Laureados durante o 22º encontro da SBPMat – B-MRS Meeting, realizado em Santos-SP. Crédito: Divulgação SBPMat
Booth, roundtable, short courses and awards marked CNPEM’s participation in SBPMat meeting in Santos
Fourteen projects by fellows and professionals at the Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) received awards during the 22nd B-MRS Meeting of the Brazilian Materials Research Society (SBPMat) held in the city of Santos, São Paulo from September 29 to October 3. CNPEM was also present at the event with a booth to publicize the ability to use its open scientific facilities, various presentations of results and special sessions such as a short course in electron microscopy and a roundtable about dissemination of science.
In order to expand female participation in science, this edition of the event included a dedicated “Early Career Woman Scientist” award recognizing the best projects presented by women during the oral presentation sessions. This went to researcher Ingrid David Barcelos of the Brazilian Synchrotron Light National Laboratory (LNLS) for her presentation “Earth-Abundant Talc 2D Layered Materials: Vibrational Properties, Nanophotonics, and Optoelectronic Applications,” and Ingrid Guadalupe Rodriguez Gutierrez, a researcher at the Brazilian Nanotechnology National Laboratory (LNNano) received an honorable mention for her project entitled “Towards sustainable hydrogen production: modification strategies in the design of highly efficient photoelectrodes.”
Dozens of undergraduate and graduate students, pupils at Ilum, and fellows and researchers who work in the National Laboratories at CNPEM participated in the poster and oral presentation sessions throughout the event, and during the closing ceremony twelve prizes were awarded to seven students, such as the best projects of each symposium (from SBPMat, the Bernhard Gross award) and best poster and oral presentation awarded by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). The winners were:
- Francisco Mateus Cirilo da Silva, adjunct researcher at the Carnaúba beamline at Sirius (LNLS), who received the Bernhard Gross and ACS awards for best oral presentation for his work entitled “X-ray dose effects and strategies to mitigate beam damage in metal halide perovskites under high brilliance X-ray photon sources,” a project conducted during his doctoral work.
- Gabrielle Coelho Lelis, a doctoral fellow in the Thin Films and Electrical Measurement division at LNNano, who received the Bernhard Gross and ACS awards for best oral presentation for her work entitled “Exploiting the synergy between molecularly imprinted polymers, electrolytic transistors, and machine learning towards sensing of small analyte molecules.” More information about this research can be found at https://pubs.acs.org/doi/epdf/10.1021/acsami.3c16699.
- Heloísa Helena Pereira Silva, master’s fellow in the electron microscopy area of LNNano, who received the Bernhard Gross and ACS awards for best poster for her project “Growth of thin film of CuZr metallic glass by sputtering.”
- Iara de Lacerda Pataca, doctoral fellow in the Nanomaterials Synthesis Lab at LNNano, who received the Bernhard Gross award for best poster for her project entitled “Synthesis and characterization of Jacutingaite (Pt2HgSe3): exploring solid-state reactions;” read more about this research at https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.235153.
- Maria Clara dos Santos Oliveira, doctoral fellow in the Renewable Nanomaterials group, who received the Bernhard Gross award for best oral presentation for “Combining and concentrating nanocelluloses for cryogels with remarkable strength and wet resilience.”
- Maria Gabriella Detone Guaita, doctoral fellow in the Carnaúba beamline group at Sirius (LNLS), who received the Bernhard Gross and RSC awards for best poster, entitled “Influence of co-solvent and methylammonium chloride additive on low-dimensional perovskites for solar cells.”
- Pedro Sales Toro Alonso, undergraduate introduction to science fellow in the Renewable Nanomaterials group at LNNano, who received the Bernhard Gross and RSC awards for best oral presentation for his project “Scalable methods to isolate cellulose nanofibers from sugarcane bagasse;” learn more about this project at https://bv.fapesp.br/pt/bolsas/208828/metodos-escalonaveis-para-producao-de-nanocelulose-a-partir-do-bagaco-de-cana-de-acucar/.
Institutional participation by CNPEM
A roundtable discussion about scientific dissemination was also a highlight of this edition of the event. For the first time, SBPMat held a special session about public dissemination of scientific topics. To enrich the discussion, three presenters were invited to share examples and strategies of scientific dissemination from their respective companies and institutions: the journalist Chloé Pinheiro, of the podcast Ciência Suja; UNIFESP professor Tatiana Martelli Mazzo, coordinator of the Maré de Ciência program; and journalist Luciana Noronha, communications specialist at CNPEM, who was involved in publicity about Sirius from the start of the project.
On Sunday (29), the event opened with technical presentations such as a short course on electron microscopy presented by LNNano researcher Jefferson Bettini, which addressed the basics of this technique and offered information about planning experiments and interpreting findings. In another technical session, LNNano researcher Carlos Alberto Ospina Ramirez taught a short course entitled “Basics and applications of the 4DSTEM technique” with Northwestern University professor Roberto dos Reis. This course explored the 4D scanning transmission electron microscopy technique, from basic principles to advanced data analysis.
On Wednesday, October 2, a synchrotron symposium was held, with participation by researchers and external users of the Sirius beamlines. This symposium titled “Synchrotron radiation nanoscopy of heterogeneous and hierarchical materials” included presentations of findings from studies conducted on the beamlines and prospects for use of the new lines at Sirius. This event, which brought together students, researchers, and well-known professionals in materials science and related areas, also included extensive scientific content. During the breaks between sessions, participants were able to visit the CNPEM booth to learn more about the process of submitting research proposals to use the open scientific facilities and direct more technical questions to the Center’s staff, including representatives from the User Support Office (EdU).
About the event
The 22nd edition of SBPMat’s B-MRS Meeting was one of the largest in history, uniting over 1700 people from 24 Brazilian states and other countries. This traditional meeting is dedicated to recent advances and future possibilities for materials science and related technologies. The event is an excellent opportunity to bring together scientists, engineers and students from the academic environment and the productive sector to discuss the state of the art and discoveries in this area.
About CNPEM
The Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) is home to a state-of-the-art, multi-user and multidisciplinary scientific environment and works on different fronts within the Brazilian National System for Science, Technology and Innovation. A social organization overseen by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), CNPEM is driven by research that impacts the areas of health, energy, renewable materials, and sustainability. It is responsible for Sirius, the largest assembly of scientific equipment constructed in the country, and is currently constructing Project Orion, a laboratory complex for advanced pathogen research. Highly specialized science and engineering teams, sophisticated infrastructure open to the scientific community, strategic lines of investigation, innovative projects involving the productive sector, and training for researchers and students are the pillars of this institution that is unique in Brazil and able to serve as a bridge between knowledge and innovation. It is responsible for operating the Brazilian Synchrotron Light (LNLS), Biosciences (LNBio), Nanotechnology (LNNano), and Biorenewables (LNBR) National Laboratories, as well as the Ilum School of Science, which offers a bachelor’s degree program in science and technology with support from the Ministry of Education (MEC).
