Invited Speakers

  • Dr. Hans Bechtel
  • Dr. Carol Hirschmugl
  • Dr. Ferenc Borondics
  • Dr. Victoria Beltran

Description

Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is a well-established analytical tool able to retrieve chemical properties of material based on their intrinsic vibrational signatures. High chemical sensitivity in a label-free environment combined to low-cost operation feature FTIR as a versatile and accessible multidisciplinary tool. In the past few decades, the implementation of FTIR in synchrotron facilities allowed for an unprecedented sensitivity for micro-scale chemical imaging due to the superior spectral irradiance of those light sources in the energy range from near-IR up to THz. Moreover, the improved brightness of synchrotrons made feasible new spectral-imaging modalities such as ultra-broadband IR nano-spectroscopy, a unique technique able to unveil chemistry and optics of materials in the nanoscale.

The MIRCA workshop aims to bring a quick update on the latest developments in the theme of IR ultra-microscopy as well as it targets to provide guidance to professors, researchers and students on sample requirements, data processing tools and sample preparation procedures related to those new experimental modalities. After the series of talks we expect the attendants to be motivated to identify potential scientific cases that could benefit from those new capabilities that will be available in the IMBUIA beamline, the new IR station to be installed in the SIRIUS accelerator.

Program 6th November

08:30 Reception and Registration
09:00 Opening Yves Petroff (LNLS Director)
09:15 IR program at LNLS and future at SIRIUS Raul Freitas (LNLS)
10:00 Committing SINS and Other Acts of Infrared Hans Bechtel (ALS)
10:45 Coffee break
11:05 Optical characterization of 2D and layered materials Christiano de Matos (Mackgraphe)
11:35 Polaritons in Two-dimensional Materials and Heterostructures Francisco Maia (LNLS)
12:05 Sample preparation strategies for micro and nano-FTIR Thiago Miguel (LNLS)
12:15 Discrimination of materials and heterogeneities in stratigraphic samples from cultural heritage by µSR-FTIR Victoria Beltran (SOLEIL)
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Past, present and future of IR spectromicroscopy in SOLEIL Ferenc Borondics (SOLEIL)
14:45 Fabrication Process, Challenges and Applications in New Two-Dimensional materials Beyond Graphene Ingrid Barcelos (LNLS)
15:15 Synchrotron radiation applied to the characterization of perovskite films: morphology, structure and composition Ana Flavia Nogueira (Unicamp)
15:45 Coffee break
16:20 Rapid 2D and 3D Infrared Imaging Applied to Biologically and Chemically Complex Systems Carol Hirschmugl (UoM)
17:05 Open discussions session All participants
17:45 Closing remarks Raul Freitas (LNLS)
18:00 Bus departure (Matiz Hotel/Barão Geraldo)