| 08:30 |
Registration & coffee |
| 09:00 |
Li-ion batteries - synchrotron studies of materials in motion |
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- Processes in a battery are complex
- The knowledge about the lithium-ion mobility in the bulk electrode, the electrolyte materials and electrode/electrolyte interfaces is crucial for new or improved battery concepts
- Characterization methods at different synchrotron radiation sources are improving the general understanding of the mechanisms occurring in a battery in operation
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Prof. Kristina Edström
Angström Advanced Battery Centre, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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| 09:45 |
Clean water and hydrogen from sunlight |
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- Providing safe clean drinking water and sustainable energy for all the World's population is of enormous importance
- In principle, sunlight is all one needs to purify and disinfect water and to split water to make fuels such as hydrogen
- But photocatalysts are poorly understood and not efficient enough.
- Have we missed something essential?
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Prof. Truls Norby
Functional Energy Related Materials, University of Oslo, Norway
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| 10:10 |
Towards the Simulation of redox reactions |
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- Fundamental aspects of non-equilibrium redox reactions
- Examples: Charging of Galvanic cells, contact electrification
- The challenge of modeling redox reactions with atomistic simulations
- Solutions to the problem and first demonstrators
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Prof. Martin Müser
Institute of Advanced Simulation, Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC)
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| 10:30 |
Refreshment break & networking |
| 11:00 |
Biofilms as complex films |
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- Biofilms are heterogeneous communities of bacteria
- What is the key process that enables them to live even in the most extreme environments?
- A common hallmark of all bacterial biofilms is the production of a polymeric matrix that holds the community together.
- Can we understand and manipulate this process?
- Biofilms colonize surfaces efficiently. How does that depend on their material properties?
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Dr. Agnese Seminara
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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| 11:40 |
Calcium phosphate coatings on magnesium alloy for biomaterial application |
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- Biodegradable magnesium alloy
- surface modification
- In vitro biodegradation and cytotoxicity evaluations
- orthopedic implants
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Prof. Wei Lu
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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| 12:10 |
Cavitation Induced Construction of Bioactive Surfaces |
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- Ultrasound-assisted formation of porous metals
- Surface metal capsules for tunable loading and release of active compounds
- Metal-polymer intelligent bio surfaces
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Dr. Daria Andreeva
Physical Chemistry, University Bayreuth
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| 12:30 |
Lunch & Networking |
| 13:50 |
Stable electrocatalysts for PEM-fuel cells with Pt from recycling sources |
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- Recycling of platinum and other PGM from used fuel cell stacks and car exhaust catalysts
- Application in low temperature PEFC, high temperature PEFC
- High performance and slow degradation
- Stationary and portable applications
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Dr. Elgar Fokkens
Hydrogen and Informatics Institute of Applied Technologies GmbH
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| 14:10 |
Patterned ceramic films and nanostructures by solution chemistry: an effective approach towards the synthesis of oxide microdevices |
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- The synthesis of patterned oxide thin films using solution chemistry and soft lithography is presented.
- Controlled nanostructures coupled with high quality lithography characteristics are achieved.
- They can serve as templates for the growth of nanorods or complex hierachic nanostructures.
- Complex microdevices for sensing applications can be produced along thís all-solution route
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Prof. Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini
Dipartimento di Chimica fisica - Universita' di Pavia
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| 14:30 |
Foaming of polypropylene nanocomposites. |
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- Closed-cell PP nanocomposite foams are produced with cell sizes lower and cell concentration higher than for the neat polypropylene.
- The effect of nanofibers and nanoplatelets both on the extensional viscosity of linear polypropylene and on the cell size, cell concentration and bulk density of PP-based foams will be discussed
- The influence of die temperature and extrusion speed on the structure of PP nanocomposite foams is presented
- Nanofibers or nanoplatelets are located in cell walls of growing bubbles and prevent their coalescence
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Prof. Andrzej Galeski
Centre of Moleuclar and Macromolecular Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
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| 14:50 |
Refreshment break & networking |
| 15:20 |
Thickness reinforcement of composite materials with z-pins |
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- Composite materials such as CFRP have excellent mechanical in-plane properties in relation to their density
- Compared to in-plane properties, out-of-plane properties are very low due to the lack of fibers oriented in the through-thickness direction
- state of the art and the influence of z-pins on the mechanical properties will be discussed
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Prof. Gerhard Scharr, Dipl.Ing. Matthias Knaupp
University of Rostock
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| 15:40 |
Spray-formed hypereutectic Aluminum-Silicon alloys |
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- Spray forming
- conducitivity
- hypereutectic Aluminum-Silicon
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Prof. Biao Yan
Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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| 16:00 |
Fabrication and properties of Ti6Al4V alloys and foams by rapid cooling-SPS |
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- The preparation of Ti6Al4V alloys and foams through spark plasma sintering (SPS) with a unique rapidly cooling system will be discussed.
- The effect of the cooling rate on the microstructures and mechanical properties of the Ti6Al4V alloys is presented.
- A comparison between the microstructures and properties of the Ti6Al4V alloys prepared by SPS and selected electron beam melting (SEBM) technique is given
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Dr. Fames Zhang
Physics of New Materials, University of Rostock
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| 16:20 | Closing remarks of the chairman & End of symposium |