EPIOPTICS 17

XENES-5

6 – 12 July 2024

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF

SOLID STATE PHYSICS

88th Course/School: EPIOPTICS-17

5th XENES WORKSHOP

ERICE- SICILY: 6 – 12 July 2024

GALILEO GALILEI FOUNDATION
WORLD FEDERATION OF SCIENTISTS
ETTORE MAJORANA FOUNDATION AND CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC CULTURE – GALILEO GALILEI CELEBRATIONS
Four Hundred Years Since the Birth of MODERN SCIENCE

 

Sponsored by the:

European Physical Society

Italian Ministry of Education

Italian Ministry of University and Scientific Research

Sicilian Regional Government

National Research Council

PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL

The Course will have tutorials in the optical studies of surfaces and interfaces (solid-solid and solid-liquid), epitaxial growth, graphene-like materials, biomaterials, low-dimensional systems, dynamics and optical diagnostics relevant to new materials and structures of interest for present and anticipated (spin) electronic devices.

In addition, there will be presentations by the participants on their latest results in these fields.

An excursion to Segesta-Selinunte Archeological site is planned together with several local happenings

The following arguments will be treated during the lectures (speakers to be confirmed):

1) Tutorials:

Epitaxial 2D materials with non-trivial topology

        Athanasios Dimoulas, NCSR-D, Democritos, Athens, Greece

Fabrication of van der Walls stacks

        Song Hoon Bae, Washington University in St. Louis, USA

Overview on 2D Material-based Inks: from Fundamentals of Colloidal Chemistry to Applications

        Cinzia Casiraghi, University of Manchester, UK

Ab-initio description of optical properties of bulk, layers, surfaces and nanostructures

         Friedhelm Bechstedt, University of Jena, Germany

Optoelectronics basedon 2D materials

         Doron Naveh, Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Spintronics and thermoelectrics based on 2d van der waals heterostructures

         Juan Sierra, ICN2, Barcelona, Spain

2) Linear, non-linear and ultra-fast optics:

Raman Spectroscopy at Surfaces and 2D Metallic Layers

         Norbert Esser, ISAS, Berlin, Germany

Optical nanospectroscopy for bioanalysis

         Antonio Cricenti, CNR-ISM, Italy

Multi-technique study of some Xenes films: growth, structure, reactivity and optical properties

         Yves Borensztein, CNRS – Sorbonne Universite Paris – France

Nanopatterning 2D semiconducting layers for large-scale photon harvesting and nanoelectronics

       Francesco Buatier de Mongeot, University of Genoa, Italy

Plasmon-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Low-dimensional Semiconductors

         Dietrich RT Zahn, Chemniz Univeristy, Germany

Optical properties of metallic nanowires

       Kjeld Pedersen Aalborg, University, Denmark

In-situ polarization optics in electrochemistry

         Christoph Cobet, Linz School of Education, Austria

Room Temperature Superfluorescence in Perovskites and Its Implications for Quantum Materials

       Kenan Gundogdu, NCSU Physics, Raleigh, USA

Ultra-fast spectroscopy of 2d materials

       Christoph Gadermeier,  Politecnico Milano, Italy

Ultrafast and nonlinear optical spectroscopy

       Norman Tolk, Vanderbilt University, USA

3) Emerging 2D Materials and nanomaterials:

Germanene: a monoelemental 2D topological insulator

       Harold Zandvliet, University of Twente, Netherlands

Growth of group 14 elemental post-graphene materials

     Junji Yuhara, University of Nagoya, Japan 

Strategies for tuning the CVD synthesis of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides in a hot-wall tube reactor

      Alessio Lamperti, CNR-IMM, Agrate, Italy

Molecular Beam Epitaxy of 2D Materials for Deep-UV Optoelectronics

      Jonathan Bradford, Univ. Nottingham, UK

Electronic and optical properties of 2-D materials: effect of gating, twisting, and of the substrate

      Olivia Pulci, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

2d silicon, germanium, and pnictognes by chemical methods

      Zdenek Sofer, Univ of Chemistry and Technology, Prague 

Homogenization of multicomponent metamaterials

      Luis Mochan, UNAM, Mexico

4) Applications:

Strain engineering of 2d materials

        Carmen Munuera, CSIC, Madrid,  Spain

The application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to the analysis of spectral images

       James Ingham, University of Liverpool, UK

MXenes and other two-dimensional materials in new generation photovoltaics

       Aldo Di Carlo, CNR-ISM, Rome, Italy

Mixed-Dimensional Heterostructures for Electronic and Energy Technologies

       Mark Hersam, Northwestern University, IL, USA

Xenes: from growth to applications

       Alessandro Molle, CNR-IMM, Agrate, IT

5) Plasmonics:

Experimental observations of the acoustic surface plasmon: from Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy to Hyperthermal atom scattering

        Luca Vattuone, University of Genoa, Italy

Low-energy collective electronic excitations at metal surfaces and layered materials

        Vyacheslav M. Silkin, UPV-EUH, Spain

Low-dimensional plasmons

       Christoph Tegenkamp, TU Chemnitz, Germany

Ellipsometry spectroscopy of low-dimesniosnal materials

       Francesco Bisio, CNR-SPIN, Italy 

 
 
 
 

Other advanced seminars will be included in the final programme

APPLICATIONS

Persons wishing to attend the School should send an application, preferably by fax or electronic mail, to the Co-Director of the Course:

Dr. Antonio Cricenti
Istituto di Struttura della Materia – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100 – 00133 Roma , ITALY
Fax: +39 0645488153
Tel: +39 0645488143
school@ism.cnr.it
cricenti@ism.cnr.it

specifying:
I) date and place of birth;
II) nationally;
III) present position;
IV) their specific interest in the School;
V) an abstract, if they wish to give a contribution (oral or poster).

The total fee, which includes everything in Erice (transportation from/to Palermo or Trapani airport, accomodation in Erice in the period July 6-12, breakfast, lunch and dinner at selected restaurants, coffee breaks, sandwiches, fruit, water (anytime at the San Rocco Center), excursion, social dinner and other amenities (arranged by the School) is € 900. Those wishing to submit an abstract for oral or poster presentation shall send a page in A4 format before May 1st 2024. Accepted abstracts will be notified by May 7th 2024.

Closing date for application May 1st 2024

 

Admission to the Workshop and acceptance of the abstract will be decided by the Selection Committee of the School comprising Professors G. Benedek, A. Molle, A. Cricenti and A. Zichichi. More detailed information on the final programme of the Workshop, fee payment and local transportation will be sent together with the letter of acceptance. Participants should arrive in Erice on Saturday, July 6, no later than 5 p.m. The lectures, in “San Francesco” room, begin July 7 at 8:30 a.m. and end July 11 at 07:30 p.m.
Departure is on Friday, July 12.

APPLICATION FORM:
compile it and send it back by fax or e-mail.
(Please use cut&copy)

INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS: how to reach Erice and payment of fee.
See also the list of participants and the scheduled arrivals

SCHOOL FINAL PROGRAM

ABSTRACT

ORAL TALKS

PROCEEDINGS

The deadline for manuscript submission is on date of arrival.

Manuscripts will be given to the referee during the school.

Written contributions must be prepared in 9″x6″ camera-ready format and their length should not exceed 10 pages for invited talks and

6 pages for oral and poster contributions.

For more information see the example files (please choose ‘general – Trim size 9.00″x6.00″ ‘) in the World Scientific Web pages at

www.worldscientific.com

a sample from previous Proceedings can found in:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Epioptics-9-Proceedings-International-Physics-Science/dp/9812794026#reader_9812794026

POETIC TOUCH

According to legend, Erice, son of Venus and Neptune, founded a small town on top of a mountain (750 metres above sea level) more than three thousand years ago. The great historian
Thucydides (~500 B.C.) said that the Elymi – founders of Erice – were survivors of the destruction of Troy. Ancient historians agreed that Erice was the oldest city in Europe.
Homer (~1000 B.C.), Theocritus (~300 B.C.), Polybius (~200 B.C.), Virgil (~50 B.C.), Horace (~20 B.C.), and others have celebrated this magnificent spot in Sicily in their poems.
In Erice you can admire the Castle of Venus, the Cyclopean Walls (~800 B.C.) and the Gothic Cathedral (~1300 A.D.). Erice is at present a mixture of ancient and medieval architecture.
Other masterpieces of ancient civilization are to be found in the neighbourhood: at Motya (Phoenician), Segesta (Elymian), and Selinunte (Greek). On the Aegadian Islands – theatre of the decisive naval battle of the first Punic War (264-241 B.C.) – suggestive neolithic and paleolithic vestiges are still visible: the grottoes of Favignana, the carvings and murals of Levanzo. Splendid beaches are at San Vito Lo Capo, Scopello, and Cornino, and a wild and rocky coast around Monte Cofano: all at less than one hour’s drive from Erice.

DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRE
A. Zichichi
DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL
G. Benedek
DIRECTORS OF THE COURSE
A. Cricenti, A. Molle