B-MRS Newsletter: Year 12, issue 10

End-of-Year Message

The XXIII B-MRS Meeting, held in Salvador, brought together around 2,000 participants from basic to technological sciences. Approximately 60% of these were undergraduate, master’s, or doctoral students, illustrating the importance of the event in bringing together these young scientists and providing opportunities for disseminating their research and establishing scientific collaborations. Technical lectures and panel discussions addressed gender issues and stimulated scientific dissemination and entrepreneurship.

B-MRS has contributed to the dissemination of opportunities for researchers and students through its website, monthly newsletter, and social media. The dissemination of papers from the community has illustrated the relevance of the scientific work produced by members of the Society.

The work with our University Chapters (UCs) has been strengthened thanks to the commitment of Professors Lucimara Roman and Ingrid Weber. The students’ enthusiasm for feeling part of the Society has been gratifying. In 2026, we will financially support UCs initiatives to contribute to their development and dissemination of their actions, which impact the academic and external environment.

The organization of the B-MRS Meeting 2026 is in full swing. The event will be held in the city of Curitiba (PR) from September 27th to October 1st, with scientific symposia in the most varied areas of materials science and internationally renowned speakers. In addition to short courses and roundtables. Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in this event. We wish everyone an excellent 2026, full of personal and professional achievements.

May we all contribute to the scientific development of Brazil, to the training of new generations of scientists, and to stimulate entrepreneurship.

B-MRS Board

Papers by the community

A team of scientists from CNPEM, Unicamp, and institutions in the United States conducted a study that opens up interesting possibilities for controlling light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. The article was featured on the front cover of Nano Letters. The authors studied nanophotonic cavities – nanostructures capable of trapping light in a tiny space, causing it to interact strongly with materials. The research led to the discovery of a magnetic tuning mechanism in the cavities that makes the study and control of light-matter interactions more precise and versatile. The samples were prepared in Brazil and analyzed in the United States, but the idea is that experiments with nanoscopy techniques under extreme conditions, such as those carried out in this study, can be performed in the future at CNPEM. Go to the paper.

A Brazilian scientific team has developed a biosensor that helps diagnose metastasis of oral cancer non-invasively. The device detects a set of proteins, whose concentration in saliva signals the presence or absence of metastasis in people affected by the most common type of oral cancer, squamous cell carcinoma. To produce the device, the scientists immobilized specific antibodies on the surface of the ZIF-8 material (from the MOF family). When the antibodies react with the proteins of interest, ZIF-8 experiences a significant change in its capacitance (the ability to store energy), which signals the presence of the proteins in the saliva sample. Authored by researchers from CNPEM, Unesp, CTI Renato Archer, the USP Faculty of Medicine, and the Piracicaba Faculty of Dentistry at Unicamp, the article reporting this work was featured on the cover of the scientific journal Small. Go to the paper.

A team of researchers from IFSC-USP and EESC-USP produced strategic electronic materials with performance comparable, and even superior, to imported commercial equivalents. The authors developed three different liquid formulations based on PEDOT:PSS, a charge-conducting polymer widely used in organic electronics. Through precise adjustments to the polymer synthesis parameters, the team modulated the properties of each formulation to apply it to a specific energy harvesting or storage technology: thermoelectric generators, organic solar cells, and battery anodes. The article reporting this development was featured in a collection by the Royal Society of Chemistry publisher entitled “Celebrating Latin American Chemistry”. Go to the paper.

To share a prominent scientific article with significant participation of authors from the B-MRS community, write to comunicacao@sbpmat.org.br.

XXIV B-MRS Meeting
Curitiba (PR), September 27 to October 1, 2026

Symposia. 26 thematic symposia proposed by the community were approved to compose this edition of the event. See the symposia list.

Venue. The event will be held at the convention center UP Experience, in the city of Curitiba, capital of the state of Parana. Visit the website of the center.

Plenary lectures. The names of six scientists from Australia, Brazil, Spain, Sweden, and the United States who will deliver plenary lectures at the event have already been confirmed. See here.

Registration and abstract submission. The event system will be open to receive registrations and submissions starting January 20th.

Chairs. The chairs of this edition are Prof. Gregório Couto Faria (IFSC-USP) and Prof. Paula Cristina Rodrigues (UTFPR).

Exhibitors. 16 companies and startups have already confirmed their participation in our booth exhibition. Organizations interested in booths and other forms of participation should contact us via comercial@sbpmat.org.br.

Opportunities

– A special issue of the scientific journal Polymer International (Wiley) seeks to highlight research in the field of polymers conducted in all regions of Brazil. When submitting, it is necessary to select the special issue “Tropical Polymer Science: Brazil from North to South” and address the letter to the guest editor Prof. Patricia Targon Campana. The call for articles is open until January 15th. Learn more.

– Discover Materials (Springer Nature) launched a call for papers for the special issue “Additive Manufacturing of Emergent Functional Materials”. The editors of this issue are organizers of a symposium held within the XXIII B-MRS Meeting about the design of functional materials for additive manufacturing. Submissions are open until December 31st. Learn more.

To publicize an opportunity for our community, write to comunicacao@sbpmat.org.br.

Upcoming events

– I Brazilian Neutron User Meeting. São Paulo (SP, Brazil). January 26 to 28, 2026. Site.

– 52nd International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings & Thin Films (ICMCTF2026). San Diego (USA). April 19 to 24, 2026. Site.

– 7th International Conference on Applied Surface Science. Chengdu (China). June 1 to 4, 2026. Site.

– 25th International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy (IPS-25). Seoul (South Korea). July 12 to 17, 2026. Site.

– International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Electronic Materials (ICSM). Rio de Janeiro (RJ, Brazil). July, 19 to 24, 2026. Site.

– XXIV B-MRS Meeting. Curitiba (PR, Brazil). September 27 de setembro to October 1º, 2026. Site.

– 26º Congresso Brasileiro de Engenharia e Ciência dos Materiais (CBECIMAT 26). Florianópolis (SC, Brazil). November 22 to 26, 2026. Site.

– 13th International Conference of the African Materials Research Society (AMRS 2026). Nairobi (Kenya). December 5 to 10, 2026. Site.

To publicize an event for our community, write to comunicacao@sbpmat.org.br.

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