B-MRS Newsletter. Year 5, issue 5.

From a cotton sewing thread, a scientific team has developed a material that conducts electricity and has antibacterial properties. The conductive thread has shown very good performance when used as an electric heater and as a supercapacitor electrode. Flexible, nice to the touch and easy to incorporate into any product using a needle, the conductive thread is a promising material for creating wearable electronics such as energy storage t-shirts. The work was fully carried out at Univasf (in the Brazilian state of Bahia) and was reported in Applied Materials and Interfaces. Know more.

We interviewed Joan Ramón Morante Lleonart, director of the Institute of Energy Research of Catalonia, professor at the University of Barcelona and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Physics D. His works are part of efforts to make the “circular carbon economy” real, in which carbon dioxide becomes the main raw material. This requires developing a series of materials, mainly catalytic materials. Professor Morante will address these issues in a plenary lecture of the XVII B-MRS Meeting. See interview.

The event received about 1700 works by authors from 42 countries around the world and from all regions of Brazil! Know more.

Awards for students. Students’ extended abstracts can be submitted until June 18 to apply for the Bernhard Gross and ACS Publications awards. Know more.

Registration. Early fee registration is open until July 31. Know more.

Tutorial. Those enrolled in the event can participate in the tutorial on scientific writing and editorial process at no additional cost. Free registration during the meeting’s general registration. Know more.

Conference Party. The party will be held on the night of September 19, at the Imirá Plaza Hotel & Convention, and will be sponsored by ACS Publications scientific journals. Know more.

Lodging, transfer and tours. See options of the event’s official tourist agency, Harabello, here.

Plenary lectures. Find out who are the 8 internationally renowned scientists who will deliver the plenary sessions and which are the themes of the lectures, here.

Memorial lecture. The Memorial Lecture “Joaquim da Costa Ribeiro” will be delivered at the opening session by Professor Fernando Galembeck. Know more.

Symposia. See the list of symposia that will compose the event, here.

Exhibitors and sponsors. 19 companies have already reserved their places in the exhibition and 14 other entities take part in the event throught other kinds of publicity and support. Companies interested in participating in the event with booths or sponsoring can contact Alexandre at comercial@sbpmat.org.br.

Organizers. The meeting chair is Professor Antonio E. Martinelli (Brazilian Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, UFRN). Meet the organization committee.

Venue. The event will be held in the convention center of Hotel Praiamar, located a few meters from the famous beach of Ponta Negra. Know more.

City. A well-known destination for international tourists, Natal also offers a pleasant environment to discuss, interact and learn. Its nice weather (dry with an average temperature of around 25 °C in September), the welcoming people and very refined seafood and local gastronomy create an atmosphere of well-being that goes beyond the natural beauty of the city’s coastline. Watch this short video about Natal.

Prof. Victor Pandolfelli (UFSCar) has been reelected as member of the advisory board of the World Academy of Ceramics (WAC), where he will be one of the three representatives of the American continent. Know more.