ESR 5 Sergi Campos guided a journal club about his research to students of nanosience and nanotechnology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. The activity was held on the 20th of december at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
STiBNite ESRs, represented by ESR 10 Sanchari, ESR 11 Carolina, ESR 12 Veronika and ESR 14 Miquel, presented the topics and aims of the STiBNite project in front of high-school students, on the 22nd of November, 2023. The activity took place in Valencia (AIMPLAS), during the 4th STiBNite school. At the end of the presentation, the students had the opportunity to see some prototypes produced within the project.
ESR 14 Miquel García Lleó has participated to the Lubricant Expo 2023, representing GXT, company where he is pursuing his PhD. He showcased products based on 2D-materials as additives for lubricant oils. His participation showed how academic research can reach industry expectations. The product exhibition was held in Essen, Germany, on September 26th – 28th 2023.
On Sunday 18th of June, TUMCS had its “Open Door Day”. STiBNite ESR Luca, together with his colleagues from other European projects, enjoyed hosting the “hands on science” stand. There, both adults and children could learn about the research advances in STiBNite, ARTIBLED, Heat-BLED and InOutBioLight European projects.
STiBNite ESRs, represented by ESR 4 Sumon, ESR 6 Laura and ESR 14 Miquel, presented the topics and aims of the STiBNite project in front of high-school students, on the 22nd of February, 2023. The activity took place in Perugia (Sala dei Notari), during the 3rd STiBNite school. At the end of the presentation, the students had the opportunity to see some prototypes produced within the project.
In this video, ESR 6 Laura (UCLouvain) describes why Theoretical Chemistry is an important tool in research, both to predict and rationalize properties of future materials. Laura’s role in STiBNite project is to support and direct, with computational simulations, experimental scientists on the design and synthesis of new molecules, and to predict the properties of not-yet-existing BN-doped materials.
In this short interview, recorded during the STiBNite consortium meeting in Munich (September 2021), STiBNite coordinator Prof. Davide Bonifazi (UNIVIE), explains the goal of the project and the importance of an international experience in the PhD. The STiBNite project trains 15 PhD students while working towards the development of a new generation of semiconductors, based on renewable organic materials doped with Boron and Nitrogen, for application in electronic devices such as displays, solar cells and transistors.
In this video, ESR 11 Carolina (RUG) explains the principles of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), state-of-art characterization technique in surface science. Carolina’s research goal is the on-surface synthesis of BN-doped graphene through photopolimerization and thermal conversion of BNC precursors. XPS is the analytical technique accurate for surface characterization and suitable for all type of synthetic steps.
In this short video, ESR 7 Diego Jaramillo (UCLouvain) explains the basics of photolithography. Diego is working on the integration of BNC materials into electronic devices, and photolithography represents one of the possible techniques that can be used to build such architectures.
In this video, ESR 14 Miquel Garcia Lleo (GXT) explains what it means to pursue a PhD in industry. Miquel is working on the preparation of Boron-Nitrogen-Carbon bulk materials, for coating applications, at GXT, company based in Bologna, Italy.