Program 2025

08.30

Doors open 

09.00

Opening by Prof. Dr. ir. Hans Hilgenkamp (MT MESA+) 

09.15

Prof. Dr. ir. Hans Hilgenkamp: 25 years MESA+

10.00

Keynote lecture 1: Prof. Ulrike Diebold (Technische Universität Wien)

Atomically-resolved Surfaces:  Where Theory and Experiments Meet

Abstract: Oxides show vast variability in electronic and chemical properties, which makes them ideal materials in a large range of technical applications. Often, surfaces and interfaces play a major role in the functioning of related devices and schemes.  Our research group is devoted to investigating the fundamental properties of oxide surfaces, from complex reconstructions [1] to the interplay between localised charges (‘polarons [2, 3]’) and chemical properties [4].

In the talk, I will highlight a few recent results that are all based on the fruitful interaction between experiments using surface science methods and ab initio calculations.

• [1] J. I. Hütner, et al., „Stoichiometric reconstruction of the Al₂O₃(0001) surface“, Science, 385 (2024) 1241-1244, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adq4744
• [2] J Redondo, et al. “Real-space investigation of polarons in hematite Fe₂O₃” Science Advances, 10 (2024) eadp7833 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adp7833
• [3] C. Franchini, M. Reticcioli, M. Setvin, and U. Diebold, “Polarons in Materials”  Nature Materials Reviews, 6 (2021) 560-586 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-021-00289-w
• [4] Z. Wang, et al.  “Surface chemistry on a polarizable surface:  Coupling of CO with KTaO₃(001)” Science Advances, 8 (2022) eabq1433,  DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq14

Bio:

Ulrike Diebold is a professor of surface physics at TU Wien.  She received her PhD from this institution and then spent 20 years as an academic in the U.S. before returning to her alma mater in 2010. She conducts research in experimental surface science with an emphasis on metal oxides.  She is particularly interested in the atomic-scale properties of these complex materials and in unravelling their (defect)structure/reactivity relationship. Diebold heads the coordinated research project SFB TACO, which is devoted to advancing the modeling of materials. She is the recipient of major awards, including two ERC Advanced Grants and the Wittgenstein Prize, the highest research award in her country. Since 2022, she has served as the vice president of the Austrian Academy of Science.

Photo: David Rath

10.45

Poster session and coffee/tea 

11.40

Parallel session on 

• Health Technologies, chaired by Loes Segerink & Andries van der Meer
• Energy and Climate, chaired by Monica Morales, Cheryl de Boer, Guido Mul

13.00

Lunch and poster session 
Please, make sure you put your sticker on the poster of your choice before the end of the lunch break.

14.10

Parallel sessions on:

• Chiptech, chaired by David Marpaung & Jurriaan Schmitz
• Safety and Security, chaired by Pepijn Pinkse & Alexander Brinkman
• Facilities, chaired by Roald Tiggelaar & Rob Legtenberg

15.30

Poster session and coffee/tea

16.30

Keynote lecture 2: Prof. Vadim Banine (ASML, Eindhoven University of Technology)

17.15

Presentation prizes:

• MESA+ Poster prize
• MESA+ Outreach award
• MESA+ Photo contest

17.45

Drinks and finger food