“Hybrid materials based on PVDF (Polyvinylidene fluoride)”  Netzahualpille Hernández (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León - México) The fabrication of nanocomposites based on mixed oxide nanoparticles (MON) and polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) is reported. In order to obtain these nanocomposites, first, MON were synthesized by a modified combustion method and hydrothemal method. Then, dissolutions of MON and PVDF were used to obtained fibers from an electrospinning approach.

“New synthesis methods and coating techniques for the enhancement of electrochemical behaviour of Na3V2O2(PO4)2F compound”  Paula Serras (BCMaterials) Sodium vanadium fluorophosphates have recently shown very good electrochemical performance vs. Na/Na+ providing high working voltages (3.6 and 4 V vs. Na/Na+) and good specific capacity values near to theoretical ones (130 mAh/g). The vanadyl (IV) Na3V2O2(PO4)2F compound which belongs to the Na3V2O2x(PO4)2F3-2x family of compounds can be successfully synthesized by a novel single-step hydrothermal method.

Prof. Dr. Sadamichi Maekawa, Director of the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), has been invited to talk about a completely new field in which he has started recently.  

Spin Mechatronics-Mechanical Generation of Spin and Spin Current-

MAGNETOELASTIC MATERIALS: FROM BASIC PROPERTIES TO APPLICATIONS IN MAGNETOELASTIC RESONANCE SENSORS Prof. Dimitris Kouzoudis, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Patras, Greece Prof. Dimitris Kouzoudis was born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece. He received his BS degrees in Physics from the University of Ioannina, Greece in 1990, and his MS and PhD degrees in Physics from the Iowa State University in 1997 and 1999, respectively. Dr.

Data analysis and processing for powder and single crystal diffraction - Master in New Materials   Free course of 20 hours of duration (Spanish)

• When? 11-15 May (course hours to be determined)
• Where? Room 6B, UPV/EHU Library, Leioa
• How many? 7 places available

Register before 4 May 2015 Send a CV to:

• info@bcmaterials.net
• malu@we.lc.ehu.es

Volodymyr Chernenko will participate at the HTSMAs 2015 International Conference, on May the 7th, at Wildbad Kreuth, Germany. You can download the flyer here. Ni-Mn-Ga high temperature shape memory alloys V.A. Chernenko1,2, E. Villa3,  J.M.Barandiaran1,V.A. L´vov4 1 BCMaterials &  Universidad del País Vasco, UPV/EHU, P.O.

“Enhanced CT emission in Polyimides by Cyano-groups doping”  María San Sebastián (BCMaterials) Alternating different monomers, donor-acceptor conjugated polyimides (PI) are successfully synthesized by chemical imidization through in situ silylation of diamines. A detailed photophysical characterization is performed in the pure monomers and different polymers in tetrahydrofuran solutions.

“Enhanced magnetic nanostructures for biomedical applications”  Javier Alonso (BCMaterials) Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) are of great interest for a wide variety of applications, ranging from magnetic recording and data storage to biomedical engineering. Due to their small and controllable sizes (5–100 nm), the MNPs can easily interact with biologically interesting entities. Since iron-based MNPs (maghemite or magnetite) possess highest biocompatibility and colloidal stability, they are most widely used in nanomedicine as compared to other more ‘toxic’ transition metals.

“Thermally Induced Solid-State SCSC Transformations Promoted by Gradual Dehydration in a Highly Porous Polyoxovanadate Hybrid”  Jagoba Martín Caballero (BCMaterials) Solid state single crystal to single crystal (SCSC) transformations of coordination polymers (CP) have recently acquired a remarkable attention and they turned out to be a promising research field in material science.

“Energy harvesting device based on a metallic glass/PVDF magnetoelectric laminated composite”  Andoni Lasheras (UPV/EHU) A flexible and low cost energy harvester device based on the magnetoelectric (ME) effect has been designed using Fe64Co17Si7B12 as amorphous magnetostrictive ribbons and PVDF as the piezoelectric element. Sandwich-type laminated composite of 3 cm long has been fabricated by gluing these ribbons to the PVDF with an epoxy resin. A voltage multiplier circuit has been designed to produce enough voltage to charge a battery.