Materials for Energy & Sustainability
FNovel Materials and Devices for Photon and Ionizing Radiation Detection – II
This symposium will focus on emerging materials and device architectures for photonic (UV–Vis–NIR) and high-energy radiation detection. Particular emphasis will be placed on next-generation functional materials, including organic semiconductors, metal halide perovskites, and hybrid systems, for applications as photodetectors and scintillators. In addition, high-Z and composite materials for X/γ-ray and charged particle detection will be addressed. The symposium will explore recent advances in material design, device integration, and system-level performance, highlighting current challenges such as stability, scalability, and radiation hardness in both direct and indirect detection technologies.
Scope:
This symposium will focus on novel materials and device concepts for photon detection across a broad spectral range and for high-energy ionizing radiation conversion. The aim is to bring together the European community working at the intersection of materials science, device physics, and radiation detection, fostering exchange, identifying emerging directions, and promoting interdisciplinary collaborations.
The symposium will cover organic semiconductors, metal halide perovskites, and hybrid/composite systems, while remaining open to alternative materials platforms. Attention will be devoted to advanced detection concepts beyond the visible range, including NIR, UV-DUV, and ionizing radiation in both direct and indirect (scintillators) detection systems.
Organic semiconductors continue to attract strong interest due to their flexibility, low-cost processing, and tissue equivalence. Recent advances include improved charge transport, engineered interfaces, and integration with high-Z nanomaterials for enhanced detection efficiency as well as developments in large-area detectors and wearable dosimeters. Key challenges remain in radiation stability, sensitivity, and long-term reliability.
Metal halide perovskites have rapidly emerged as versatile materials for radiation detection. Progress includes lead-free and low-toxicity compositions, defect passivation strategies, and scalable growth of large-area single crystals and films. They are also explored in nanostructured and heterostructured configurations, enabling improved carrier transport and enhanced scintillation performance with ongoing efforts addressing stability and device integration.
The symposium will also address hybrid and nanocomposite materials ( e.g. polymer–nanocrystal systems, metastructures, and multifunctional materials enabling combined sensing modalities. Topics such as radiation–matter interaction at the nanoscale, advanced characterization techniques, and device architectures for fast timing and imaging will also be discussed. Special emphasis will be given to long-term stability, radiation hardness, and sustainable material design.
Hot topics to be covered by the symposium:
Growth/synthesis of new materials for radiation sensors:
- Growth methods for perovskite and organic crystals and defect characterization
- Nanoparticle and polycrystalline perovskite and organic films
- Fabrication of hybrid and meta-materials
Materials and devices characterization:
- UV and high energy photon detection
- NIR photon detection
- Noise and defects in advanced detectors
- Materials for neutron and charge particles detection
- Scintillators for fast timing detection and imaging
- Interaction of nanomaterials and nanocomposites with ionizing radiation from fundamental to applied perspectives
- Long-term stability, environmental effects and radiation hardness
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francesca.cova@unimib.itDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Viale C. Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
laura.basirico2@unibo.itC/ Catedrático José Beltrán 2 - 46980 Paterna, Spain
michele.sessolo@uv.es