Conference Program

Sunday

18:00–20:00 Welcome Cocktail


Monday

08:30–09:00
Registration

09:00–09:30
Opening Ceremony - Velimir Radmilović (conference chair), Robert Sinclair (IAB chair), Zoran Knežević (SASA president)

09:30–10:00
Robert Sinclair (Plenary)
Epitaxy, Twisted Epitaxy and Local Interface Atomic Arrangements Revealed by High Resolution TEM

10:00–10:30
Erdmann Spiecker (Plenary)
HRSTEM Characterization of Inclined Stacking Faults and Bounding Dislocations

10:30–11:00
Peter Schweizer (Invited)
Revealing Defect Dynamics with Advanced 4D-STEM

11:00–11:30 Coffee Break

11:30–12:00
Mingjian Wu (Invited)
In situ Observation of Nano-crystallites’ Structure Evolution of in Thin Films using Fast, Precession-Enhanced and Energy-filtered 4D-STEM

12:00–12:15
Jaco Olivier
Atomic-Scale Characterisation of Hydrogen Platelet Defects in Proton-Implanted GaAs Using Advanced STEM Techniques

12:15–12:30
Leonardo Cancellara
Removal of Non-correlated Noise in Sparse High-dimensional Datasets Using a Self-supervised Deep Learning Model: A Systematic Study Using Dose-controlled Nanobeam Diffraction

12:30-12:45 Group photo

12:45–15:00 Break

15:00–15:15
Andrea Griesi
Machine Learning-assisted 4D-STEM Characterization of Photovoltaic Materials

15:15–15:45
Thermo Fisher Scientific Sponsor Presentation - Arno Meingast
Advances in Quantitative 4D-STEM and Field-Free Magnetic Imaging

16:00–17:30
Poster Session I

Tuesday


09:00–09:30
Caterina Ducati (Plenary)
Nanoscale Evolution of a Halide Perovskite LED Under Bias Investigated with Low Dose STEM

09:30–10:00
Susanne Stemmer (Plenary)
Sub-angstrom Convergent Beam Electron Diffraction for Valence Electron Mapping

10:00–10:30
Quentin Ramasse (Plenary)
Progress in spatially resolved magnon spectroscopy in the STEM

10:30–11:00 Coffee Break

11:00–11:30
Christian Liebscher (Invited)
Watching Phases Transform: Multimodal and In Situ Electron Microscopy of Phase and Interface Phase Transitions

11:30–12:00
Philomela Komninou (Invited)
Electron Microscopy and Modelling for the Analysis of Advanced Nanostructured Materials 

12:00–12:30
Christoph Gammer (Invited)
Using 4D-STEM to Understand Fundamental Deformation Mechanisms in Complex Materials

12:30–15:00 Break

12:30–13:00 Thermo Fisher Scientific Sponsor Presentation - Arno Meingast (30 minutes)
Advances in Field-of-View-Extension in Aberration-Corrected TEM Imaging and High-Throughput Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy

13:00–13:15 Nanomegas Sponsor Presentation - Athanassios S. Galanis (15 minutes)
Precession enhanced Electron Diffraction applications in TEM for nano crystals

15:00–15:30
Mehmed Gülgün (Invited)
An Interplay Between Dopants and Phase Transformation of Transition Aluminas

15:30–16:00
Giorgio Divitini (Invited)
Electron Microscopy of Lateral Heterostructures of 2D Halide Perovskites: Structural and Optoelectronic Properties

16:00–16:30
Vasiliki Tileli (Invited)
Quasi-operando Electron Diagnostics of Electrocatalysts

16:30–16:45
Philippe Le Coustumer
Nucleation, Growth and Partition of LaxSiyOz Nanocrystals by STEM/X-EDS

16:45–17:00
Sharafat Ali
From Synthesis to Structure: Chemical and Atomic-Level Insights into Complex Oxynitride Glasses

17:00–18:30
Poster Session II

Wednesday


09:00–09:30
Colin Ophus (Plenary)
Self-Supervised Neural Priors for Computational Imaging in Transmission Electron Microscopy

09:30–10:00
Jordi Arbiol (Plenary)
From in-Situ/Operando Multimodal and Multiscale-length X-ray and Electron Microscopy to Automated Atomic Scale Data Analysis and Modelling

10:00–10:30
Toma Susi (Invited)
Versatile Correlated Frozen Phonons from Universal Machine-Learning Interatomic Potentials for (S)TEM/EELS Simulations

10:30–11:00 Coffee Break

11:00–11:30
Kazu Suenaga (Plenary)
In-situ Microscopy and Spectroscopy of Structural Evolution in Low-Dimensional Materials

11:30–12:00
Maria Varela (Plenary)
In situ Mapping of Crystalline and Electronic Phenomena in Bi doped Cu Nanowires for Spintronic Applications

12:00–12:30
Hamish Fraser (Plenary)
Use of Physical Metallurgy and Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy to Solve Significant Issues Negatively Affecting Aerospace Applications

12:30–13:00
Nadezda Tarakina (Invited)
Maximizing Photocatalytic Efficiency of Carbon Nitrides by Tailoring Their Local Structure

13:00–15:00 Break

13:00–13:15 Dectris Sponsor Presentation - Luca Piazza (15 minutes)
From Phase-Contrast 4D-STEM Single-Particle Imaging to Tomography of Thick Biological Specimens

13:15–13:30 Gatan/Ametek Sponsor Presentation - Jordan Moering (15 minutes)
What’s Next: New Horizons for EELS & EFTEM

15:00–15:15
Miroslav Cieslar
The Role of Different STEM and SEM Detectors During In-Situ STEM Experiments

15:15–15:30
Jana Dzíbelová
Thickness-Dependent Lattice Distortions in 2D Hematene

15:30–17:00
Poster Session III

19:00–22:00
Plenary & Invited Speaker Dinner and Boat Tour

Thursday


09:00–09:30
Z. Hong Zhou (Plenary)
Integrative CryoEM and CryoET Methods for Atomic Structures and Molecular Sociology of Native Cellular Complexes

09:30–10:00
Miaofang Chi (Plenary)
Cryogenic STEM for Probing Quantum Materials: From Instrumentation to Correlated Phenomena

10:00–10:30
Wiebke Mobius (Plenary)
White Matter Matters: Visualization of Myelin Biology by Volume Electron Microscopy 

10:30–11:00 Coffee Break

11:00–11:30
Judy Kim (Invited)
Developments in 4D STEM for Biological Materials

11:30–12:00
Catherine Venien-Bryan (Invited)
Cryo-electron Microscopy and Functional Studies Unveil the Gating Mechanism of a Human Potassium Channel

12:00–12:30
Ana Laura Vinagre (Invited)
Label Me Maybe – Immunolabeling for Transmission Electron Microscopy

12:30–12:45
Irene Vercellino (Invited)
Cryo-EM Reveals Naturally Occurring Dimeric Photosystem II Lacking the Mn4CaO5 Cluster

12:45–13:00
Adrián Pedrazo-Tardajos
Visualizing Chromosome Folding in Mitosis Using Cryo Low-Loss EELS

13:00–15:30 Break

15:30–18:00
Belgrade Fortress Walking Tour

Friday


09:00–09:30
Moritz Helmstaedter (Plenary)
3D EM for Screening of Neuronal Circuits

10:00–10:30
Marija Drndić (Invited)
At the Limit of Confinement: Transport and Sensing through Atomic-Scale Pores

10:30–10:45 Break

10:45–11:00
Chang Lin Hsieh
From Segregation to Structure: Icosahedral Grain Boundary Phases in Fe-Doped Ti Thin Films

11:00–11:15
Miran Joo
Investigation of grain growth in Ir-Pd-Pt-Rh-Ru compositionally complex solid solution thin films via in-situ heating TEM experiments

11:15–11:30
Christoph Flathmann
Towards High-Resolution EBIC Simulations by Integrating Dynamic STEM and Monte Carlo Methods

11:30–11:45
Teodor Jianu
EELS as a Nano-analytical Tool to Reveal Coordination Environments of Single Atoms in Organic Catalysts

12:00 Closing Ceremony & Awards, followed by a Farewell Cocktail and Snacks

 


Poster Session I

Layrton José Souza da Silva
Mechanistic Insights into Silver Electrodeposition under Confinement by In-situ Electrochemical Liquid-Cell TEM

Berk Küçükoğlu
Practical Challenges and Strategies for Phase Contrast 4D-STEM Tomography of Thick Biological Specimens

Tara Gudžulić
Diving Into the Deep: FIB Lamella Preparation of Nannofossils Combined With 3D Tomographic Reconstruction

Siqi Guo
Advanced (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Nanoparticles Synthesized by Sputtering into Ionic Liquids

Gregor Kapun
Myth vs. Reality: Expanding the Application Workspace of Modern Multi-Ion Plasma FIB Systems

Lucie Růžena Kleinová
In-situ Deformation of Aluminium-Steel Clad Composite Studied by Electron Microscopy

Meryem Lachhab
Probing Local Structural Distortions and Electrostatic Fields in Ferroelectric Perovskites Using 4D-STEM

Nemanja Latas
Probing Mg Anode Passivation via Sulfur-Induced Interfacial Chemistry in Organic Electrolytes

Darko Makovec
Structure of Ni-Substituted Barium Ferrite Magnetic Nanoplatelets Synthesized via a Hydrothermal Method: From Stabilization of a β-Alumina-Type Defect Structure to Exchange-Coupled Spinel Ferrite–M-Type Hexaferrite Nanocomposites

Athanassios S. Galanis
Precession Assisted 4D-STEM for Electric Field and Pair Distribution Function Mapping

Hlanganani Siphelele Nyembe
Microstructural Characterisation of Deformation Microstructures in Proton Irradiated 316L Stainless Steel

Jacques H. O’Connell
Swift Heavy Ion Induced Plane Rotation in Radiation Resistant Single Crystals

Nikoleta Štaffenová
Mechanical Behavior of Cu Nanoparticles Studied by In Situ TEM Nanoindentation

Elena Tchernychova
Impact of Synthesis-Induced Defects in Li-Rich Layered Oxides on Electrochemistry: Multiscale Structural Characterization

Arno Meingast
Cross-Sectional Imaging of WS₂ Nanotube Formation Pathways via In Situ SEM

Velile N. Vilane
Phase Transformation Pathways and Tensile Response in Hydrogenated and Tempered Ti-6Al-4V Martensite

George Vuković
High Temperature Oxidation Behavior of CrNiCo-Based Alloys and the Influence of MX Precipitates and Solid-Solution Al on Scale Protection

Nadežda Radmilović
Upconversion Luminescence and Optical Properties of Yb³⁺/Er³⁺-Doped Gd₂MoO₆: Role of Structure and Morphology

Poster Session II

Anamarija Abu el Rub
Electron Microscopy Study of Silver Bismuth Sulfide – Mesoporous Silica Janus Nanoparticles: Towards Fabrication of NIR Light Driven Photothermal Nanomotors

Saleh Gorji
Atomic-Resolution Dose-Fractionated Counted EELS at Room Temperature and Cryogenic Conditions Using GIF Continuum and eaSI Workflows

Ivo Atanasov
Structure of the Pandoravirus and Implications to Nucleogenesis

Marija Botić
Comparative Study of Carbon Spheres Formation via Microwave-Assisted and Hydrothermal Synthesis

Elena Chochoľaková
Al₂Cu Nanostructures for Enhanced Aqueous Aluminum Battery Anodes

Jovana Drdanovski
The Effect of Phospholipid and Sterol on the Structure and Composition of mRNA-LNP Formulations

Andreja Gajović
(S)TEM Study of the Quaternary W-based High Entropy Alloy for Fusion Application

Teodora Jakovljević
3D-Printed Scaffolds for Controlled EVs Release and Bone Regeneration

Lucija Klobučar
Effect of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Nanotubes on Modified TiO₂ Electron Transport Bilayers Properties: Morphology and Charge Transport

Vedran Kojić
Antisolvent Engineering of Lead Halide Perovskite Thin Films by Different Coating Methods

Irena Nikolić
Mechanical and Microstructural Investigation of Fly Ash Based Geopolymers with Addition of Waste HDPE Plastic

Sara Lukovac
Incorporation of Spent Grit in the Fly Ash Based Geopolymer: Leaching Protocol and Microstructure

Daniel M. Mijailović
Adenine-Assisted Formation of Co,N-Doped Hollow Carbon Nanofibers for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes

Lenka Milojevic
Visualizing HSV-1 Fusion Machinery and Receptor Engagement Using a VLP-VLP CryoET Platform

Mia Myšičková
Microstructural Evolution and Precipitation Behavior in a Cold-Rolled Al–Mn–Sc–Er–Zr Alloy

Vuk Radmilović
From Morphology to Crystallography: Correlative 3D Electron Tomography and 4D-STEM of Silver Nanowire Junctions

Abira Rashid
Deformation-Induced Structural Evolution in Vapor-Deposited CoCrFeNi Thin Films

Giulia Pia Servetto
Mineralogical Characterization of Ferrimagnetic Nanoparticles Before and After the Interaction With Simulated Mammalian Brain Environment

Lukas Theodor Weidler
Environmental TEM Characterization of Doped Carbon Black

Martino Zanetti
Towards Ultra-High Vacuum Operation in a TEM for Quantum-Computer-Enhanced Electron Microscopy

Poster Session III

Jovana Acković
Morphological and Elemental Characterization of Zn-PWA and Zn-PWB by SEM-EDS Analysis

Ahsein Addloli
Hypothyroidism-Driven Emergence of Nuclear Condensate Structures in Rat Hepatocytes

Jelena Đerić
Correlation Between SEM Morphology and Chemiresistive Function in Sm₂Zr₂O₇/Graphene Composite

Jelena Georgijević
Amorphous VOx Thin Films Grown by DC Reactive Sputtering: Stoichiometry Control and Electrochemical Structure–Property Relationship

Marija Ilić
Hypothyroidism-Induced Heterogeneity of the Mitochondrial Population in Rat Brown Adipocytes

Dušica Jovanović
Linking Nanoscale Structure and Electronic Properties in Au-, Ag-, and Cu-Doped Anatase TiO₂: A Correlative SEM-EDS/XRD and DFT Study

Natalija Milojković
Bismuth(III) Oxide Characterization: X-Ray Diffraction vs. Electron Microscopy

Ana Nastasić
Enhancement of Electrochemical Activity of ZnO/V₂O₅ Composite for Detection of Diclofenac in Aqueous Media

Natalija Nedić
Magnetically Modified Ragweed Biomass as a Biosorbent for the Removal of Organic Dyes

Natalija Panić
Designing Eco-friendly Cellulose-Chitin-Glucan Composite Films from Mushroom Cultivation Waste Materials

Andrijana Pantelić
Employing TEM for Enhanced Microstructural Investigation of Newly Synthesized MgGd₂Zr₂O₈:Eu Utilized for Optical Applications

Elizaveta Pavlova
Surface-induced Coagulation of Platelet-poor Plasma During SEM Sample Preparation

Sofija Petković
SiO₂@g-C₃N₄ Composites: Influence of Composite Formation Strategy on Photocatalytic Cr(VI) Reduction

Jana Petrović
Effect of Deposition Method on Ag/g-C₃N₄ Heterojunctions: Chemical Reduction vs Photodeposition on Pristine and Plasma-Modified g-C₃N₄

Isidora Santrač
Manganese-Induced Ultrastructural Alterations and Apoptotic-Like Responses in Chlamydomonas acidophila 137 Revealed by Electron Microscopy

Radoš Stefanović
Structural and Morphological Characterization of Au/TiO₂ Janus Micromotors for Advanced Applications in Nanomedicine

Sara Stojanović
Rat Blood-derived Nanosomes: Ultrastructural Study

Elif Torun
Green Synthesis of Carbon-Supported Pd Nanocatalysts via Supercritical CO₂ Deposition of Fluorinated NHC Complexes

Katarina Tošić
Influence of Polyimide Structure on the Formation and Properties of Laser-induced Graphene

Ljubinka Vasić
Rhodium Deposition on Nickel and Cobalt Electrodes Revealed by SEM–EDX and 3D Surface Analysis