Chemical and physical processes occurring at surfaces and solid-solid, solid-liquid, gas-liquid, and gas-solid interfaces are crucial for many applications and yet their analysis often represents grand scientific and engineering challenges. The Chemical Analysis and Imaging of Interfaces Focus Topic symposium is designed as a cross-disciplinary “melting pot” and aims to disseminate the latest developments in experimental methods and understanding of the interfacial physical and chemical processes relevant (but not limited) to materials synthesis, microfabrication, energy/catalysis research, biomedical applications, environmental sciences, to name a few. In particular, in (ex-) situ/in vivo/operando chemical imaging, microscopy, and spectroscopy studies using electron, X-ray, ion, and neutron beams as well as optical methods and synchrotron radiation/ free-electron lasers facilities are strongly encouraged. Attention will also be paid to correlative spectroscopy and microscopy methods, modern image/spectra processing, and AI techniques. Contributions are invited including but not limited to experimental, fundamental research, industrial R&D, novel analytical techniques/approaches, and metrology of realistic surfaces and interfaces.
CA1: Environmental Interfaces
- Musa Ahmed, LBNL
- Feng Wang, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
CA2: In Situ Microscopy, Spectroscopy, and Processing at Liquid-Solid-Gas Interfaces
- Manh-Thuong Nguyen, PNNL, “Solid-Liquid Interfaces for Energy-efficient Chemical Separation of Critical Minerals and CO2 Conversion”
- Dimitry Verkhoturov, TAMU, “Hypervelocity Nanoparticle Impacts on Extracellular Vesicles: Prospects for Application in Cancer Detection”
CA3: CHIPS Act: Interfaces and Defects
- Yamaguchi Takahide, NIMS (National Institute for Materials Science), Japan, “Diamond/h-BN Heterostructures for High-performance Electronics”
- Luke Yates, Sandia National Laboratories, USA, “Future Needs and Current Trends in Interfacial Metrology for the Development of Reliable Ultra-Wide Bandgap Electronics”
CA4: Modeling of Multi-Dimensional Data of Interfacial Processes
- Aurora Clark, University of Utah
- Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland, “Autonomous Combinatorial Experimentation”
CA5: Progress and Challenges in Industrial Applications
- Paul Dietrich, SPECS Surface Nano Analysis GmbH, Germany, “Operando Electrochemical Studies with Near Ambient Pressure XPS”
- Olga Ovchinnikova, Thermofisher
CA6: Novel Developments and Applications of Interfacial Analysis
- Radislav Potyrailo, General Electric, “Reporting Interfaces: Unconventional Excitation of Interfaces Enables Exquisite Sensing Toward Our Sustainable Future”
- Tanguy Terlier, Rice University, “Novel Strategies for the Characterization of the Next-Generation Energy Storage Materials by ToF-SIMS: From an in-Situ Exploration to an Operando Measurement”
CA7: Chemical Analysis and Imaging of Interfaces Poster Session