MAP-Fis Research Conference

Friday Jul 9, 2021, 9:00 AM → 7:00 PM Europe/Lisbon

University of Minho, University of Aveiro, University of Porto

Antonio Luis Ferreira (University of Aveiro), Antonio Onofre (Universidade do Minho/CFUMUP,LIP), Joao Lopes dos Santos (University of Porto)

The Research Conference  of the Joint PhD Programmes of the University of Minho, University of Aveiro and University of Porto (MAP-fis), was held for the first time in January 2009. The conference counts with the participation of students, teachers, researchers and supervisors from the three universities involved in the MAP-fis joint doctoral programme, focusing on its general research topics i.e., Optics and Photonics, Condensed Matter Physics, High Energy Physics and Cosmology, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Meteorology and Oceanography.

 

The Zoom link for the conference:

https://fc-up-pt.zoom.us/j/83876025351?pwd=Y20vam9UcFNqamJSVUF3RmU1b1k3UT09

 

9:00 AM → 9:15 AM Welcome

Convener: Prof. Joao Lopes dos Santos (University of Porto)

9:15 AM → 10:35 AM Quantum Information and Theory

9:15 AM Understanding limitations of linear-optical quantum computation

Speaker: Carlos Diogo Monteiro Fernandes (Universidade do Minho)

9:35 AM Implementing Non-Unitary Operators on Quantum Computers to Prepare

Speaker: Bruno Murta (Universidade do Minho / INL)

9:55 AM Single Photons On-Demand from a 2D Material Heterostructure

Speaker: Tiago Queirós (Universidade do Minho, INL)

10:15 AM Reprogrammable and reconfigurable photonic molecular logic gates based on Ln3+ ions

Speaker: Sofia Zanella (CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Physics Department, University of Aveiro)

10:35 AM → 11:00 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM → 12:40 PM Biophysics and Biomaterials

11:00 AM Microfluidics for size-controlled cationic liposome-DNA complexes (first stage)

Speaker: Celso Ferreira (UMinho & INL)

11:20 AM Development of Nanoplasmonic Thin Film Biosensors with Enhanced Sensitivity for Detection of Ochratoxin-A

Speaker: Diana Meira (University of Minho)

11:40 AM Hyperspectral Microscopy for Molecular Thermometry

Speaker: Rodolfo Rodrigues Nunes da Silva (University of Aveiro)

12:00 PM MagMed - Novel Magnetic Nanostructures as Multimodal Nanocarriers for Cancer Therapies

Speaker: Ricardo Magalhães (Institute of Physics for Advanced Materials, Nanotechnology and Photonics (IFIMUP))

12:20 PM Development of multifunctional supramolecular magnetogels for multimodal cancer therapy

Speaker: Sérgio Veloso (Centre of Physics of Minho and Porto Universities)

11:00 AM → 12:40 PM Materials Science

11:00 AM Conformal Regge Theory at higher points

Speaker: Aaditya Salgarkar (CFP Porto)

11:20 AM Conformal Bootstrap near the Edge

Speaker: António Antunes (CFP - University of Porto)

11:40 AM Band Spectrum Deformation due to Small Clusters of Atomic-Sized Impurities in Dirac-Weyl Semimetals

Speaker: João Pedro dos Santos Pires (Centro de Física das Universidades do Minho e Porto, University of Porto)

12:00 PM Emergent correlated electronic phases in van der Waals heterostructures

Speaker: Gonçalo Catarina (INL)

12:20 PM Phenomenology of Composite Higgs Models

Speaker: Guilherme Guedes (LIP and Universidade de Granada)

12:40 PM → 1:40 PM Lunch

1:40 PM → 3:20 PM Condensed Matter Physics and Nanomaterials

1:40 PM Magnetoelectric spin-orbit MESO logic devices based on sputtered topological insulators

Speaker: Sofia Ferreira Teixeira (IFIMUP, FCUP)

2:00 PM Au:CuO Nanocomposite Thin Films for Gas Sensing with High-Resolution Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectroscopy

Speaker: Maria Manuela Proença (Universidade do Minho)

2:20 PM Dielectric Properties of Multiferroic CoFe2O4\LiNbO3 Bilayer Composites

Speaker: João Oliveira (Universidade do Minho / INL)

2:40 PM Growth of Ruddlesden–Popper Ca3Mn2O7 thin films prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Speaker: Bruna Silva (University of Minho)

3:00 PM Effect of Gallium and Indium Doping on structural and transport Properties of Bi2Se3

Speaker: Daniel Brito (INL)

1:40 PM → 3:20 PM Optics and New Materials

1:40 PM C60 under extreme conditions of pressure

Speaker: Jorge Laranjeira (CICECO - Aveiro institute of materials)

2:00 PM Reliable primary luminescent nanothermometers

Speaker: Joana Martins (Physics Department, University of Aveiro)

2:20 PM Unveiling the weirdness of water

Speaker: Fernando Maturi (Department of Physics, University of Aveiro)

2:40 PM Optical Analogues in Nematic Liquid Crystals

Speaker: Tiago Ferreira (INESC-TEC - CAP/ Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto Position:)

3:00 PM Theory of third-order polarizability of interlayer excitons due to intra-excitonic energy level transitions

Speaker: Maurício Quintela (UMinho/INL)

3:20 PM → 3:40 PM Coffee Break

3:40 PM → 5:40 PM Physical Engineering

3:40 PM Wireless Powered Sensing by Thermoelectric Devices

Speaker: Margarida Maia ( IFIMUP / FCUP)

4:00 PM Online Coupled Atmospheric-aerosol Regional Forecast Model for Solar Energy Production

Speaker: Rui Silva (Department of Physics and Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro)

4:20 PM Thin, Lightweight, Flexible Metamaterials for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding

Speaker: Ana Sousa (IFIMUP)

4:40 PM Triboelectric energy harvesting in remote and harsh environments: performance characterization and novel applications

Speaker: Cátia Rodrigues (IFIMUP / FCUP)

5:00 PM Advanced Magnetostrictive Device for Non-Destructive Testing of Critical Assets

Speaker: Joana Silva (IFIMUP)

5:20 PM Transparent Thermoelectric Titanium Dioxide-based Thin Films for thermal energy harvesting

Speaker: Joana Ribeiro (University of Minho)

5:40 PM → 5:50 PM Final Remarks