attained when hydrogen is confined in the inner structure of an appropriate metallic alloy. In this workshop, the main aspects related to the structure, synthesis, processing, properties and applications of metal hydrides will be covered. A special emphasis is given for advanced processing and characterization of novel materials such as nanocomposites, severely deformed alloys, and high entropy alloys. The proposed program aims to provide a comprehensive overview of these interesting class of functional materials, which have a central role in the utilization hydrogen as an energy carrier but also could be used in other applications such as heat storage and battery electrodes.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

New Alloys and Composites with Enhanced Hydrogen Storage Properties
Advanced Processing of Hydrogen Storage Materials
Hydrogen Storage in Metal-Polymer Nanocomposite Materials
Low Cost Alloys for Hydrogen Storage
High Entropy Alloys for Hydrogen Storage
Practical Applications of Hydrogen Storage Materials

Invited speakers

Adam Duong
(Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières - CANADA) [Confirmed]
Gabriel Omar Meyer
(Centro Atómico Bariloche - ARGENTINA) [Confirmed]
Walter José Botta Filho
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos - BRAZIL) [Confirmed]
Dilson dos Santos Silva
(Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro - BRAZIL) [Confirmed]
Luiz Antonio Pessan
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos - BRAZIL) [Confirmed]
Santiago J. A. Figueroa
(Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS), Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais (CNPEM) - BRAZIL) [Confirmed]
Ricardo Mendes Leal Neto
(Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - BRAZIL) [Confirmed]
Gisele Ferreira de Lima Andreani
(Universidade Federal de São Paulo - BRAZIL) [Confirmed]
Alberto Moreira Jorge Junior
(Universidade Federal de São Carlos - BRAZIL) [Confirmed]
Ricardo Floriano
(Universidade Estadual de Campinas - BRAZIL) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Daniel Rodrigo Leiva (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)
Guilherme Zepon (Universidade Federal de São Carlos)
Jacques Huot (Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières)

I - Innovative applications for textile materials

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Symposium I

Innovative applications for textile materials

Scope of the Symposium

The symposium Innovative applications for textile materials will be focused on research and development of textile inovattions, including biotechnology and enzyme technology applied to fibers and fabrics. The proposed symposium is intended to be multidisciplinary and the thematic technical sessions and oral presentations will consider: Alternative sustainable textile wet processing; Nanotechnology for textile finishing; Enzimatic and Biotechnology in textile processing; Treatment and recycling of textile waste; Smart technologies in textile processing;
The textiles and fabrics industry has significantly grown in the last decade, bringing new demands and the need for new fields research, such as the sustainability throughout the production scale, from the extraction of the raw material to the treatment of textile waste. In this sense, the textile industries are closely linked with the development of new materials or nanomaterials. The growing textile fields face many challenges and concerns, especially when are considering the issues of textile recycling, the large amount of waste and water used during the production. The development of greener and sustainable processes with less consumption of harmful chemical reagents, procedural milder conditions (neutral pH, lower temperatures), lower consumption of energy and water, and lower generation of effluents and residues. The use of bio, nano and other new technologies should, in principle, contribute to the development of innovative and high quality of products, in line with the technological requirements, and environmental preservation. The region of the Itajaí Valley is considered one of the largest textile centers in the country and Latin America and has various industries sectors using conventional and innovative technologies. The symposium is an exceptional opportunity for the discussion of research advances and prospects of technologies applied to the textile processing. Besides, will stimulate the exchange of information between participants from universities, research institutes, government agencies and industries.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

1- Alternative sustainable textile wet processing;
2- Nanotechnology for textile finishing;
3- Enzimatic and Biotechnology in textile processing;
4- Treatment and recycling of textile waste;
5- Smart technologies in textile processing.

Invited speakers

1- Renan Serrano
(USP) [Confirmed]
2- Jürgen Andreaus
(FURB) [Confirmed]
Bianca Nastri Penteado Zaghini
(Aupicor Química Ltda) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Lizandra Maria Zimmermann (FURB)
Jürgen Andreaus (FURB)
Ivonete Oliveira Barcellos (FURB)
Eduardo Guilherme Cividini Neiva (FURB)

J - Glass and Glass-Ceramics: Breakthrough Materials from Synthesis to Applications

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Symposium J

Glass and Glass-Ceramics: Breakthrough Materials from Synthesis to Applications

Scope of the Symposium

Glass and glass-ceramics have attracted large attention due to their interesting properties, which could be tune by changing composition as well as their isotropy, easiness and loss cost of preparation when compared to monocrystalline materials. Their excellent mechanical, electrical and optical properties make glass and glass-ceramics important materials for many technological applications. In this scenario, an extend research on the glasses has been carried in Brazil, following the trends of the international glass community researches on the synthesis, structural investigation, optical applications and characterization of different class of glass and glass-ceramics. This symposium on glasses and glass-ceramics, aims to gather the actual research community to share ideas, discuss results and debate the most recent research trends exploited on glass and glass-ceramic synthesis. The topics are mainly focused on, but not limited to, synthesis and characterization of glasses and glass-ceramics for a broad range of applications including optics, communication, data storage, luminescence, biology, electronics and optical microstructuring etc.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Synthesis of glass and glass-ceramics
Structural properties of glass and glass-ceramics
Optical properties of glass and glass-ceramics
Optically active glass and glass-ceramics
Rare-earth doped glass and glass-ceramics
Advanced applications of smart glasses
Photovoltaic glass technology
Photochromic materials
Electrical, mechanical and magnetic properties of glass and glass-ceramics
Glass and glass-ceramics for biological applications

Invited speakers

Andrea Simone Stucchi de Camargo Alvarez Bernardez
(Universidade de São Paulo) [Confirmed]
Sidney José Lima Ribeiro
( Instituto de Química - UNESP) [Confirmed]
Lauro June Queiroz Maia
(Universidade Federal de Goiás) [Confirmed]
Carlos Jacinto da Silva
(Universidade Federal de Alagoas) [Confirmed]
Mauro Luciano Baesso
(Universidade Estadual de Maringá) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Mohammad Reza Dousti (Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco)
Danilo Manzani (Universidade de São Paulo)
Gaël Yves Poirier (Universidade Federal de Alfenas)
Jefferson Luis Ferrari (Universidade Federal de Uberlândia)

MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION AND DEGRADATION

K - i-Caloric Materials and Applications
L - Materials degradation and solutions to increase its lifespan
M - Magnetic and Superconducting Materials

K - i-Caloric Materials and Applications

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Symposium K

i-Caloric Materials and Applications

Scope of the Symposium

This symposium is focused on materials that present at least one of the i-caloric effects and, in addition, have emerging technological applications. The general definition of i-caloric effect can be stated as a thermal response of the material when exposed to a change of external perturbations (where i stands for intensive thermodynamic variable, including external fields). The nature of the response depends on the thermodynamic process performed on the material. The effects are characterized by a temperature change, when the material undergoes an adiabatic process; or an entropy change, when the material undergoes an isothermal process. Depending on the nature of this external perturbation (magnetic field, electric field or stress), i-caloric effects can be categorized as magnetocaloric effect, electrocaloric effect and mechanocaloric effect. Mechanocaloric effect can still be divided in elastocaloric effect, driven by uniaxial stress; barocaloric effect, driven by isotropic stress variations; and torsiocaloric effect, driven by pure shear stress of torsion. It is worth mentioning that a few materials present more than one i-caloric effect and are called multicaloric materials.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Materials: theory
Materials: experimental
Devices: theory, design
Devices: experimental
Other experimental setups
Novel effects and applications

Invited speakers

Victorino Franco
(Universidad de Sevilla) [Confirmed]
Paulo Vinicius Trevizoli
(Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) [Confirmed]
João Pedro Esteves Araújo
(Universidade do Porto) [Confirmed]
Valdirene Sullas Teixeira Peressinotto
(Companhia de Desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais (CODEMGE)) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Alexandre Magnus Gomes Carvalho (CNPEM)
Mario de Souza Reis Junior (UFF)
Jader R. Barbosa Jr. (UFSC)
Vladimir I. Zverev (M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University)

L - Materials degradation and solutions to increase its lifespan

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Symposium L

Materials degradation and solutions to increase its lifespan

Scope of the Symposium

Understanding the fundamental science behind the degradation of materials and how to improve then reducing wear, corrosion and fatigue are vital more than ever. This symposium covers all aspects of fundamental and applied research on the degradation of metallic, ceramic, glasses, polymeric and composite materials. Characterization techniques needed to understand degradation phenomena and solutions to increase materials lifespan submitted to degradation, tribological fundaments, tribocorrosion, tribotesting (micro and nanoscale), tribomaterials and in-situ tribology are also included.
We welcome contributions to improve scientific and mechanistic understanding of the degradation of materials, characterization tools, and solutions to avoid or reduce degradation.

Full papers of presented works may be submitted for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion (Springer).

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Advanced materials and tribomaterials;
Biotribology;
Coatings and surface treatments;
Corrosion, tribocorrosion and biotribocorrosion;
Degradation of materials;
Lubrication and lubricants, including solid lubricants;
Materials for corrosion control;
Mechanisms of friction and wear;
Surface treatments and multifunctional surfaces
Tribology fundamentals.

Invited speakers

prof. Dr. Andre Paulo Tschiptschin
(Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo. Departamento de Engenharia Metalurgica e Materiais.) [Confirmed]
Prof. Dr. Peter Hammer
(Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Araraquara. Instituto de Química (IQ)) [Confirmed]
Prof. Dr. Roberto Martins Souza
(Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Polyana Alves Radi (Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UNIFESP)
Lucia Vieira (Universidade do Vale do Paraiba - UNIVAP)
Luis Augusto Sousa Marques da Rocha (Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho - Unesp - Campus de Bauru.)
Marcelo Augusto Gonçalves Bardi (Universidade Sao Francisco)

M - Magnetic and Superconducting Materials

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Symposium M

Magnetic and Superconducting Materials

Scope of the Symposium

The symposium is intended to bring together scientists and engineers interested in all aspects of experimental and theoretical research in magnetic and superconducting materials, as well as in their technological applications. Contributions are expected in topics ranging from basic properties to recent developments in magnetism and superconductivity at nanoscale. Emphasis will be given on new materials, properties and devices.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Fundamental magnetic properties; Hard and soft magnetic materials and applications
Magnetism in nanoparticles, nanowires, films, multilayers and other nanostructured materials; Magnetic semiconductors; Magnetism in carbon-based materials
Micromagnetism
Magnetization dynamics and magnetization processes in magnetic materials
Nontrivial spin textures, stripe domains, vortices, skyrmions and other chiral structures
Spintronics in metals and semiconductors; spin dependent transport
Magnetocaloric materials and multiferroics
Applied magnetism and instrumentation; non-destructive magnetic measurements; biomedical applications, magnetic recording
Superconductors
Spin and charge excitations in superconductors; Interaction between magnetism and superconductivity

Invited speakers

Mingzhong Wu
(Colorado State University) [Confirmed]
Marcelo Knobel
(Unicamp) [Confirmed]
Paulo Pureur
(UFRGS) [Confirmed]
Wilson Aires Ortiz
(UFSCAR) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Felipe Bohn (UFRN)
Lucio Strazzabosco Dorneles (UFSM)
Marcio Assolin Correa (UFRN)

MATERIALS SYNTHESIS AND PROCESSING

N - Molecular Sieves: synthesis and applications
O - Advanced laser materials processing and control of materials properties
P - Materials and Fabrication Processes for Aeronautic and Space Applications
Q - Advances in steel metallurgy and applications
R - Fundamentals and applications of plasma processing of materials

N - Molecular Sieves: synthesis and applications

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Symposium N

Molecular Sieves: synthesis and applications

Scope of the Symposium

Molecular Sieves are solids with defined porosity and with the capacity of differentiate molecules through their dimensions and geometries. They can be used as catalysts for several kinds of reactions, and also for separation and adsorption processes. In this class of materials are included: zeolite, mesoporous materials, hierarchical porous materials, lamellar materials, pillared clays, mesoporous and micriporous carbons and others.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Zeolites
Mesoporous Materials
Lamellar materials
Pillared Clays
Mesoporous and microporous carobons
hierarchical porous materials

Invited speakers

Fernando Rey
(ITQ/UPV) [Confirmed]
Adam Doung
(Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières) [Confirmed]
Dilson Cardoso
(UFSCAR) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Sibele B. C. Pergher (UFRN)
Katia Bernardo Gusmão (UFRGS)
Vinicus Patrício da Silva Caldeira (UERN)

O - Advanced laser materials processing and control of materials properties

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Symposium O

Advanced laser materials processing and control of materials properties

Scope of the Symposium

Materials processing and the control of surface properties are of utmost importance in the industrial environment. Several industries such as automotive, aerospace, oil & gas and biomedical can benefit from materials design and processing in the scope of advanced manufacturing. Among the technologies capable of processing materials, the laser-based technology rises as an advanced and promising tool due to its versatility, flexibility, and reproducibility. In addition, it is important to point it out several inherent advantages such as the capability of virtually processing any type of material (metals, ceramics, semiconductors, and polymers), does not involve any physical contact with the processed material (avoiding contamination), the developed processes can be carried out at high-processing speeds and can be easily scaled-up to a production environment. Among the laser materials processing methods, one can highlight the additive manufacturing, surface treatment (texturing, cladding, surface alloying, heat treatment, shock peening, among others). As a result, these laser materials processing may increase the wear and corrosion resistance and control wettability, cellular behavior, optical and mechanical properties, giving rise to advanced materials. Study and development of industrial applications involving the use of continuous wave (CW) and pulsed lasers (short- and ultrashort pulses) for processing metallic alloys, ceramics, polymeric and composites materials fit into the present symposium.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Laser Additive Manufacturing: reutilization of powder, topological optimization, monolithic concept and design, new metallic and ceramic powders, new ways of powder manufacturing, laser additive manufacturing for conformal cooling, heat exchangers, valves
Laser surface texturing and functionalization: nano- and microtextures for controlling optical properties, the wettability of oil, water, saline solutions, and other liquids, cellular behavior, the coefficient of friction, wear and corrosion resistance
Laser fabrication of nanomaterials: development and optimization of metallic, metal oxides, and polymeric nanomaterials, in particular, nanoparticles for applications in catalysis, drug delivery, antibacterial coatings, advanced liquid and dry lubricants,
Laser shock peening: application of LSP in metallic alloys (steel, titanium, aluminum, among others) for improving wear and corrosion resistance and optimization of mechanical properties
Other laser-based processes: laser cladding, laser surface alloying, laser heat treatment, laser micromachining, laser marking, and laser engraving

Invited speakers

Henrique Rodrigues Oliveira
(SENAI Innovation Institute in Manufacturing Systems and Laser Processing) [To be confirmed]
Edson Costa Santos
(Carl Zeiss, Alemanha) [To be confirmed]
Liliana Cangueiro
(Lasea) [To be confirmed]
Luiz Guilherme de Souza Schweitzer
(Fraunhofer IPK) [To be confirmed]
Daniel Arnaldo del Cerro
(Oxford Lasers Limited) [To be confirmed]
Rui Mário Correia da Silva Vilar
(Instituto Superior Técnico - Universidade de Lisboa) [To be confirmed]
Rafael Bottós
(Welle Laser Technology) [To be confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Luís Gonzaga Trabasso (SENAI Innovation Institute in Manufacturing Systems and Laser Processing)
Alexandre Cunha (SENAI Innovation Institute in Manufacturing Systems and Laser Processing)
Paulo Wendhausen (Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC))
Milton Sérgio Fernandes Lima (Institute of Advanced Studies (IEAV))

P - Materials and Fabrication Processes for Aeronautic and Space Applications

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Symposium P

Materials and Fabrication Processes for Aeronautic and Space Applications

Scope of the Symposium

The scope of the symposium is to promote the networking of researchers from the academic and industrial sectors interested in the research, development, manufacture and application of aeronautic and space materials (metals, ceramics, polymers and composites).

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Modeling and simulations
Materials properties and characterization
Materials degradation and protection
Manufacturing of materials and components
Additive manufacturing
Sustainable and cost-effective materials & processes

Invited speakers

Fabio Santos da Silva
(Embraer) [Confirmed]
Waldek Wladimir Bose Filho
(EESC-USP) [Confirmed]
Mauricio Dwek
(Ansys-Granta) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Gilberto Carvalho Coelho (USP)
Carlos Angelo Nunes (EEL-USP)
Catherine J. Parrish (Boeing)
Fernando Ferreira Fernandez (Embraer)
José Daniel Diniz Melo (UFRN)
Milton Sergio Fernandes de Lima (IEAv/DCTA)

Q - Advances in steel metallurgy and applications

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Advances in steel metallurgy and applications

Scope of the Symposium

This symposium is dedicated to contributions regarding recent developments on steels ranging from fundamental aspects of physical metallurgy, enhancements in properties, and innovations in applications. Research areas related to novel alloy compositions and microstructures (TRIP, TWIP, high-entropy, low density, multiphase steels, etc.), phase transformations (TRIP / TWIP effects, bainitic, martensitic) in steels, improvements in mechanical and functional properties, enhancements in degradation behavior of steels (corrosion, wear and oxidation resistance), heat treatments (intercritical, Q&P, cryogenic, and thermochemical treatments), thermomechanical treatments, surface modifications, innovative applications in defense, automotive, biomedical, and other relevant industrial sector are welcome. Investigations by means of both theoretical and experimental approaches are encouraged. The main goal of this symposium is bringing together Brazilian and foreign experts in several aspects of steel research opening possibilities of valuable discussions of new concepts, trends and technologies related to developments and technological applications of steels. This symposium is also a valuable opportunity to strengthen on-going collaborations, prospect new ones and build-up research networks.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

TRIP and TWIP effects in steels;
Innovations in heat treatments of steels (Q&P, Intercritical, cryogenic treatments, and so on);
Degradation of steels (corrosion, wear, tribo-corrosion, hydrogen embrittlement, high-temperature oxidation, decarburizing, etc.);
Surface treatments and coatings
High-entropy steels;
Multiphase steels;
Advanced high-strength steels;
Computational investigations in steels (DFT, Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics, phase field, and finite elements);
Advanced characterization tools in steel research (Characterization in synchrotron sources, neutron diffraction and scattering, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, scanning-transmission electron microscopy, atom probe tomography, EBSD, EELS,
Thermomechanical treatments and processing.

Invited speakers

Alexandre Bellegard Farina
(Villares Metals) [Confirmed]
Oscar Balancim
(Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais, Universidade Federal de São Carlos) [Confirmed]
Anibal de Andrade Mendes Filho
(CECS, Universidade Federal do ABC) [Confirmed]
Jilt Sietsma
(Departmento of Materials Science and Engineering, Delft University of Technology) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Hamilton Ferreira Gomes de Abreu (Universidade Federal do Ceará)
Helio Goldenstein (Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo)
Márcio Gustavo Di Vernieri Cuppari (CECS, Universidade Federal do ABC)
Roberto Gomes de Aguiar Veiga (CECS, Universidade Federal do ABC)
Sydney Ferreira Santos (CECS, Universidade Federal do ABC)

R - Fundamentals and applications of plasma processing of materials

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Fundamentals and applications of plasma processing of materials

Scope of the Symposium

The aim of this symposium is to bring together physicists, chemists, materials scientists, dentists, engineers and members of other scientific communities, offering a forum for discussions on the advances of plasma processing of materials, from both experimental and theorical approaches, to facilitate the contacts between science, technology and industry. Areas of particular interest will include, but will not be limited to:
Fundamentals of deposition processes and techniques
Experiments and simulations on plasma surface-interactions
Plasma characterization
Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition of protective coatings
Plasma treatment of biomaterials
Surface engineering via plasma processing
Applications of plasmas in agriculture, medicine and environmental sciences.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Plasma-surface interactions, PECVD, plasma polymerization, plasma immersion ion implantation and deposition, plasma etching and sputtering, plasma electrolytic oxidation, Applications of plasmas in industry, agriculture and medicine, corona treatments

Invited speakers

Francesco Fracassi
(Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá degli Studi di Bari) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Elidiane C Rangel (Laboratory of Technological Plasmas - Unesp)
Nilson C Cruz (Laboratory of Technological Plasmas - Unesp)
Clodomiro Alves Jr. ( UFERSA - Department of Natural and Mathematical Sciences )
Rodrigo Savio Pessoa (Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica)
André Paulo Tschiptschin (Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo)
Lucia Vieira (Universidade do Vale do Paraíba)

NANOSTRUCTURED AND FUNCIONAL MATERIALS

S - Computational Design for Development of Functional Materials - Synergy Between Theoreticians and Experimentalists
T - Nanofibers, Applications and Related Technology
U - Carbon-based materials and devices
V - Research on 2D material
X - Materials for Additive Manufacturing

S - Computational Design for Development of Functional Materials - Synergy Between Theoreticians and Experimentalists

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Computational Design for Development of Functional Materials - Synergy Between Theoreticians and Experimentalists

Scope of the Symposium

This symposium aims to discuss research frontiers and joining studies in theoretical and experimental areas in the control and understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic properties of functional materials. The main idea is to promote discussions involving fundamental and technological aspects of materials systems that may lead to the improvement, understanding and foreseeing of the properties of technological devices. It will be desirable to gather researchers actively working in Materials Science focusing on nanomaterials with functional properties and using both theoretical methods or experimental techniques to characterize electronic and structural properties. This meeting intends to open up new opportunities to collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians improving the ways to gain insights into the atomistic understanding of the nanomaterials. The list of invited speakers includes several world leaders in computational simulations showing how the theoretical contributions can significantly aid the experimental observations to gain a better knowledge in Materials Science. Several participants for oral contributions will be selected among the best abstracts.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

1. Computational simulation methods and experimental techniques applied to study structural and electronic properties of 1D, 2D and 3D materials
2. Applied Nanostructured materials
3. Development and application of art state computational methodologies; applied to Materials Science
4. Materials with potential application in energy generation and environment
5. Transparent conducting oxides
6. Electron-material interaction
7. Chemical reactions in materials synthesis
9. Computational design of biomaterials
9. Computational design of biomaterials
10. Theoretical insights in catalysis

Invited speakers

Alfonso Hernández Laguna
(Granada University, Spain) [To be confirmed]
Rafael Añez
(Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research ) [To be confirmed]
Reinaldo Pis Diez
(La Plata National University) [To be confirmed]
Joao Batista Lopes Martins
(Brasilia University) [To be confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Julio Ricardo Sambrano (São Paulo State Univerity, Bauru, Brazil)
Miguel A. San-Miguel (São Paulo State University of Campinas, Brazil)
Aníbal J. Rodríguez-Cuesta (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA)
Silvia Casassa (Torino University, Italy)

T - Nanofibers, Applications and Related Technology

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Nanofibers, Applications and Related Technology

Scope of the Symposium

Nanofibers have become increasingly attractive, mainly because of their remarkable properties, highly porous structure and large surface-to-volume ratio, making them ideal for use in several applications. This symposium aims to provide a profitable environment for dissemination and discussion of projects and research related but not limited to the Development of new Functional Nanofibers, Design, Processing and Applications of Nanofibers, produced by different techniques, such as electrospinning, blow-spinning, rotating spinning, etc. The aim of this event is also to bring together students, scientists and researchers in academia and industry, in order to promote a greater interaction between research groups from different Universities and Companies, which work in the fields. It is thus expected that the symposium that strategically brings together researchers in related areas will provide a pleasant and rich discussion environment.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Technology innovations and trends
Polymer composite functional nanofibers
Progress on cellulose nanofibers
Ceramic and metal nanofibers
3D nanostructures and actuators
Processing of Fibrous Materials
Physical Properties and characterization of Nanofibers
Modeling and Theoretical Considerations
Surface Modification and Functionalization of Nanofibers
Green materials and sustainability
Applications of nanofibers including filtration and water remediation processes, biomedical applications, optoelectronics, food packaging, smart wearables and textiles, energy harvesting and storage, catalysis, sensor and actuators, controlled delivery sy

Invited speakers

Eliton Souto de Medeiros
(UFPB - Universidade Federal da Paraíba) [Confirmed]
Gilberto Siqueira
(EMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology -Wood Laboratory) [To be confirmed]
Enzo Menna
(Università di Padova ) [Confirmed]
Ana Paula Serafini Immich Boemo
(Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)) [Confirmed]
Antonella Macagnano
(Italian National Research Council | CNR ? Institute for Atmospheric Pollution IIA) [To be confirmed]
Hernane da Silva Barud
(Universidade de Araraquara (UNIARA)) [Confirmed]
Vinícius Lobosco
(Suzano Papel e Celulose) [To be confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Profa. Dra. Claudia Merlini (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC))
Prof. Dr. Cicero R. Cena (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS))
Prof. Dr. Deuber Lincon da Silva Agostini (Universidade Estadual Paulista ?Júlio de Mesquita Filho? (UNESP))
Profa. Dra. Roselena Faez (Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar) )

U - Carbon-based materials and devices

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Carbon-based materials and devices

Scope of the Symposium

This symposium will provide a multidisciplinary forum for the discussion of carbon-based materials, composites and devices. Recent advances on fundamental, technological, design, simulation and applications of carbon-based materials will be covered by this symposium. The main focus will be related but not limited to carbon nanostructures and nanocomposites. Exfoliation methods, pyrolysis, process scalability, conductive inks, transfer methods (wet and dry), synthesis of hybrid materials, nano-functionalization (from graphene to graphite), fabrication of flexible electrochemical devices and applications of carbon-based materials will be contemplated in this forum. Advanced characterization of carbon-based materials and devices at the micro and nanoscale are also welcome to this forum (microscopy, spectroscopy, electrical, electrochemical and mechanical). In summary, the scope of this forum is broad and includes the most recent advances of carbon-based materials (from synthesis to applications).

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Nanocomposites with carbon-based additives
Electrical and electrochemical characterization of carbon-based materials
Nano-functionalization of carbon interfaces
Synthesis of hybrid materials
Synthesis and applications of biocarbons
Flexible and stretchable electrochemical devices
Advanced characterization
Carbon materials for environmental technologies
Energy storage and conversion devices
Mechanical and rheological characterization of carbon-based nanomaterials and nanocomposites
Computational modeling of carbon-based nanomaterials and nanocomposites.

Invited speakers

Roland Kádár
(Chalmers University of Technology) [Confirmed]
Thiago R. L. da Paixão
(University of São Paulo - USP) [Confirmed]
Aldo J. G. Zarbin
(Federal University of Paraná - UFPR) [Confirmed]
Cecilia de Carvalho Castro e Silva
(Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie/MackGrafe) [Confirmed]
Glaura Goulart Silva
(Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG) [Confirmed]
Nicole Raymonde Demarquette
(Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS)) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Murilo Santhiago (CNPEM-LNNano)
Mathias Strauss (CNPEM-LNNano)
Danilo J. Carastan (Universidade Federal do ABC)

V - Research on 2D material

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Symposium V

Research on 2D material

Scope of the Symposium

The last few years, material scientists have focused a lot of their effort in studying the properties of bi-
dimensional materials (2D material). Indeed, since the first experimental studies on graphene (2004), it has been
shown that lots of other materials can be confined into two dimensions: transition metal dichalcogenides, Van der
Walls heterostructures or more recently hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. The research in this area is
atypically intense resulting in more than 32.000 papers published since 2010. (web of science, keyword: 2D
material), and almost half of those works were released since 2015 till now.
In Brazil, this field is also extremely hot and we would like to suggest the creation of a symposium in the area of
two-dimensional materials. There are many universities and active networks of collaborative researchers working
in Brazil. For instance, the proponents of the symposium are members of a 2D materials network created in 2018
which is fully supported by the Minas Gerais state funding agency (FAPEMIG). Only this thematical network is
composed of 6 federal universities and 36 professors. Also, there is another network called INCT of Nanocarbon
that also supports researcher groups all over the country which work in the field of graphene, carbon nanotubes
and 2D material. Very likely, a symposium in the area of 2D materials will be attractive for a large number of
people in Brazil.
Due to innumerous applications of such materials we believe that this symposium should cover a wide range of
theoretical and applied sciences in physics, chemistry and biological applications. Thus we expect that this
symposium should bring to the conference some new conferee that are not yet attending the SBPMat in 2019.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Synthesis of 2D material
Electronic properties and applications
Optical properties
Biological applications
Chemistry on 2D materials
2D material nano-composites

Invited speakers

Michael Strano
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)) [To be confirmed]
Mauricio Terrones
(Penn State University) [To be confirmed]
Yenny Hernández
(Uniandes) [To be confirmed]
Cinzia Casiraghi
(University of Manchester) [To be confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Benjamin Fragneaud (UFJF)
Leonardo Cristiano Campos (UFMG)
Rodrigo Gribel Lacerda (UFMG)
Jenaina Ribeiro Soares (UFLA)

X - Materials for Additive Manufacturing

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Materials for Additive Manufacturing

Scope of the Symposium

Industry 4.0 is appointed by government and industry leaders as a new industrial revolution, which is based on the integration of intelligent production processes and advanced information technologies. Additive manufacturing (AM)or 3D printing is an important tool towards its implementation. It allows increasing flexibility, sustainability and automation in order to promote this integration. AM processes build parts layer by layer and may use different heating systems (laser, resistive heating, electron beam, etc.) and different raw materials (powder, wires, filaments, laminates, liquids, etc.). There is a crescent interest in the development of new materials to be used in these processes in order to satisfy their requirements and expand the AM application range. The specifics of each process make necessary the use of materials with adequate characteristics in order to produce products with superior properties for high performance applications. AM has not only fastened the development of new manufacturing solutions, but also driven a renewed interest in existing architectures in materials science and novel designs. The present symposium aims to allow participants to present and share experiences, explore new developments and discuss AM topics with researchers from different institutions around the world. It will cover areas of development, processing and characterization of materials for AM, materials selection, final properties and applications and also post-processing and testing of AM products.Perspectives on the future directions on 3D printing on materials science will also be discussed.

Abstracts will be solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas

Polymers, metals, ceramics and composites for additive manufacturing
Processing and characterization of materials for additive manufacturing
Post-processing of additive manufacturing products
Testing of additive manufacturing products
Development of hydrogels and bioinks for additive manufacturing
Cell laden materials for 3D printing
New 3D printing and additive manufacturing technologies

Invited speakers

Simon Pauly
(IFW-Dresden and University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg/Alemanha) [Confirmed]
Carlos Henrique Ahrens
(Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina/Brazil) [Confirmed]
Luiz Antonio Pessan
(Department of Materials Engineering - Federal University of São Carlos) [Confirmed]
Jorge Vicente Lopes da Silva
(Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer - Divisão de Tecnologias Tridimensionais/Brazil) [Confirmed]
Prashanth Konda Gokuldoss
(Erich Schmidt Institute/Austria and Tallin UT/Estonia) [Confirmed]

Symposium Organizers

Piter Gargarella (Department of Materials Engineering - Federal University of São Carlos/Brazil)
Lidiane Cristina Costa (Department of Materials Engineering - Federal University of São Carlos/Brazil)
Murilo C. Crovace (Department of Materials Engineering - Federal University of São Carlos/Brazil)
Marcos Akira d'Ávila (Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP/Brazil)
Edvani Curti Muniz (Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM/Brazil)
Guilherme Mariz de Oliveira Barra (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC/Brazil)
Varlei Rodrigues (Universidade Estadual de Campinas - UNICAMP/Brazil)

22 Sunday September, 2019	13:00 - 17:00	Young's Researchers School: How to Produce and Publish High Impact Papers Prof. Dr. Valtencir Zucolotto; Instituto de Física de São Carlos - USP and ELSEVIER
	13:00 - 18:30	Registration
	19:30 - 21:00	Opening Ceremony and Memorial Lecture Yvonne Primerano Mascarenhas: "Cristalografia no Brasil: origem e panorama atual"
	21:00 - 22:00	Welcome Cocktail

23 Monday September, 2019	07:00 - 19:30	Registration
	08:15 - 09:15	Plenary session Watching Flowers Through a Silicon Glass Stefano Baroni – Italy.
	09:30 - 10:30	Oral Sessions: G, F, B, C, U, M, A, T, X, N, H, S, D
	10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	11:00 - 12:00	Oral Sessions: G, F, B, C, U, M, A, T, X, N, H, S, D
	11:00 - 12:30	1^st Poster Session: P, V
	12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
	14:00 - 16:15	Oral Sessions: G, F, B, C, U, M, A, T, X, N, H, S, D
	16:15 - 16:45	Coffee Break
	16:45 - 17:45	Plenary session Hybrid inorganic/organic semiconductor structures for opto-electronics Norbert Koch - Germany
	18:00 - 19:30	2^nd Poster Session: B, C, F, G

24 Tuesday September, 2019	08:00 - 19:30	Registration
	08:15 - 09:15	Plenary session Sirius: The New Brazilian Synchrotron Light Source Antônio José Roque da Silva - Brazil
	09:30 - 10:30	Oral Sessions: G, F, B, C, U, M, D, P, J, A, S, V, Exp
	10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	11:00 - 12:00	Oral Sessions: G, F, B, C, U, M, D, P, J, A, S, V, Exp
	11:00 - 12:30	3^rd Poster Session: E, H, L, Q, T
	12:00 - 14:00	Material bonds: Brazilian-German exchanges in Material Research (Research in Germany)
	12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
	14:00 - 16:15	Oral Sessions: G, F, B, C, U, M, D, P, J, A, S, V, Exp
	16:15 - 16:45	Coffee Break
	16:45 - 17:45	Plenary session Bioinspired strategies for bone regeneration Maria-Pau Ginebra - Spain
	18:00 - 19:30	4^th Poster Session: A, B, D, F, G

25 Wednesday September, 2019	08:00 - 19:30	Registration
	08:15 - 09:15	Plenary session Materials by Design: Three-Dimensional Nano-Architected Meta-Materials Julia Greer - USA
	09:30 - 10:30	Oral Sessions: G, F, B, C, U, M, R, V, P, K, Q, E, L
	10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
	11:00 - 12:00	Oral Sessions: G, F, B, C, U, M, R, V, P, K, Q, E, L
	11:00 - 12:30	5^th Poster Session: A, D, J, N, S, X
	12:00 - 14:00	Mastering the Art of Scientific Publication - ACS Publications' Meet the Editors
	12:00 - 14:00	Demonstration of ANSYS Granta's materials teaching and research software
	12:30 - 14:00	Lunch
	14:00 - 16:15	Oral Sessions: G, F, B, I, U, M, R, V, O, K, Q, E, L
	16:15 - 16:45	Coffee Break
	16:45 - 17:45	Plenary session Spin Transfer in Topological Insulator/Magnetic Insulator Bi-Layered Structures Mingzhong Wu - USA
	18:00 - 19:30	6^th Poster Session: C, F, G, M, U
	21:00 - 00:00	Conference Party at Green Valley Club’s Lounge

26 Thursday September, 2019	08:00 - 12:30	Registration
	08:15 - 09:15	Plenary session Multifunctional Hybrid Carbon Interfaces Maurizio Prato - Italy
	09:30 - 11:00	Oral Sessions: G, F, B, V, Q, E, L, J
	09:30 - 11:00	7^th Poster Session: I, K, M, O, R, S, U
	11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
	11:30 - 12:30	Plenary session Challenges in Processing of Materials to Reduce Weight of Structural Components Alan Taub - USA
	12:30 - 14:00	Closing Ceremony

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