Name: MAT Collaboration Meeting 2026
Start: 2026-09-23T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-25T17:00:00+02:00
Location: GSI

MAT Collaboration Meeting 2026

from Wednesday, September 23, 2026 (12:00 PM) to Friday, September 25, 2026 (5:00 PM)

Monday, September 21, 2026
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
Wednesday, September 23, 2026

1:00 PM Registration

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: KBW lecture hall

2:00 PM Welcome & Introduction

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: KBW lecture hall
2:30 PM Session 1: Ion Track Technology
2:30 PM - 5:20 PM
Room: KBW lecture hall
Contributions

2:30 PM Track-Etched Nanopores as Pioneers of Nanofluidics Research on Iontronics, Ionic Neuromorphic Computing and Sensing - Siwy, Zuzanna S. (University of California Irving)

3:00 PM Nonlinear dynamics and memory effects in nanofluidic memristors, a neuromorphic computing implementation - Portillo Pous, Sergio (Universitat de València)

3:20 PM Bioinspired Nanofluidics: Engineering Ion Transport through Functional Nanochannels - Laucirica, Gregorio (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))

3:40 PM Insights into scaling of osmotic energy harvesting from single bullet-shaped nanochannels to multiporous membranes - Kaya, Dila (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))

4:20 PM Ion Track Research at HIRFL: Fundamentals to Interdisciplinary Applications - Duan, Jinglai (Materials Research Center, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

4:40 PM Nanostructures by Design: From Size-Dependent Properties to Functional Architectures - Wagner, Michael Florian Peter (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))

5:00 PM Discussion - Siwy, Zuzanna (University of California, Irvine)
5:20 PM Transfer to Darmstadt Mathildenhöhe

5:20 PM - 6:30 PM

6:30 PM Tour Mathildenhöhe
Tour Mathildenhöhe
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

7:30 PM Conference dinner (registration needed)
Conference dinner (registration needed)
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Room: Dieburger Str. 73, 64287 Darmstadt-Ost
Thursday, September 24, 2026
9:00 AM Session 2: Electronics & Detector Testing
9:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Room: KBW lecture hall
Contributions

9:00 AM ESA reliability and radiation testing on electronics and synergies with UNILAC facilities - Constantino, Alessandra (ESA ESTEC)

9:30 AM Measurements of SiC-based detectors with relativistic heavy ion beams - Nociforo, Chiara (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))

9:50 AM Heavy Ion Induced Degradation in SiC Devices - Liu, Jie (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

10:10 AM tba - Grossner, Ulrike (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH)(ETH))

11:00 AM A Retrofit Strategy for the Vintage GSI Microprobe Control System - Voss, Kay-Obbe (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))

11:20 AM Compact Class-1-Laser-Setup for Beamtime-Preparation and Pre-Tests - Zöllner, Hannes (Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena(EAH))

11:40 AM Radiation Damage and Recovery in CVD Diamond for Particle Detector Applications - Lechintan, Mircea (National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH))

12:00 PM Discussion - Costantino, Alessandra (ESA-ESTEC)
12:20 PM Group Photo
Group Photo
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: KBW lecture hall

12:30 PM Lunch break
Lunch break
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM Coffee break
Coffee break
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: KBW lecture hall
2:30 PM Session 3: Bulk Material Modifications with Ion Beams
2:30 PM - 4:20 PM
Room: KBW lecture hall
Contributions

2:30 PM Characterization of Radiation Effects in ZrO2 and HfO2 with Synchrotron X-ray and Spallation Neutron Probes - Lang, Maik (University of Tenneessee)

3:00 PM First Steps in the IFIN-HH–GSI MAT Collaboration: Investigating Irradiation-Induced Phase Transformations in Ga₂O₃ under Extreme Electronic Excitation - Velisa, Gihan (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH))

3:40 PM Material modification and ion track formation induced by high-flux MeV C60 ions - Amekura, Hiro (Nat. Inst. for Mater. Sci. (NIMS))

4:00 PM Discussion - Lang, Maik (University of Tenneessee)
4:20 PM Session 4: Ion-Beam Modification of Nanomaterials and Molecules
4:20 PM - 6:20 PM
Room: KBW lecture hall
Contributions

4:20 PM Nanopore formation in graphene oxide by heavy-ion irradiation in the intermediate electronic stopping power regime - Olejniczak, Andrzej (Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University)

4:40 PM Radiation-induced damage in polymer thin films: energy deposition, spatial confinement, and damage cross sections - Thomaz, Raquel (PUCRS)

5:00 PM Swift Heavy Ion–Induced Modifications in Nanostructures and Thin Films - Schubert, Ina (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))

5:20 PM Swift Ion Irradiation related to Organic Molecules in Space - Rothard, Hermann (CIMAP-Ganil CNRS CEA)

5:40 PM M3: Ion irradiation and in situ analysis for applications in astrochemistry - Koch, Frieder (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))

6:00 PM Discussion - Schubert, Ina (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))
6:30 PM Poster Session
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Room: KBW lecture hall
Contributions

6:30 PM Ion track formation in β-Ga2O3 and the thermal stability under high temperatures - Zhai, Pengfei (Institute of Modern Physics, CAS)

6:50 PM Effects of SHI irradiation along the (010) axis of pre-damaged Ga₂O₃ - Hotnog, Andrei-Theodor (National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH))

7:10 PM Platform for Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation under Extreme Pressure Conditions: Design for Extending to Cryogenic and High-Temperature Regimes - Reuter, Tim H. (Institute of Geosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany)

7:30 PM Ion-track technology-driven high-precision construction of mechanical metamaterials - Cheng, Hongwei (Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

7:50 PM Rainbow Scattering from Graphene - Frank, Carolin (University of Duisburg-Essen/Uppsala University)
Friday, September 25, 2026
9:00 AM Session 5: Instrumentation: Recent and Future Developments
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Room: KBW lecture hall
Contributions

9:00 AM Materials In Coupled Extreme Environments: High-Pressure and Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation - Schröck, Christopher (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))

9:30 AM Modification of bonding by swift heavy ion irradiation at high static pressures - Bayarjargal, Lkhamsuren

9:50 AM Acoustic Response of Ion-Irradiated Water at 4°C - Schmidt, Anna-Katharina (Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet Muenchen (LMU))

10:30 AM UDE@GSI – Experimental Platforms for Ion–Matter Interaction Studies at M1 and CRYRING - Breuer, Lars

10:50 AM Overview of recent and upcoming developments of the Facilities for Materials Research at GSI - Toimil Molares, Maria Eugenia (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))

11:10 AM Discussion - Toimil Molares, Maria Eugenia (GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH(GSI))
11:45 AM Closing Remarks

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: KBW lecture hall

12:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM FAIR construction site tour (registration required)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM