Author: Verónica Savignano

B-MRS member is co-editor of a Springer book on experimental – computational research on materials and biomolecules.

Posted on Thursday 23 de January de 2020
Prof Felipe La Porta.
Prof Felipe La Porta.

Professor Felipe de Almeida La Porta, from the Chemistry Department of the Brazilian Federal Technological University of Paraná (UTFPR) is co-editor of the book “Emerging Research in Science and Engineering Based on Advanced Experimental and Computational Strategies.” The other editor is Professor Carlton A. Taft, from the Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF).

Published by Springer, the book has 20 chapters that were signed by 89 researchers from Brazil and other countries. According to La Porta, a wide variety of materials and biomolecules applications are covered in this book, including plasmonic materials, semiconductor oxides, printed polymers, chitosan nanoparticles, biomass, inorganic nanotubes, colloidal quantum dots, nanocrystals as potential antimicrobials, biomolecules for disease inhibition and cancer control/prevention, proteins to hinder metastasis, natural products used in medicine, infinitely coordinated polymers, zeolites, compounds related to graphitic carbon nitride, polysaccharides, organic, magnetic and conductive polymers, and also ferrites in the form of nanoparticles.

Link to the book: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030314026#aboutBook

Ricardo Rodrigues: note of regret.

Posted on Monday 6 de January de 2020

B-MRS regrets the death of Antonio Ricardo Droher Rodrigues, leader of the Engineering Division at the Brazilian National Laboratory of Synchrotron Light (LNLS/CNPEM). Ricardo Rodrigues was the technical and scientific leader of the design and construction of the two Brazilian synchrotron light sources: UVX (developed in the 1980s and 1990s) and Sirius (fourth generation source developed since 2009, currently in the testing phase). Rodrigues passed away on January 3, 2020, at the age of 68. B-MRS’s Executive Board expresses its regret at the premature departure of this Brazilian scientist who made great contributions to our community.

B-MRS Newsletter. Year 5, issue 12.

Posted on Thursday 19 de December de 2019

 

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Newsletter of the
Brazilian Materials
Research Society

Year 6, issue 12. December 19, 2019.

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B-MRS New Year Message

With this New Year message, I greet the entire B-MRS community in Brazil and abroad.

The year of 2019 was once again a major challenge for science, technology and innovation in Brazil, as well as for public universities. B-MRS concern with the scenario in the country was expressed in public notes and in the manifestation entitled Carta de Camboriú, which once again highlighted the fundamental role that knowledge generation and transfer plays in society. In 2020 we need to remain attentive to the actions and policies implemented by governments at different levels, as Brazil’s sustainable development cannot be expected without this generation of knowledge, today essentially done by universities and public organizations. There will be no development if the diligent work of researchers from Brazil is not accompanied by continued funding. No country in the world has developed or develops without public resources to build a technological base.

Despite the difficulties mentioned, the resilience of the Brazilian scientific community, and that of materials research in particular, made major contributions in 2019. Many of them were recorded in B-MRS monthly newsletters and our other communication channels. Our annual meeting in Balneário Camboriú had a record number of registrations and one of the largest audiences of all time. The enthusiasm of students and researchers was in stark contrast to the justified pessimism since the beginning of the year. This gives us reason for optimism in 2020, and B-MRS will continue its efforts to provide a space for debate and dissemination of the scientific-technological contributions of researchers from Brazil and abroad.

After two terms, ending in February 2020, at the head of B-MRS, this is my last message as president. I would like to thank very much my Board and Council colleagues, and I wish the whole materials research community health and success in 2020, looking forward to meeting many of you in Foz do Iguaçu (PR), from August 30 to 3 September, for our next meeting.

Professor Osvaldo Novais de Oliveira Junior
B-MRS President

B-MRS News

– Papers on materials issues are part of the latest volume of the Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (AABC), as a result of the 2018 call for papers promoted by the AABC and B-MRS. Know more.

News from B-MRS Members

– Prof Carlos Alejandro Figueroa (UCS), elected member of the B-MRS Deliberative Council, was awarded a Royal Society – Newton Advanced Fellowship. Know more.

– B-MRS member Miguel Henrique Boratto won the prize to the best Brazilian doctoral thesis in the Materials field. Know more.

– Prof Luciana Reyes Pires Kassab (Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo/CEETEPS) and Prof Sidney José Lima Ribeiro (UNESP – Campus de Araraquara), both B-MRS members, are co-authors of an Elsevier book on nanocomposites for photonics and electronics. Know more.

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XIX B-MRS Meeting + IUMRS ICEM 2020
(Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, August 30 – September 3, 2020)

Event website: www.sbpmat.org.br/19encontro/

Symposia. 49 symposium proposals from 18 countries were submitted within the call. The list of approved symposia will be announced as soon as possible. Know more.

Plenaries and memorial lecture. Seven internationally prominent scientists have already confirmed their presence as speakers at the event. Know more.

Venue. The event will take place at Rafain Palace Hotel, in Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil). Know more.

Accommodations. See accommodation options from the official tourism agency of the event, here.

Joint event. The event will bring together the 19th edition of B-MRS’s annual meeting and the 17th edition of the International Conference on Electronic Materials organized every two years by the International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS).

Organization. Professor Gustavo Martini Dalpian (UFABC) is the general coordinator, Carlos Cesar Bof Bufon (LNNANO) is the program coordinator and Flavio Leandro de Souza (UFABC) is the general secretary. At the international committee, the event features scientists from America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Know more.

Exhibitors and sponsors. Companies and other entities interested in attending the event as exhibitors, sponsors or supporters can contact Alexandre through the e-mail comercial@sbpmat.org.br.

Reading Tips

– IUMRS survey on the evolution of scientific publishing. Data analysis and report for researchers-authors, editors, publishers, librarians… See here.

– Scientists create a “sandwich” device of 2D materials and control the electronic properties of graphene (the “filling”) by changing the rotation of the “breads” (Nature Nanotechnology). Know more.

– New water purification method based on magnetic nanoparticles coated with ionic liquid removes organic, inorganic, microbial and microplastic contaminants (Angewandte Chemie). Know more.

– Researchers from Brazil use niobium (abundant in the country) as a fuel cell cocatalyst, lowering the cost and increasing the durability of this device for power generation (ChemEletroChem cover paper). Know more.

– Researchers from Brazil develop solutions for the removal of oil from water based on magnetic nanomaterials and biomass residues (Journal of Environmental Management). Know more.

Events

World Forum for Women in Science – Brazil 2020 + 4th International Conference for Women in Science without Borders: Energy, Water, Health, Agriculture and Environment for Sustainable Development. Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil). February 10 – 14, 2020. Site.

Pan American Ceramics Congress and Ferroelectrics Meeting of Americas (PACC-FMAs 2020). Panama City (Panama). July 19 – 23, 2020. Site.

XIX B-MRS Meeting + 2020 IUMRS ICEM (International Conference on Electronic Materials). Foz do Iguaçu, PR (Brazil). August 30 – September 3, 2020. Site.

5th International Conference of Surfaces, Coatings and NanoStructured Materials – Americas (NANOSMAT-Americas). Foz do Iguaçu, PR (Brazil). October 7 – 10, 2020. Site.

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New Year Message.

Posted on Monday 16 de December de 2019

With this New Year message, I greet the entire B-MRS community in Brazil and abroad.

The year of 2019 was once again a major challenge for science, technology and innovation in Brazil, as well as for public universities. B-MRS concern with the scenario in the country was expressed in public notes and in the manifestation entitled Carta de Camboriú, which once again highlighted the fundamental role that knowledge generation and transfer plays in society. In 2020 we need to remain attentive to the actions and policies implemented by governments at different levels, as Brazil’s sustainable development cannot be expected without this generation of knowledge, today essentially done by universities and public organizations. There will be no development if the diligent work of researchers from Brazil is not accompanied by continued funding. No country in the world has developed or develops without public resources to build a technological base.

Despite the difficulties mentioned, the resilience of the Brazilian scientific community, and that of materials research in particular, made major contributions in 2019. Many of them were recorded in B-MRS monthly newsletters and our other communication channels. Our annual meeting in Balneário Camboriú had a record number of registrations and one of the largest audiences of all time. The enthusiasm of students and researchers was in stark contrast to the justified pessimism since the beginning of the year. This gives us reason for optimism in 2020, and B-MRS will continue its efforts to provide a space for debate and dissemination of the scientific-technological contributions of researchers from Brazil and abroad.

After two terms, ending in February 2020, at the head of B-MRS, this is my last message as president. I would like to thank very much my Board and Council colleagues, and I wish the whole materials research community health and success in 2020, looking forward to meeting many of you in Foz do Iguaçu (PR), from August 30 to 3 September, for our next meeting.

Professor Osvaldo Novais de Oliveira Junior

B-MRS President

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B-MRS members are editors of an Elsevier book on nanocomposites for photonics and electronics.

Posted on Monday 16 de December de 2019
Prof. Luciana Kassab e Prof. Sidney Ribeiro
Prof. Luciana Kassab e Prof. Sidney Ribeiro

Professor Luciana Reyes Pires Kassab (Faculdade de Tecnologia de São Paulo / CEETEPS) and Professor Sidney José Lima Ribeiro (UNESP – Araraquara Campus), both B-MRS members, are co-authors of the book “Nanocomposites for Photonic and Electronic Applications”. Also participating in the edition was Professor Raúl Rangel-Rojo, from Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico). The work of editing the book was motivated by an invitation from Elsevier.

Recently published by Elsevier, the book addresses the applications of nanocomposites in photonics, electronics, optics, biophotonics and renewable energies, as well as their properties and preparation and characterization techniques. More information about the book: https://www.elsevier.com/books/nanocomposites-for-photonics-and-electronics-applications/pires-kassab/978-0-12-818396-0

B-MRS member wins the prize to the best Brazilian doctoral thesis in the Materials field.

Posted on Saturday 14 de December de 2019
Miguel Henrique Boratto
Miguel Henrique Boratto

B-MRS member Miguel Henrique Boratto won the prize to the best doctoral thesis in Materials Science defended in Brazilian institutions in 2018. The prize was awarded by Capes, the Brazilian federal government agency under the Ministry of Education, responsible for quality assurance in undergraduate and postgraduate institutions in Brazil.

Boratto´s doctoral dissertation, entitled “Semiconducting and insulating oxides applied to electronic devices “, was defended in 2018 in the Graduate Program in Materials Science and Technology of Unesp-Bauru, and conducted under the guidance of Professor Luis Vicente de Andrade Scalvi.

Boratto received the award in Brasilia on December 12th.

Papers by the materials community in the Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.

Posted on Thursday 12 de December de 2019

AABCSeven scientific articles on topics in the area of materials are part of the latest volume of the Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (AABC). This is the result of the AABC call for articles in 2018, made in partnership with B-MRS, with the theme “Materials Sciences for a Better Future”. “This was a great opportunity to celebrate the success of materials research in Brazil,” says Professor Frank Crespilho, associate editor of AABC. To participate in the call, the authors submitted their work through the journal’s website at SciELO (an electronic library covering a selected collection of Brazilian scientific journals).

AABC publishes scientific articles from all fields of knowledge, and Materials Science and Technology works are welcome in all editions. AABC publications are free of cost to authors and open access. More information for authors can be found at http://www.scielo.br/revistas/aabc/iinstruc.htm.

According to the president of B-MRS, Professor Osvaldo Novais de Oliveira Junior, the growing importance of materials research has been revealed in major technological advances in all areas. In this context, B-MRS has played the role of bringing together students and researchers from Brazil, and their collaborators from other countries. “The partnership with the Brazilian Academy of Sciences is an important milestone of this performance of B-MRS, consolidated with this series of articles published in the Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences,” says the president of B-MRS. “The quality of the articles and variety of topics in this edition of the Annals are representative of the strength of the materials research community in Brazil,” he adds.

Published articles can be accessed free of charge (open access) in volume 91, number 4 of the Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Following is the list of articles on topics in the area of Materials published in this issue of the magazine: