Nanostructured oxides and carbon materials represent an extremely rich playground for many applications, ranging from sensing to photodectors, from photovoltaics to photocatalysis. These materials are expected to meet the requirements on sustainability practices and the need for new ideas to boost the energy transition.

In this Workshop, we will focus on nanostructured oxides and carbon materials addressing their role in applications and devices. Attention will be paid to functionalization and doping, as well as to the opportunity provided by ab-initio calculations to disclose the mechanisms underlying devices operation.

Bringing together junior and senior scientists from the nanoscience research community we aim to offer participants a perspective on novel approaches to device development starting form nanomaterials surfaces and interfaces.  

The workshop will host three Session: (i) Nanostructured oxides, (ii) Nanostructured carbon, and (iii) Computational and experimental  methods for surface analysis

Speakers

Antonio TRICOLI, University of Sydney (AUS)

Manuela SCARSELLI, Università degli Studi di Roma - Tor Vergata

Elena SPAGNOLI, University of Ferrara

Vincenzo GUIDI, University of Ferrara

Andrea CASOTTO, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, University of Notre Dame (IN, USA)

Barbara FABBRI, University of Ferrara

Hakimeh PAKDEL, Università degli Studi di Brescia

Gilbert NESSIM, Bar Ilan University (IL)

Steven DE FEYTER, KU Leuven (B)

Mario TRIONI, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche CNR    

Daniele PERILLI, Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca

Aldo UGOLOTTI, Università degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca

Sonia FREDDI, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Call for Contributions

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to the conference through submissions of their research abstracts. There are no registration fees for participants.

Conference location

The conference will be hosted at the new Campus of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (via della Garzetta 48, Brescia, Italy).

Organising committee

Luigi SANGALETTI (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Elisabetta COMINI (Università degli Studi di Brescia), Stefania PAGLIARA (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)