Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Nona Mirzamohammadi receives Best Poster Prize at conference on ceramics and glasses properties
She presented her work titled “Investigation of the active role of organic compounds in the stabilization of ferroelectric polarization of BaTiO3 thin films grown by rf-sputtering”.
Nona Mirzamohammadi, a PhD student in the Oxide Nanophysics Group at the ICN2, has been awarded the Best Poster Prize at the meeting "Beyond Imperfections: New Structure-Property Relationships in Ceramics and Glasses". The conference, known as the 788th WE-Heraeus-Seminar, was held from May 22 to 24, at the Physikzentrum in Bad Honnef (Germany).
The meeting focused on exploring the structures and functionalities of extended imperfections in crystals and glasses, providing a platform for researchers to share the latest experimental and theoretical findings. The objective was to uncover the relationship between local, intermediate, mesoscale structures, and macroscopic properties, paving the way for the development of novel functional materials.
Topics of the seminars ranged from materials synthesis and measurements, modelling, theoretical calculations, and data sciences to structural analyses for crystals and glasses with the local imperfections having various functionalities, including dielectric/magnetic/elastic responses and their cross correlations, superconductivity, and energy harvesting/storage properties. The conference provided a privileged meeting point for both early-career and experienced researchers, with the aim of stimulating new interdisciplinary and international collaborations.
The work that Nora Mirzamohammadi presented in her poster investigated the active role of organic compounds in stabilizing ferroelectric polarization in BaTiO3 thin films grown by rf-sputtering. Her research highlighted the potential for enhanced stability and the development of advanced functional materials.