News and Highlights
07.12.2022
2022 IFIMUP Talks #9 by Gabriela Forman (ULisboa)
Next Monday, December 12 at 14h in room 106 and online, Gabriela Forman will give the 9th session of the 2022 IFIMUP Talks series. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon and her talk will be on "Biodesign and biobased materials for the creative process".
By Catarina Dias
06.12.2022
2nd EPS Structural Dynamics Online Workshop
The Structural and Dynamical Properties of Solids Section of the Condensed Matter Division of the EPS has launched the online workshop series: The EPS Structural Dynamics Afternoon Online Workshop. This event is co-organized by IFIMUP researcher Joaquim Agostinho Moreira and aims at gathering scientific contributions dealing with Dynamical and Structural Properties in Condensed Matter topics.
The workshops take place once a semester online and regroup 2 invited contributions from established researchers in the field and contributions from doctoral students, selected by our scientific committee.
The organizing committee has the pleasure to invite you to the 2nd EPS Structural Dynamics Afternoon Online Workshop on December 7th starting at 14:00 PM (CEST). Here, DFT and Ab Initio Calculations in Condensed Matter Physics will be the focus.
Please save the link to attend the workshop: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/92394463088?pwd=OVc5Tlg4SGFoUUY3VFBFeG1tOWx2Zz09
The program follows:
14h00 CEST : "Modelling of Spin-Orbit Coupling Effects in Ferroelectrics" Silvia Picozzi, Istituto CNR-SPIN Chieti, Univ. "G. D'Annunzio"
14h40 CEST : "Effective magnetic fields from optically driven chiral phonons" Dominik Juraschek, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University
15h20 CEST : "Charge ordering as the driving mechanism for superconductivity in rare-earth nickel oxides" Álvaro Adrián Carrasco Álvarez, Laboratoire CRISMAT, Normandie Université, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN
18.11.2022
2022 IFIMUP Talks #8 by Ana Rita Sousa
Next Friday, November 25 at 12h in room 106 and online, Ana Rita Sousa will give the 8th session of the 2022 IFIMUP Talks series. She is an IFIMUP PhD student and her talk will be on "MWCNT/ferrite nanomaterials as building blocks for electromagnetic shielding textile applications".
By Catarina Dias
26.10.2022
2022 IFIMUP Talks #7 by Joana Silva
Next Wednesday, November 2 at 14h in room 106 and online, Joana Silva will give the 7th session of the 2022 IFIMUP Talks series. She is an IFIMUP PhD student and her talk will be on "Magneto-active elastomers for ultrasound sensors and actuators".
By Catarina Dias
17.10.2022
IFIMUP researcher at FIC.A
Arlete Apolinário, a Junior Researcher from IFIMUP, was at FIC.A last Saturday talking about Nanotechnology in the production of Green Hydrogen. FIC.A (Festival Internacional de Ciência) is an International Science Festival that celebrates scientific culture in Portugal and around the world.
She talked about the importance of nanotechnology in the production of green hydrogen and in the response to climate change, a discussion that becomes particularly relevant in the current context of energy crisis, triggered by the invasion of Ukraine.
By Catarina Dias
17.10.2022
2022 IFIMUP Talks #6 by João Horta Belo
Next Friday, October 21 at 12h in room 106 and online, João Horta Belo will give the 6th session of the 2022 IFIMUP Talks series. He is an IFIMUP Junior Researcher and his talk will be on "Unveiling structural transitions kinetics of magnetocaloric materials 1st-order phase transitions ", a work that he developed under his Fulbright award.
By Catarina Dias
29.09.2022
2022 IFIMUP Talks #5 by Francisco Rocha
Next Thursday, October 6 at 12h online via Zoom Colibri, Francisco Rocha will give the 5th session of the 2022 IFIMUP Talks series. He is a MIEF student and his talk will be on "Development of a wireless and low-cost setup for nonlinear optical studies", a work that he developed under a PEEC with Tiago Magalhães.
By Catarina Dias
22.09.2022
Funding under CaixaResearch by "la Caixa" Foundation
IFIMUP (Dr. João Ventura) is part of the consortium in the Project NeuroSpark funded on 1 M€ over 3 years by Fundación "la Caixa" under the 2022 CaixaResearch Call for Proposals in Health Research in the area of Neuroscience. The host is i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Ciência (Dr. Paulo Aguiar) in partnership with IFIMUP and Instituto Cajal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - CSIC, Spain (Dr. Liset Menendez de la Prida). This initiative funded 33 new biomedicine and health research projects in Spain and Portugal.
The project titled "Innovative neuromodulation strategies to treat brain diseases" (NeuroSpark) aims to develop and validate the first neuromodulation strategy based on electrical nanocomponents capable of emulating neuronal synapses, providing real-time adaptive control of neuronal activity.
By Catarina Dias
16.09.2022
Magnetism in Portugal: young researchers
IFIMUP received the Magnetism in Portugal 2022 – Young Researchers meeting from September 12th to 13th, 2022 at the Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto (FCUP).
Magnetism in Portugal 2022 was devoted to young researchers, Master, PhD students and young postdoctoral working in or interested in different topics of Magnetism. The main goal was to bring together a multi-disciplinary group of young scientists and students from different Portuguese institutions to present and exchange break-through ideas in the field of magnetism.
The conference provided 25 oral presentations, 18 poster presentations, 3 invited speakers from academy and industry, and a networking activity called “Imaginary Project Call”. The event hosted the main research institutions working in the field in Portugal offering wide range of networking opportunities. Topics covered include (but are not limited to): Geomagnetism; Energy applications and 2D materials; Multifunctional materials and devices; Molecular and Bio Magnetism.
By Célia Sousa
12.09.2022
FÍSICA 2022
FÍSICA 2022, the 23rd National Physics Conference and 32nd Iberian Meeting for the Teaching of Physics, took place at FCUP from September 7 to 10 with an overwhelming participation from IFIMUP members. From the organizing and scientific committees, namely André Pereira, Célia Sousa, Joaquim Agostinho Moreira, João Pedro Araújo and Isabel Alves, to the extensive number of communications from students and researchers:
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Physics Teaching
HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS PRODUCTION AND HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY AS CONTENTS FOR LABORATORY PRACTICES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN PHYSICS AND PHYSICS TEACHING - José Caiongo Chibaca
CAPACIDADES TÉRMICAS: ASPETOS TEÓRICOS E DIDÁTICOS - Joaquim Anacleto
ADIÇÃO DE ELEMENTOS MULTIMÉDIA EM APPLETS DE FÍSICA PARA ALUNOS COM DISLEXIA -Léo Rodrigues Macena dos Santos
PHYSICS ACTIVITIES DEVELOPED IN THE PROJECT FISASTEE - José Gonçalves
ATIVIDADES EXPERIMENTAIS VIRTUAIS NO ENSINO EXPERIMENTAL DA FÍSICA - M. Rodrigues
Condensed Matter
THE ROLE OF STRUCTURAL DISTORTIONS IN TRIGGERING THE METAL TO INSULATOR TRANSITION IN NDNIO3 - Mariana M. Gomes
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY AND PERTURBED ANGULAR CORRELATION STUDY OF THE AMNGE2O6 (A=BE, MG, CA, SR) CLINOPYROXENE SERIES - Ricardo Moreira
Optics and Lasers
TEMPORAL CHARACTERIZATION OF BROADBAND FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES BY SURFACE THIRD-HARMONIC DISPERSION SCAN WITH PTYCHOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL - Tiago Gomes
THZ TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY USING A FEMTOSECOND LASER-PLASMA SOURCE - Ana Oliveira e Silva
ULTRAFAST OPTICAL PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF PHOTOPHYSICAL PROCESSES IN NANOMATERIALS - Tânia M. Ribeiro
ULTRAFAST MAGNETIZATION DYNAMICS IN COFEB-BASED MULTILAYER THIN FILMS DOWN TO THE FEW-CYCLE REGIME - A. S. Silva
Medical Physics and for Life Science
SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION OF SPIN-VORTEX NANO-DISCS FOR MAGNETOMECHANICALLY INDUCED DAMAGE APPLICATIONS - R. Magalhães
RESISTIVE-SWITCHING DEVICE BASED ON A COPPER SOLUTION FOR ARTIFICIAL SYNAPSES - Andreia Silva
Energy and Applied Physics
ENERGY HARVESTING AND STORAGE TEXTILE-BASED DEVICE FOR SELF-POWERED WEARABLE ELECTRONICS - R. S. Costa
IMPROVING HEMATITE PERFORMANCE FOR GREEN HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY SOLAR WATER SPLITTING - João Pedro Freitas
INCREASE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR THOUGHT PRINTED COLLECTORS - A. L. Pires
ENERGY HARVESTING COMBINING THERMOMAGNETIC MATERIALS AND TRIBOELECTRIC NANOGENERATORS - R. Bugalhão
MAGNETOSTRICTIVE SENSORS FOR STRUCTURAL MONITORING OF CORROSION IN CRITICAL ASSETS -J. Silva
POSTERS
ANODIC WO3 SELF-ORDERED NANOPORES FOR SOLAR WATER SPLITTING AND GREEN HYDROGEN GENERATION - Rita Simões
COMBINED LOCAL PROBE AND AB-INITIO STUDY OF DIONJACOBSON LAYERED STRUCTURES - Pedro A. Sousa
FLEXIBLE TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS THIN FILMS FOR MAGNETO-ELECTRIC SPIN ORBIT - Mário Gustavo Barbosa Santos
ARCHITECTURED MATERIALS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING TEXTILES - Ana Rita Sousa
NOVEL APPLICATIONS OF TRIBOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTING IN REMOTE AND HARSH ENVIRONMENTS - C. Rodrigues
NANO-FEATURES EFFECT ON TRIBOELECTRIC NANOGENERATORS OUTPUT PERFORMANCE - Ana C. P. da Silva
NEURAL NETWORKS FOR OPTIMAL PARTICLE PARAMETERS - José Miguel Pereira
COMBINED LOCAL PROBE AND RAMAN STUDY OF RUDDLESDEN-POPPER LAYERED PEROVSKITES -António Cesário
EFFECT OF PARTICLE SHAPE IN GIANT MAGNETO-INDUCED DEFORMATION IN MAGNETOACTIVE ELASTOMERS - J. A. Silva
PRODUCTION OF Bi2Te3 NANOPLATES FOR THERMOELECTRIC NANOGENERATORS WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE - Mariana Rocha
HIGH CONCENTRATION MAGNETORHEOLOGICAL ELASTOMERS - S. Maryam Sadeghi
PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF TRIBOELECTRIC NANOGENERATORS - Carlos Callaty
DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF CRYOGENIC CAMARA FOR THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES EVALUATION FOR NANOSATELITES - R. S. Costa
HORIZONTAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS DETECTION WITH SELF-POWERED THERMOELECTRIC SENSOR - Miguel Almeida
TUNING THE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF BiSbTe/PEDOT:PSS/PVA - Inês Ornelas
DEVELOPMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF BISMUTH TELLURIDE NANOPLATES FOR THERMOELECTRIC DEVICES - Isabel Sousa
HYBRID THERMOELECTRIC-BASED INNOVATIVE SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS ENERGY TRANSFER - M. M. Maia
TUNING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF NANOMATERIALS FOR BUILDINGS FAÇADES REFLECTANCE IMPROVEMENT - Rita Carvalho Veloso
PRESSURE-INDUCED PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS OF Sr3Hf2O7 - M. C. B. Barbosa
By Catarina Dias
03.08.2022
Verão com Ciência 2022
IFIMUP has 4 Research Initiation Grants under the FCT initiative Summer with Science 2022. Students may apply to the 4 different projects until August 8.
Plan 1: growth and study of van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures that exhibit low-dimensional (2D) behavior, strong electron correlation and spin-orbital coupling - Dr Pedro Rocha-Rodrigues and Prof João Pedro Esteves de Araújo.
Plan 2: production and characterization of naturally grown layered Perovskites, providing new efficient materials for sustainable energy conversion - Dr Neenu Lekshmi Prasannan and Dr Armandina Lopes.
Plan 3 & 4: control of a built-in temporal pulse modeler to modify the spectral phase of ultra-short pulses from an ultra-fast laser, also built from scratch - Dr Tiago Magalhães and Prof Helder Crespo.
By Catarina Dias
03.08.2022
FCT National Funding
FCT published the results of the 3 annual National Funding Calls for R&D Projects, PhD Grants and Individual Scientific Employment. IFIMUP ensured funding in all of them, having 3 Projects approved in the areas of Materials Engineering (2/18 PeX of 50k€ each) and Physics (1/6 ICDT of 250 k€), 1 PhD grant in Mechanical Engineering and 5 Junior Researchers (3/10 in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology and 2/8 in Physical Sciences.)
By Catarina Dias
18.07.2022
Dr. Leandro Martins defended his PhD Thesis
Dr. Leandro Martins defended today his PhD Thesis on “Fabrication and characterization of spin torque vortex oscillators”. Our warmest congratulations to him and to his supervisors, Dr. Ricardo Ferreira (INL), Prof. João Ventura (IFIMUP) and Prof. Paulo Freitas (INESC-MN). The work focused on the fabrication and characterization of MgO-based magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) working as spin torque vortex oscillators (STVOs).
By Catarina Dias
30.06.2022
EnReflect closing session
The EnReflect project would like to invite you to participate in the Closing Session that will take place on the 7th of July 2022, at 9:30 am, in the Professor Joaquim Sarmento Room, in the Civil Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto.
This session will present and discuss the results of the research project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-28766 “EnReflect – Envelope systems with high solar reflectance by inclusion of nanoparticles”, funded by FEDER funds through COMPETE2020 - Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI) and by national funds (PIDDAC) through FCT/MCTES.
Attendance is free but limited to seats in the room. Check the detailed programme here.
For more information, please check the website: https://paginas.fe.up.pt/~enreflect/en/
Organising Committee:
Nuno Ramos, CONSTRUCT-FEUP
João Ventura, IFIMUP-FCUP
Joana Maia, CONSTRUCT-FEUP
Andréa Souza, CONSTRUCT-FEUP
Rita Veloso, CONSTRUCT-FEUP
Catarina Dias, IFIMUP-FCUP
By João Ventura
21.06.2022
IFIMUP work on the National News
IFIMUP's work in collaboration with i3S was recently mentioned on the national news. RTP mentions the developed technology able to autonomously actuate when there is abnormal neuronal activity. These advances are promising for future brain implants for the control of Epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. In interview to SAPO24, the researchers further explain that the next step is to “keep the way biological neurons fire inside the brain in one of the neuromorphic networks”, a research that will be pursue within the scope of a new project 'MNemonicS' funded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT). This work was recently published at ACS Appl. Electron. Mater.
By Catarina Dias
13.06.2022
Best Oral Presentation at NANO2022
Catarina Dias, an IFIMUP post-doc researcher, presented her current scientific work (Resistive switching devices as synaptic interfaces between biological neuronal populations) at NANO2022, 6-10 June in Seville, having been awarded the prize for “Best Talk” in the “Resistive switching: physics, devices and applications” symposia.
By Rui Vilarinho
24.05.2022
2022 IFIMUP Talks #4 by Vivian Andrade
Next Monday, May 30 at 14h online via Zoom Colibri, Vivian Andrade will give the 4th session of the 2022 IFIMUP Talks series. She is a Junior researcher at IFIMUP and her talk will be on "EnergySwitch project: a solid state magnetocaloric refrigerator", a work that she is developing in a project shared with the Faculty of Engineering (FEUP).
By Catarina Dias
23.05.2022
IFIMUP students awarded at IJUP
IFIMUP young students were present in this year edition of IJUP (Youth Research at the University of Porto) from 6 to 8 of May, being a strong presence in the Physics and Engineering sessions. Furthermore, two students were awarded with best Oral Presentation in Math, Physics & Astronomy (Inês Ornelas) and in Engineering (Inês Batista), and one with best Poster Presentation in Physics (Andreia Silva). Inês Ornelas (top left picture) is a MSc student in Enginnering physics (FCUP), under the supervision of Ana Pires and André Pereira. Inês Batista (top right) is a MSc student in Biomedical Engineering (FEUP), under the supervision of André Pereira (IFIMUP) and Cristina Martins (i3S) and collaboration of Mariana Rocha (IFIMUP). Andreia Silva (bottom) is a MSc student in Enginnering physics (FCUP), under the supervision of Catarina Dias and João Ventura.
Here is the full list of IFIMUP's contributions:
Physics
Development and optimization of Bismuth Telluride nanoplates for thermoelectric devices, Silva, Isabel; Maia, M. Margarida; Pires, Ana L.; Rocha, Mariana; Pereira, André M.
Energy harvesting combining triboelectric nanogenerators and thermomagnetic materials in low temperature gradients, Bugalhão, R.; Rodrigues, C.; Ventura, J.
H2 Solar: Nanostructured oxide semiconductors as photoelectrochemical cells for green hydrogen production by solar water splitting, Freitas, João Pedro; Quitério, Paula; Simões, Rita; Sousa, T. Célia; Lopes, Tânia; Mendes, Adélio; Araújo, João P.; Apolinário, Arlete
Magnetic Tunnel Junction Enabled Quantum Energy Harvesting, Grácio, M. B.; Ventura, J.; Ferreira, R.; Paz, E.
Nanostructures towards optimized triboelectric nanogenerators power output,Silva, Ana C. P. da; Rodrigues, Cátia R. S.; Pina, Maria Pilar; Viana, Reyes Mallada; Ventura, João O.; Pereira, André M.
Simulations of triboelectric nanogenerators and performance optimization, Callaty, Carlos; Gonçalves, Isabel; Rodrigues, Cátia; Ventura, João
Modeling the growth of anodic WO3 self-ordered nanopores for solar water splitting, Simões, Rita; Quitério, Paula; Freitas, João P.; Sousa, Célia T.; Mendes, Adélio; Araújo, João P.; Apolinário, Arlete
E-Tattoos for Monitoring Vital Signs, Mesquita, Francisco; Pereira, André; Pires, Ana L.; Mesquita, Francisco; Pereira, André; Pires, Ana L.
Performance of the CAEN digitizer DT5730SB in the context of Perturbed Angular Correlation Spectroscopy measurements, Miranda, A. C.; Rodrigues, P. Rocha; Correia, J. G.; Lopes, A. M. L.; Araújo, J. P.
🏆Tunning the transport properties of Bi2Te3/PVA/PEDOT:PSS, Ornelas, Inês; Maia, Margarida; Almeida, Miguel; Rocha, Mariana; L.Pires, Ana; M. Pereira, André
Engineering
Development and testing of triboelectric nanogenerators in a wave tank, Soares, Patrícia; Correia, José; Gonçalves, Isabel; Rodrigues, Cátia; Ventura, João
🏆Tunning of the Magnetic Nanoparticles Properties for Biomedical Applications, Batista, Inês L.; Pereira, André M.; Martins, Cristina L.; Rocha, Mariana
POSTERS
Physics
🏆Ionic liquid electronic synapses, Silva, Andreia; Dias, Catarina; Ventura, João
Pressure-Induced Phase Transformations of Sr3Hf2O7, Barbosa, M. C. B.; Lora da Silva, E.; Lekshmi, P. Neenu; Lopes, A. M. L.; Araújo, J. P.
Vortex-based nano-oscillators based on magnetic tunnel junctions for Neuromorphic applications, Silva, João M. S.
Engineeering
Study of Ni2In hexagonal systems (MnCoGe1−xInx alloy), Gomes, Beatriz; Oliveira, Gonçalo; Horta, João; Lopes, Armandina; Araújo, João
By Catarina Dias
18.05.2022
IFIMUP on the news
IFIMUP's researcher Arlete Apolinário was invited by the Laboratório de Materiais Nanoestruturados (LMNano), do Centro de Tecnologias Estratégicas do Nordeste (CETENE) in Brazil to give an online talk for the Institute. This was an iniciative to promote knowledge exchange, as described in the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (news in Portuguese). Arlete talked about the production of nanotubular titanium dioxide matrices for renewable energy applications .
By Catarina Dias
09.05.2022
Magnetism in Portugal 2022 – Young Researchers
The deadline for abstracts submissions to "Magnetism in Portugal 2022 - Young Researchers" is May 15th. The abstracts must be submitted through the website of the conference, following the format of the template word document that can be found in the "Home" tab.
We remind you that this meeting is devoted to young researchers, it is opened to all sub-topics of Magnetism and it will take place at Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto (FCUP) on September 12 and 13, 2022.
Any doubts or comments can be sent to NPM e-mail: npm@spf.pt
By João Horta
03.05.2022
EPS Structural Dynamics Afternoon Online Workshop Series
Joaquim Agostinho Moreira, an IFIMUP researcher, along with other colleagues, members of the Board of the Structure and Dynamical Properties of Solids, of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society are organizing a new online workshop series: The EPS Structural Dynamics Afternoon Online Workshop, which will gather scientific contributions dealing with Dynamical and Structural Properties in Condensed Matter topics. The workshops will take place once a semester online and regroup 3 invited contributions from established researchers in the field and contributions from doctoral students, selected by our scientific committee.
The 1st EPS Structural Dynamics Afternoon Online Workshop will be held on May 19th starting at 14:00 (CEST), with the topic of Topological Features in Ferroic Systems (https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/84614727966):
14:00 CEST: "Stabilization of polar homochirality at BiFeO3 domain walls" Elzbieta Gradauskaite, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
14:30 CEST: "Highway to electrifying skyrmions" Mauro A. P. Gonçalves, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic.
15:00 CEST: "Measuring and tailoring anisotropies in skyrmions and antiskyrmion hosts" István Kézsmárki, University of Augsburg, Germany.
By Rui Vilarinho
15.04.2022
2022 IFIMUP Talks #3 by CETENE Researcher Vanessa Lima
Next Friday, April 22 at 14h online via Zoom Colibri, Vanessa Lima will give the 3rd session of the 2022 IFIMUP Talks series. She is a researcher from the Laboratório de Pesquisa em Nanotecnologia, Centro de Tecnologias Estratégicas do Nordeste - CETENE (Recife, Brazil). Her talk will be on "New strategies for semiconductors materials synthesis: pulsed anodization".
By Catarina Dias
13.04.2022
Honorable Mention at the 2021 William Bonfield Prize for Best Review Paper
IFIMUP review paper Nanomaterials with high solar reflectance as an emerging path towards energy-efficient envelope systems: a review, Veloso, R. C., Souza, A., Maia, J., Ramos, N. M. M., and Ventura, J., J Mater Sci 56, 19791–19839 (2021) was awarded one of the two Honorable Mentions of the 2021 William Bonfield Prize for Best Review Paper out of over 100 review papers published in 2021.
By Catarina Dias
08.04.2022
IFIMUP at AEM2022
IFIMUP researchers presented their work at AEM2022, a premier conference series (18th series) on alternative energy materials which was held from 6-8 April 2022 both virtually and at Imperial College London. Furthermore IFIMUP is also part of the Scientific (João Pedro Araújo, João Ventura) and Organising (Estelina da Silva) Committees.
List of presentations:
Joao Ventura (Plenary talk), Applications of Triboelectric Nanogenerators in harsh environments
Catarina Dias (Oral), Understanding the radiative properties of nanoparticle doped coatings
Carlos Callaty (Oral), Influence of materials properties in the performance of new triboelectric energy harvesters
Rita Carvalho Veloso (Oral), Designing finishing coatings with NIR reflective nanomaterials for buildings façades
Rita Bugalhão (Poster), Energy Harvesting from Low Temperature Gradients using the Thermomagnetic Effect and Triboelectric Materials
By Catarina Dias
30.03.2022
Dr. Sofia Ferreira-Teixeira defended her PhD Thesis
25.03.2022
2022 IFIMUP Talks #2 by Students Dénise Narciso and Ana Paulino
Next Friday, April 1 at 14h online via Zoom Colibri, Dénise Narciso and Ana Bensabat Paulino will give the 2nd session of the 2022 IFIMUP Talks series. They are two FCUP students selected for the financed 2021 FCT Summer Project "Verão Com Ciência - IFIMUP". Their talk will be on "Study of the Alloys with the Giant Magnetocaloric Effect: Gd5Si2Ge2 and Mn0.9Cu0.1CoGe".
By Catarina Dias
24.03.2022
90 seconds of Science
André Pereira talked at "90 segundos de ciência" (Antena 1, RTP)about his work on Energy Harvesting for remote nanosatellite battery charging. (Audio in Portuguese).
By Catarina Dias
08.03.2022
2022 IFIMUP Talks #1 by PhD Student Cláudia Fernandes
Next Friday, March 11 at 14h online via Zoom Colibri, Cláudia Fernandes will give the 1st session of the 2022 IFIMUP Talks series. Cláudia Fernandes is a PhD student currently developing her thesis at IFIMUP. Her talk will be on "Rod mangle rotation patterns for magnetic field generation".
By Catarina Dias
07.03.2022
Workshop on "Advanced materials and methodologies in circular construction"
IFIMUP researchers, in collaboration with researchers from Institute of Structures and Construction (CONSTRUCT; FEUP) and Centro de Química-Vila Real (CQVR; UTAD), organized the virtual Workshop on "Advanced materials and methodologies in circular construction", supported by Project Circular2B funded by EEA Grants.
This one-day thematic workshop covered aspects of emerging materials and methodologies in the construction sector, including nanomaterials and nanocomposites, adaptive materials, machine learning, reflective and radiative coatings, energy efficiency or 3D printing, among others. The Keynote Speakers were internationally recognized experts in these fields, allowing researchers and PhD students to contact with their valuable experiences.
By Catarina Dias
03.03.2022
Pedagogical Innovation of the U.Porto awards a project with IFIMUP's researchers
The Expansion and Compression of Materials project, a transversal pedagogical platform, authored by researchers of IFIMUP, João P. Araújo, André Pereira and João Horta, and Carla Rosa, professor from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), was one of the seven winners of the annual competition for Pedagogical Innovation Projects, organized by the U.Porto.
The project proposes the introduction of a new laboratory work “Expansion and compression of materials” in the UC “Laboratories of Physics III” of the 3rd year of the Physics and Physics Engineering degrees.
By Catarina Dias
02.03.2022
3rd Condensed Matter Physics National Conference
IFIMUP researchers and students partifipated in the 3rd Condensed Matter Physics National Conference. This conference was organized by the Condensed Matter Physics Division of the Portuguese Physical Society and took place in Lisbon from February 28 to March 2. IFIMUP work was represented in 7 oral (1 invited) and 7 poster presentations, and some members were also part of the Organizing Committee and the Scientific Commission.
List of contributions:
SPIN-WAVE SPECTROSCOPY OF INDIVIDUAL FERROMAGNETIC NANOELEMENTS - Gleb N Kakazei
PHASE SEQUENCE AND PROPERTIES OF PIEZOELECTRIC K0.5Na0.5NbO3 CERAMICS SINTERED BY DIFFERENT ROUTES - Mariana Gomes
OPTIMISED TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS TOWARDS MAGNETOELECTRIC SPIN-ORBIT MESO LOGIC DEVICES - Sofia Ferreira Teixeira
BIO/ELECTRONIC INTERFACES FOR NEUROPROSTETICS - Catarina Dias
DETECTING A SHADOW OF THE MAGNETIC VORTEX CORE - Artem Bondarenko
MAGNETIC AND VIBRATIONAL NON-CRITICAL ANOMALIES IN RFeO3 - Rui Vilarinho
CONTRACTION AND GIANT NEGATIVE THERMAL EXPANSION AT THE NANOSCALE IN THE Gd5(Si,Ge)4 MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS - João H Belo
DISENTANGLING THE PHASE SEQUENCE AND CORRELATED CRITICAL PROPERTIES IN B0.7La0.3FeO3 BY STRUCTURAL STUDIES - Mariana Gomes
CONTROL OF STRUCTUAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF POLYCRYSTALLINE Co2FeGe FILMS VIA DEPOSITON AND ANNEALING TEMPERATURES - Andrii Vovk
NUMERICAL SIMULATON OF A PASSIVE THERMAL SWITCH - Cláudia R Fernandes
GROUP THEORY ANALYSIS TO STUDY PHASE TRANSITIONS OF SR3HF2O7 - Estelina L Silva
LOW IMPEDANCE ELECTRODEPOSITED PEDOT:PSS THIN FILMS - Henrique Teixeira
PRESSURE-INDUCED PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS OF Sr3Hf2O7 - Maria C B Barbosa
AIRFLOW-DRIVEN HYBRIDIZED NANOGENERATOR FOR BIOMECHANICAL ENERGY HARVESTING - Tiago M Alves
By Catarina Dias
27.01.2022
90 seconds of Science
Rui Vilarinho talked at "90 segundos de ciência" (Antena 1, RTP)about his work on Raman spectroscopy for different applications. (Audio in Portuguese).
By Catarina Dias
20.01.2022
IFIMUP researchers organize the workshop Neutron and Muons: from Science to Society
On Januray 19, researchers Joaquim Agostinho Moreira and Rui Vilarinho, in collaboration with Maria Paula Marques (U. Coimbra) and Pedro Vaz (IST), organized the workshop Neutron and Muons: from Science to Society, with resident researchers and beamline directors from the CERN/n-TOF, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, and Institute Laue Langevin. These workshops have the aim to help Portuguese researchers in getting to know better the opportunities of these large international infrastructures for the submission of future works in neutron diffraction and muon spectroscopy.
By Rui Vilarinho