NESC MN was represented at the CMD31 conference, an international event covering all aspects of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Physics, including hard and soft condensed matter physics, liquid physics, biophysics, materials science, quantum physics, low temperature physics, strongly correlated materials, semiconductor physics, magnetism, superconductivity, surface and interface physics, and more.

September 3rd

Invited Talk at MC12 – Materials Morphology Alteration Using State-of-the-Art Techniques Experiments, Simulations, and Theoretical Models I
Session Title: “Ion Irradiation of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors: Defect Engineering and Radiation Detection”
Speaker: Katharina Lorenz 

Oral presentation at MC11 – Triboelectric and piezoelectric nanogenerators: unleashing energy harvesting at the nanoscale II
Session Title: Triboelectric devices with flexible graphene electrodes for energy harvesting and sensing solutions
Speaker: Ismael Domingos

Session Moderation at MC21 – Optical Materials for Structured Light II
Moderator: Marco Piccardo

Oral presentation at MC33 – Memristive devices and materials for emerging computing paradigms III
Session Title: Memristor-based LIF Neuron with Self-Timed Proportional Biphasic Stimulation for Hybrid Bio-CMOS Systems
Speaker: Alexandre  Santos

September 4th

Invited Talks at MC43 – Advances in controlled disorder and defect analysis of materials I:

Session Title: “Ag and Au nanoparticles created by ion implantation in Ga2O3 thin films for temperature sensing”
Speaker: Marco Peres

Session Title: “Implantation-induced β-Ga2O3 microtubes and nanomembranes”
Speaker: Duarte Esteves

Oral presentations at MC43 – Advances in controlled disorder and defect analysis of materials I:

Session Title: “Characterisation of differently doped  β-Ga2O3 membrane MSM photodetectors and FET” Speaker: Miguel Pedro

Session Title: “Gallium Oxide Thin Films deposited by RF-Sputtering for Electro-Optical Applications”
Speaker:  Ana Sofia Sousa

Special Session – Young Minds at Small Auditorium
” Bridging the Gap: Young Physicists in Industry and Research” (Duarte Esteves, Ana Sofia Sousa and Miguel Pedro)

September 5th

Invited Talks at MC20 – Neuromorphic computing with complex systems III 

Session Title: “Neuromorphic weighted sum with magnetic skyrmions”
Speaker: Tristan Gomes

Session moderation at MC43 – Advances in controlled disorder and defect analysis of materials IV
Moderator: Marco Peres

Additionally, there was a visit to the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) facilities, notably its cleanroom and advanced spintronics characterization rooms.