Material chemistry and physics 2022-2023
Target Group
PhD students of the Doctoral Schools of Natural Sciences and (Bioscience) Engineering.
Organizing & Scientific Committee
Spokesperson
Prof. Dr. Jonathan Leliaert
Faculty: Sciences - Department: Solid State Sciences
E-mail: Jonathan.Leliaert@UGent.be
Other members of the organising & scientific committee
Prof. Iwan Moreels [Dept. of Chemistry, UGent]
Prof. Diederik Depla [Dept. of Solid State Sciences, UGent]
Prof. Jolien Dendooven [Dept. of Solid State Sciences, UGent]
Prof. Anna Kaczmarek [Dept. of Chemistry, UGent]
Abstract
The specialist course in material chemistry and physics consists of a series of lectures, given with the aim to let the students overcome the confines of their own research topic and explore this broad and interdisciplinary field. The invited experts are all working at the forefront of this research topic but are also selected for their didactic qualities.
The school is focused around 3 topics (synthesis, characterization, applications), and for each topic, two 3-hour sessions are organized (6 in total), consisting of 2 lectures followed by a discussion, guided by a chair, between both lecturers and the students.
Topics and Objectives
Topics
- Synthesis:
- Chemical synthesis of (nano)materials
- Growth of thin films - Characterization:
- Using photons and electrons in material analysis
- Optical, electronic and magnetic properties of materials - 3. Applications
- Energy storage and conversion
- Applications of nanoparticles
Objectives
The purpose of this school is to give the students a broader overview of materials chemistry and physics, such that they can better place their own research in the bigger picture and learn where there might be synergies between their own research and adjacent research topics. This will not only be achieved through the first-hand accounts of the expert lecturers but also through the discussions afterwards in which the lectures can go in debate with each other and the students. The poster session at the end of the school gives the students the opportunity to share their own research and learn about the research of their peers in the different departments whose research fits within the topic of this school.
Dates and Venue
Dates: 1 Sept 2022 → 30 June 2023
Number of contact hours (minimum 15): 6 x 3 (lectures and discussion) + 3 (poster reception) + hot topic lecture (2) = 23 hours
Venue: S2 faculty board room (lectures can also be delivered in a hybrid format, with the speaker online and the students physically present in the lecture room)
Program and Time schedule
1st semester
Synthesis
Growth of Thin films
October 12th, Faculty board room S2 building, 3rd floor, at 13:30
Kostas Sarakinos (University of Helsinki)
Adrie Mackus (TU Eindhoven)
Chemical synthesis of (nano)materials
November 10th,Faculty board room S2 building, 3rd floor, at 15:00
Maria Ibanez (IST Austria)
Anna Loiudice (EPFL)
Characterization
Using photons and electrons in material analysis
December 13th, Faculty board room S2 building, 3rd floor, at 14:30
Sara Bals (University of Antwerp)
Sabrina Disch (University of Cologne)
2nd semester
Characterization
Optical, electronic and magnetic properties of materials
February 14th, Faculty board room S2 building, 3rd floor, at 14:00
- Revealing the nano in nanomagnetism: from bulk to nanomicroscopy measurements
Claire Donnelly (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany) - Design of luminescent materials - from basics to real applications
Markus Suta (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf , Germany)
Applications
Applications of nanomaterials
May 9th, Faculty board room S2 building, 3rd floor, at 15:00
- Applications of nanomaterials in computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Christian Vanhove (Medical Image and Signal Processing [MEDISIP], Ghent University, Belgium)
Energy storage and conversion
May 31st, Lecture room 3.1 S1 building, 3rd floor, from 9:00 - 12:00
- Interfacial Engineering of Solid-State Batteries
Neil Dasgupta (University of Michigan, USA) - Chalcogen based materials for photo-energy conversion
Jessica De Wild (UHasselt, Belgium)
Poster lunch
June 22nd, Lecture room 3.1 S1 building, 3rd floor, from 12:00 - 14:00
Registration
Please follow this link
If the course is fully booked, you can ask to be added to the waiting list by sending an e-mail to doctoralschools@ugent.be. In case of cancellations, you can take the open place.
Registration fee
Free of charge for Doctoral School members of (Bioscience) Engineering and Natural Sciences of Ghent University
Teaching materials
The speakers will share their presentation with the students and the recorded lectures will be available for the duration of the school.
Number of participants
Max 30 participants.
Language
English
Evaluation methods and criteria (doctoral training programme)
Attendance of at least 4 of the 6 afternoons + active participation in the poster reception, attendance to the hot topic lecture is encouraged but not mandatory. All lectures will be recorded and the students who were unable to attend one of the sessions will have the opportunity to view the lecture afterwards.