COORDINATOR: Manuel Leite de Almeida
RESEARCH GROUPS INVOLVED:
Solid State
Nuclear Engineering and Techniques
Radiation, Elements and Isotopes
The research activities under this thematic strand have been focused in different advanced materials, with emphasis on multifunctional and unconventional electrical and magnetic materials, with potential applications in the fields of electronic and optoelectronics, health, catalysis and energy. These activities were possible thanks to a valuable combination of a wide range of complementary techniques existing at C2TN for both preparation and characterization of materials, enabling to address current challenges in materials science research and contributing to the establishment of more detailed correlations between the structure and the physical properties.
The research activities under this thematic strand have been focused in different advanced materials, with emphasis on multifunctional and unconventional electrical and magnetic materials, with potential applications in the fields of electronic and optoelectronics, health, catalysis and energy. These activities were possible thanks to a valuable combination of a wide range of complementary techniques existing at C2TN for both preparation and characterization of materials, enabling to address current challenges in materials science research and contributing to the establishment of more detailed correlations between the structure and the physical properties.
A significant part of the activities in this area has been possible by the operation and development of infrastructures and research tools, rare or even unique at national level, which have been placed open at the benefit of a large external community through an extensive network of scientific collaborations. These facilities include materials modification by ion implantation, neutrons, gama and electron irradiation, neutron tomography, several ion beam techniques for elemental composition analysis and the low temperatures and high magnetic field facilities for the study of electrical transport, magnetic properties of materials and Mössbauer spectroscopy.
37 papers in peer-reviewed journals,
1 book chapter,
4 INVITED AND 28 CONTRIBUTED LECTURES IN CONFERENCES
3 PhD, 2 MSc and 2 graduated completed theses.
The
team has participated in the organization of 2 conferences and workshops. A
significant participation in the scientific and technical activities of
European Union Technology Platforms and Networks, namely COST ACTIONS CA15128
CM1105, TD1004 has also taken place. During 2017 the team has also prepared and
submitted several common projects under calls from EC, FCT, CERN-FCT, and
Horizon 2020.
The
activities had contributions from different research groups (ES, ETN, QEf, and
REI) as more detailed described in their reports. The following major
achievements in 2017 are highlighted.
The research groups (ES, ETN, QEf, and REI) contributed to the research output as more detailed described in their reports.
The following major achievements in 2017 are highlighted.
A dual-channel sensor (LEuH-2,6-NDC) towards
anions, highlighting the significant potential of LLHs as new scavenging agents
for inorganic phosphate.
The configurations
of freestanding Hg and HgO2 molecules with respect to the graphene
surface were analysed with Density Functional Theory (DFT) probed by Perturbed
Angular Correlation with 199mHg.
Two polymorphs (monoclinic and triclinic), β”-(CNB-EDT-TTF)4ClO4 illustrate a new aspect of polymorphism in bilayer metal.
A novel ternary compound, UMo3B7,
showing spin fluctuations and enlarged Sommerfeld coefficient.