B-MRS Early Career Woman Scientist Prize
It recognizes the best work presented within the oral sessions of the B-MRS Meeting symposia by a woman with a PhD degree at the beginning of her scientific career. Sponsored by the journal Electronic Materials (MDPI).
Winner: Larissa Tessaro.
Bernhard Gross Student Awards
Established by B-MRS in honor of Bernhard Gross, a pioneer of Brazilian materials research. It distinguishes the best oral and poster contributions presented by students in each symposium.
Symposium A – Poster – Tais Ribeiro. Zinc phthalocyanine-conjugated mesoporous silica nanoparticles improve sonodynamic therapy in a hybrid experimental model under low-frequency ultrasound.
Symposium A – Oral – Eduarda Rios Baranda. Tuning lipid composition to control mucus interactions in hybrid nanoparticles for nose-to-brain delivery.
Symposium B – Poster – Gustavo da Silva Diniz. Cu doped TiO₂ coating on a Ti-30Nb-5Mo alloy deposited by micro-arc oxidation: topographical and property analysis.
Symposium B – Oral – Paula Cristine Rocha Corsato. High-Density Millifluidic Electrochemical Device: a Set of Advances to Enable Anticancer Drug Susceptibility Testing in Daily Practice.
Symposium D – Poster – Vanessa Bayerl. Engineering Optical Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles via Controlled Sol-Gel Synthesis Parameters.
Symposium D – Oral – Pedro Henrique de Laras Sanches. Cholesteric ordering in lanthanide-doped cellulose nanocrystals films for circularly polarized emission.
Symposium E – Poster – Adrian Lincoln Paz Silva. Reduced Graphene Oxide as an Alternative to MoS₂ in Ion-Gating Transistors for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.
Symposium E – Oral – Lorenzo Conti Serra. Photophysical Investigation on Optically Active Materials for Molecular Design Optimization.
Symposium F – Oral – Laís Fernanda Medeiros Ruela. Advancing Sustainable Optoelectronics with Lead-Free Antimony Perovskite Nanocrystals for Efficient UV LEDs.
Symposium G – Oral – Guilherme Boenny Strapasson. How composition controls exsolution dynamics in high-entropy spinel oxides.
Symposium H – Poster – Yasan Isa. From slip systems to abnormal grain growth: a crystal plasticity-based microstructure history framework.
Symposium I – Poster – Sara Kierulff Balabram. Hydrophobic natural deep eutectic solvents (HNADES)-derived mango leaf extracts incorporated into alginate-based inks for 3D printing of functional biomaterials.
Symposium I – Oral – Paloma SauraTirolti. Masked stereolithography (mSLA)-based bioprinting of photocrosslinkable hydrogels for complex cell-laden structures.
Symposium J – Poster – Maria Alice de Quadros. Luminescent hybrid of Ugi-modified titanate nanotubes coordinated to Eu³⁺ for Zn²⁺ sensing applications.
Symposium K – Oral – Guido Arthur Fabre. Controlling LSCO Synthesis: From Nominal Stoichiometry to Effective Composition.
Symposium L – Poster – Ismael de Assunção Rodrigues. Development of AlPO-c/Clay Heterostructures for Rhodamine-B Adsorption in Aqueous Medium.
Symposium M – Oral – Leonardo Jesus de Campos. Reactive Flash Sintering of Na₃Zr₂Si₂PO₁₂ solid electrolytes.
Symposium N – Poster – Brenda Koch. Surface electronic structure and reaction pathways for CO₂ photoreduction: a DFT study of ZnO, g-C₃N₄, and MXenes materials.
Symposium N – Oral – Isabelle Leão Gomes. Theoretical approach for enhancing ZnO-based sensors: Effects of humidity.
Symposium O – Poster – Slanna Larissa Cista Matias. pH-Driven Defect Engineering and Optical Modulation in Ho-Doped ZnO Nanostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Performance.
Symposium O – Oral – Mariana A. Dotta. Tuning Small Polaron–Mediated Charge Transport in Hematite through Dopant-Driven Local Structural Engineering.
Symposium P – Poster – Patrick Ruam Bredow Côrtes. Changes in Local Hydrophobicity by Adding Functional Groups to Graphene.
Symposium P – Oral – Carla Requena Klimpovuz. Multifunctional MoS₂/Gold nanoparticles nanoarchitected thin films: from green hydrogen production to advanced sensing.
Symposium Q – Poster – Pâmela Macchion. Applied circular economy: post-consumer polyurethane sponges for CO₂ capture via modification with polypyrrole.
Symposium Q – Oral – Letícia Verdelli Sousa. Structural and Thermal Characterization of PVA-PAA Hydrogel Networks aiming the Restoration of Metallic Cultural Heritage.
Symposium R – Oral – Gabriel Alves de Deus. Titanium Surface Modification by Cold Plasma for Silver Nanoparticle Deposition Toward Antimicrobial Dental Implants.
Symposium S – Poster – Camila Desiderio Fernandes. Electrochemical Polypyrrole Functionalization of STM Tips toward Improved Atomic-Scale Imaging.
Symposium S – Oral – Gabriel Marques Jacobsen. Low-field optical polarization in type-II quantum dots via nuclear-driven dark state mixing.
Symposium T – Poster – Wenderson Rodrigues Fialho da Silva. High-Sensitivity PEDOT:PSS-Coated Magnetoelastic sensor for Wireless Humidity Sensing.
Symposium T – Oral – Leonardo H. Hasimoto. Mechanically Robust, Flexible, Foldable, and Stretchable Laser-Induced Graphene Electrodes for Electrochemical Biosensing in Artificial Sweat.
Symposium U – Poster – Túlio Henrique Kill de Carvalho. Unveiling the role of Eu³⁺/Eu²⁺ in the chromatic evolution and charge transfer in Pr³⁺/Eu³⁺-doped fluorophosphate glasses.
Symposium U – Oral – Aminu Habib Adamu. Synthesis and Magneto-Optical Properties of Ce-Substituted Yttrium Iron Garnet Single Crystals via Glass-Ceramic Crystallization for Nonreciprocal Photonic Applications.
Symposium V – Oral – Natan Luis Nozella. Unraveling Humidity- and Frequency-Dependent Charge Transport in Eumelanin via Nonlinear Electrical Stimuli.
Symposium W – Poster – Maria Clara Hasper de Souza. Loading ZnO nanoparticles into PLA/TPS blend for active antibacterial packaging.
Symposium W – Oral – Leonardo Semensato. Textile-based colorimetric using calcium alginate/anthocyanins wet-spun fibres for shrimp freshness.
Symposium X – Poster – Evandro Augusto do Canto Duarte. Development of doped hydrochar in one-step.
Symposium X – Oral – Rita Rafael. Development of aerogels for biostimulants encapsulation.
Symposium Z – Poster – João Victor Pastorin de Carvalho. Synthesis of Photoelectrocatalysts from MOF MIL-53(Fe) for Ammonia Production.
Symposium Z – Oral – Fabio A Pires. Bridging Materials and Application: A Self-Sufficient Modular Platform for Solar Water Splitting.
Symposium AA – Poster – David Alexandro Graves. Electrochemical and Statistical Optimization of Polyaniline-Coated Carbon Fiber Felt Electrodes for High-Performance Supercapacitors.
ACS Publications Student Prizes
Sponsored by journals of ACS Publications, a division of the American Chemical Society. Prizes for the best student contributions of all the event.
Poster – Gustavo da Silva Diniz. Cu doped TiO₂ coating on a Ti-30Nb-5Mo alloy deposited by micro-arc oxidation: topographical and property analysis.
Poster – Maria Alice de Quadros. Luminescent hybrid of Ugi-modified titanate nanotubes coordinated to Eu³⁺ for Zn²⁺ sensing applications.
Poster – Túlio Henrique Kill de Carvalho. Unveiling the role of Eu³⁺/Eu²⁺ in the chromatic evolution and charge transfer in Pr³⁺/Eu³⁺-doped fluorophosphate glasses.
Oral – Leonardo H. Hasimoto. Mechanically Robust, Flexible, Foldable, and Stretchable Laser-Induced Graphene Electrodes for Electrochemical Biosensing in Artificial Sweat.
Oral – Natan Luis Nozella. Unraveling Humidity- and Frequency-Dependent Charge Transport in Eumelanin via Nonlinear Electrical Stimuli.
Oral – Fabio A Pires. Bridging Materials and Application: A Self-Sufficient Modular Platform for Solar Water Splitting.
RSC Student Prizes
Sponsored by journals of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Prizes for the best student contributions of all the event.
Poster – Wenderson Rodrigues Fialho da Silva. High-Sensitivity PEDOT:PSS-Coated Magnetoelastic sensor for Wireless Humidity Sensing.
Poster – Patrick Ruam Bredow Côrtes. Changes in Local Hydrophobicity by Adding Functional Groups to Graphene.
Poster – David Alexandro Graves. Electrochemical and Statistical Optimization of Polyaniline-Coated Carbon Fiber Felt Electrodes for High-Performance Supercapacitors.
Oral – Guilherme Boenny Strapasson. How composition controls exsolution dynamics in high-entropy spinel oxides.
Oral – Carla Requena Klimpovuz. Multifunctional MoS₂/Gold nanoparticles nanoarchitected thin films: from green hydrogen production to advanced sensing.
Oral – Gabriel Marques Jacobsen. Low-field optical polarization in type-II quantum dots via nuclear-driven dark state mixing.
Physica B Prize for Young Researchers
Prizes for the best undergraduate oral presentation and poster of all the event. Sponsored by the jornal Physica B – Condensed Matter (Elsevier).
Poster – Prize – Amanda dos Santos Perrilo.
Oral – Prize – Lorenzo Conti Serra.
Poster – Honorable mention – Raquel de Godoy Vianna.
Prêmio de Divulgação Científica da SBPMat
Patrocinado pela Arqueatec. Prêmios para os melhores vídeos curtos para público leigo produzidos por participantes do evento.
1º lugar: Sara Luiza Gusso – estudante de doutorado (USP). Vídeo.
2º lugar: Fernanda Pavani Silva – estudante de mestrado (USP). Vídeo.
3º lugar: Giovani Garcia de Souza – estudante de graduação (UNICAMP e CNPEM). Vídeo.
The photos of the Closing and Awards Ceremony are available here.