Nanomaterials Webinar | X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Nanostructured Materials
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19th Nanomaterials Webinar
X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy for the Characterization of Nanostructured Materials
Esteemed reseachers from various research groups will give presentations about their characterization works, using mainly X-Ray Absorption Spectroscoy, in conjuction with also other techniques, which lead to the recent publication of important literature papers.
Date: 30 July 2024
Time: 2:00 pm CEST | 8:00 am EDT | 8:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 858 6693 2084
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Martina Fracchia
University of Pavia, Department of Chemistry, viale Taramelli 16, 27100 Pavia, Italy, INSTM, National Inter-University Consortium for Materials Science and Technology, Via G. Giusti 9, 50121 Florence, Italy;
Dr. Martina Fracchia got her master’s degree cum laude in Chemistry at the University of Pavia. She then enrolled in the Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical and Chemical Sciences at the same university, investigating the mechanism of catalytic and electrochemical reactions by operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). During her Ph.D., she spent four months at the University of Bremen (Germany) and since 2015 she has participated to over 30 experiments in synchrotron radiation facilities (ESRF, France and Elettra, Italy). Since 2019 she is post-doctoral fellow at the University of Pavia. Her research is mainly devoted to the study of novel materials (in particular high entropy oxides) for catalysis and energy production/storage, characterizing them through conventional laboratory techniques and advanced synchrotron radiation techniques (XAS, XRD). In 2022 she won the “Young physico-chemist award” issued by the Physical Chemistry division of the Italian Chemical Society (SCI). In 2023 she was awarded the fellowship “L’Orèal-Italia for Women in Science 2023” issued by L’Oréal-Italia and UNESCO, to promote her research on high entropy oxides as sustainable catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction.
Dr. Boby Joseph
Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, S.S. 14, Km 163.5 in Area Science Park, Basovizza
34149, Italy;
Dr. Boby Joseph is an experimental condensed matter physicist, presently working as the beamline in charge of the Xpress high-pressure diffraction station at the Elettra Synchrotron Center, Trieste. Main theme of his current research is the investigation of the pressure induced electronic and structural changes of materials systems. He is associated with the Elettra Synchrotron Center for last 10 years. Before to join the synchrotron center he had a seven year long post-doctoral period where he was extensively using the European synchrotron facilities for the material science investigations.
Dr. Danilo Oliveira de Souza
Institute of Physics, Rio de Janeiro State University: Rio de Janeiro, 20550-900 – Rio de Janeiro – RJ – Brasil;
PhD by Université Lille 1 (2015, France). I've developed new approaches (Chemometric/MCR-ALS) to treat in situ/operando time-resolved spectroscopy data (particularly, X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy). A acquired a fair experience in synchrotron facilities, particularly, at XAS (4y postdoc at Elettra). Also interested in how gold nanoparticles interact with sulfur to form self-assembled structures via SERS. It has an important application as gas sensors and biological probe.
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Some interesting application of X-ray absorption spectroscopy technique to real case studies has been showed, particularly focussing on nanostructured materials. It has been shown examples of which information can be retrieved from the analysis of either the XANES and EXAFS regions, and how they complement with results from other techniques like X-ray diffraction. Finally, strategies to deal with big data (thousands of spectra) through Chemometric tools, such as Principal Component Analysis and Multivariate Curve Resolution, were also presented.
State-of-the-Art Insights into Nanostructures by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
Edited by Simone Pollastri
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2024
Effect of Ag-Decorated BiVO4 on Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: An X-ray Absorption Spectroscopic Investigation
Authors: Ta Thi Thuy Nga, Yu-Cheng Huang, Jeng-Lung Chen, Chi-Liang Chen, Bi-Hsuan Lin, Ping-Hung Yeh, Chao-Hung Du, Jau-Wern Chiou, Way-Faung Pong, K. Thanigai Arul, Chung-Li Dong and Wu-Ching Chou
Nanomaterials 2022, 12(20), 3659; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12203659
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study of Thickness Effects on the Structural and Magnetic Properties of Pr2−δNi1−xMn1+xO6−y Double Perovskite Thin Films
Authors: Mónica Bernal-Salamanca, Javier Herrero-Martín, Zorica Konstantinović, Lluis Balcells, Alberto Pomar, Benjamín Martínez and Carlos Frontera
Nanomaterials 2022, 12(23), 4337; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12234337
Kinetics, Electronic Properties of Filled Carbon Nanotubes Investigated with Spectroscopy for Applications
Author: Marianna V. Kharlamova
Nanomaterials 2023, 13(1), 176; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13010176