5th ELECMI International Workshop

The upcoming 5th edition of the ELECMI ↗ International Workshop will take place at the Scientific and Technological Centers of the Universitat de Barcelona (CCiTUB ↗), one of the key nodes of ELECMI, the Spanish Infrastructure for Electron Microscopy of Materials, part of the national ICTS (Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructures) map.

This in-person event is designed for researchers working with electron microscopy and scanning probe techniques, offering a unique opportunity to engage with leading experts in the field. Internationally renowned speakers, along with ELECMI researchers at the forefront of technical and methodological innovation, will share their latest findings and developments. The workshop will highlight the role of advanced microscopy as a fundamental tool for characterising both materials and soft matter at the highest spatial, energy, and time resolutions.

The scientific programme will cover key topics such as: 4D STEM, Scanning Probe and Dual-Beam Microscopy, Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) and In situ Electron Microscopy.

In addition, this edition will feature a dedicated poster session, allowing attendees to present their own scientific advances and promote active exchange within the research community.


Topic 1

4D STEM

 

 

Topic 2

Scanning Probe / Dual-Beam Microscopy

 

 

Topic 3

EELS

 

 

Topic 4

In situ EM

 

 

Speakers

Raúl Arenal

Universidad
Zaragoza  
 

Paulo Ferreira

International Iberian
Nanotechnology Laboratory
(INL)  

Alejandro Gómez-González

Universidad
Zaragoza
 

Martien de Hertog

Institut Neel
CNRS
 

 

Ana Belén Hungría

IMEYMAT  
Universidad Cádiz
 

Míriam Jaafar

ICMM
CSIC
 

Mathieu Kociak

Université
Paris-Saclay
 

Miguel López Haro

Universidad
Cádiz
 

 

Lluís López

Centres Científics i Tecnològics
Universitat de Barcelona
(CCiTUB)

Álvaro Mayoral

Universidad
Zaragoza
 

Daniel del Pozo

French Alternative Energies
& Atomic Energy Commission
(CEA)

Ranit Ram

Institute Photonic Commission
(ICFO)
 

 

Marta Rossell

Swiss Federal Laboratories
Materials Science and Technology
(EMPA)  

Gabriel Sánchez-Santolino

National Center
Electron Microscopy
Complutense Madrid

Pau Torruella

École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL) 

Jing Wang

Universidad
Zaragoza
 

 

Vanessa Costa Ledesma

LENS-MIND-IN2UB
Universitat Barcelona
 

Jose Juan Calvino

Universidad
Cádiz
 

Pilar Cea

Universidad
Zaragoza
 

Jose Maria de Teresa

Universidad
Zaragoza
 

 

Maria Varela

Universidad
Complutense de
Madrid  

Francesca Peiró

Chair
Laboratory Electron Nanoscopy
(LENS-MIND-IN2UB)
Universitat de Barcelona

Juan Fran Sangüesa

Chair
Centres Científics i Tecnològics de la Universitat de Barcelona
(CCiTUB)

Program

Book of abstracts coming soon

21
May

Thursday

Presentation. New "Advanced Microscopy Space" at CCiTUB

11:30 - 12:00 Presentation. New "Advanced Microscopy Space" at CCiTUB

12:00 - 12:30 Talk 1 Volumetric Electron Microscopy. Invited Talk
Carles Bosch ☛ Ultrastructure at the tissue scale: volumeEM and compatible technologies

12:30 - 13:00 Talk 2 Correlative Light-Electron Microscopy (CLEM)
Xavier Fernández Busquets ☛ Targeting protein condensates in Plasmodium: The malaria parasite Achilles heel?

13:00 - 13:30 Talk 3 Single Particle Cryo-EM
Beatriz Herguedas ☛ The Cryo-EM Revolution in Membrane Protein Structural Biology

Workshop

14:00 - 14:50 Registration

14:50 - 15:00 Welcome: Pilar Cea (Unizar), Juan Francisco Sangüesa (UB)

4D STEM
chair: Francesca Peiró

15:00 - 15:30 Plenary Talk
Gabriel Sanchez-Santolino ☛

15:30 - 15:50 Invited Talk
Lluís López ☛

15:50 - 16:10 Invited Talk
Álvaro Mayoral ☛ Developing Ptychographic Methods for Beam-Sensitive Porous Materials

16:10 - 16:30 Invited Talk
Miguel López Haro ☛

16:30 - 16:50 Technical Talk
GenISys ☛ Software solutions to advance metrology and inspection

16:50 - 17:30 Coffee Break and Posters session

17:30 - 17:50 Invited Talk
Vanessa Costa Ledesma ☛ WhatEELS 2.0: A Modern Python Framework for EELS Data Analysis

DUAL BEAM
chair: Jose M. De Teresa

17:50 - 18:20 Plenary Talk
Míriam Jaafar ☛ Next-Generation MFM Probes: Customized Magnetic Nanorods for Advanced Characterization

18:20 - 18:40 Invited Talk
Jing Wang ☛ Nanofabrication and transport properties of topological insulator Bi2Te3 thin films

18:40 - 19:00 Invited Talk
Alejandro Gómez-González ☛ Fabrication of conductive Cobalt-Based deposits by Cryo-FEBID for use as Top-Contact electrodes in Molecular Electronics

19:00 - 19:20 Technical Talk
Thermofisher ☛ be confirmed

22
May

Friday

In situ Electron Microscopy
chair: José J. Calvino

9:00 - 9:30 Plenary Talk
Raúl Arenal ☛ In-Situ TEM: Driving Transformations in Nanomaterials through Heat

9:30 - 9:50 Invited Talk
Martien de Hertog ☛ Measuring electric properties in semiconducting materials using 4D STEM and electron beam induced current

9:50 - 10:10 Invited Talk
Paulo Ferreira ☛

10:10 - 10:30 Invited Talk
Ranit Ram ☛ Sustainable Anode Design for Industrially Relevant Green Hydrogen Production

10:30 - 10:50 Invited Talk
Ana Belén Hungría ☛

10:50 - 11:30 Coffee Break and Posters session

11:30 - 11:50 Technical Talk
DENS Solutions ☛ To be confirmed

EELS
chair: Javier García

11:50 - 12:20 Plenary Talk
Mathieu Kociak ☛ Recent advances in nanooptics with free electron beams

12:20 - 12:40 Invited Talk
Pau Torruella ☛ Nanoscale Uranium Oxide Redox Processes: A Low-Dose STEM-EELS Odyssey

12:40 - 13:00 Invited Talk
Daniel del Pozo ☛ Unsupervised deep learning for limited-angle and low-dose analytical electron tomography

13:00 - 13:20 Invited Talk
Marta Rossell ☛ Buried Interfaces in Solid-Stale Batteries: Unravelling Performance through EELS and 4D-STEM

13:20 - 13:30 Workshop CLOSURE

Posters Session

Nanoscale characterization of LSM-SDC vertically aligned nanocomposites in free-standing oxide membranes

Assessing the Potential of SEM for Microstructural Analysis of Fossil Charcoal

Direct-Write Fabrication of Silver Nanostructures with Metallic behaviour and High-Performance SERS Response via FIB Irradiation of Organometallic Films

Growth of nanotips and their use in Biology, Material Science and Nanomagnetism

Fabrication and Electrical Property Tuning of Ni Micro/Nanostructures by Focused Ion Beam Irradiation of Nickel Acetate Films

Atomic Site Determination by Automated 4D-STEM Data Analytics

From Surface to Subsurface: 3D FIB-SEM Tomography of Metal Oxide Cathode Degradation in Zn-Air Batteries.

Atomic-Scale Structural Analysis of Beam-Sensitive MOFs by Multimodal Electron Microscopy

Double Ca and Ba carbonates: a transition order-disorder state

Electrodeposited Cu-based catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Unveiling Structure-Activity Relationships in Pd-CeOx/MgO Catalysts through STEM Techniques and Multivariable Modeling

Atomic-Scale Characterization of Low-Loading Ceria Interfaces in Fe-Doped SrTiO₃ Nanocubes

Gas-cell in situ electron microscopy as a tool to investigate reversible transformations in reducible oxides

DFT Analysis of the Electronic and Magnetic Structure of Strontium Ferrites and their Non-Stoichiometry Using SIESTA Software

Sub-nanometer Structural and Chemical Profiling of Advanced Photovoltaic and Photoelectrochemical Materials

Correlative 4D-STEM phase imaging of charged domain walls in multiferroic tunnel junctions

Nanoscale engineering and dynamic behaviour of Cu–Ce interfaces on SrTiO₃ probed by Advanced Electron Microscopy

Atomic-Scale Insights into Ceria Growth on SrTiO₃ via In Situ TEM

Optimization of DNA-PAINT Microscopy for Detecting PLGA-PEG Bar-coded Nanoparticles in Prostate Cancer Cells

Optimization of DNA-PAINT Microscopy for Detecting PLGA-PEG Bar-coded Nanoparticles in Prostate Cancer Cells

Short range order in 2D Co-Mo-Hydroxide-Based Multifunctional Material for the Development of H2-Based Clean Energy Technologies

Oxygen-Dependent Structural Changes in Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin Revealed by Electron Microscopy