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4th Conference on Energy Landscapes and Structures in Ion Conduction Solids (ELSICS)
September 30th - October 2nd, 2024
Conference location
TTZ Conference Center, Marburg, Germany
Software-Center 3, 35037 Marburg,
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Karl-Michael Weitzel
Philipps-Universität Marburg, Department of
Chemistry
Phone: +49 6421-282-2360 (weitzel@chemie.uni-marburg.de)
www.uni-marburg.de/fb15/ag-weitzel/
www.uni-marburg.de/en/fb15/for5065
Deadline for registration: June 30th, 2024
Supported by the German Science foundation (DFG, FOR_5065), Fond der Chemischen Industrie (FCI)
Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft,
DFG Research Unit FOR 5065
The potential energy landscape of mobile ions in solid-state materials and the atomic scale structure are intimately interrelated. This interrelation and the resultant properties, e.g. the mobility of the ions, is of paramount interest in contemporary material science with direct applications in energy storage and
conversion. Understanding the interplay of structure, energy landscape and ionic transport of ionic solids is of crucial importance for a knowledge-based development of improved and new functionalities of these materials
The DFG Research Unit ELSICS (FOR 5065) has been founded in December 2020 with the goal to quantify the energy distribution of ionic sites in solids on the basis of atomically resolved structures and in conjunction with ionic transport properties with a truly concerted effort of experimental and theoretical research groups. This joint effort involves state-of-the-art expertise from diverse experiments [charge attachment induced transport (CAIT), time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), atom probe tomography (APT) and analytical
and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM)], as well as dedicated solid-state matter theory for crystalline and amorphous materials.
The 4 th ELSICS Conference will take place in Marburg (DE) from September-30 to October-2, 2024. This 4 th conference will collect presentations from invited speakers as well as contributed presentations (both oral and posters).
Key topics for progress reports are
• Ion transport in amorphous, crystalline and polycrystalline solids
• Short range versus long-range transport as seen by NMR, CAIT and IS
• Energy landscapes in ion conducting solids: site energy distribution, populated vs. unpopulated sites
• Interrelation between atomically resolved structure and energy landscapes
• Predictive methods for correlating energy landscapes to material structure and function
At the point of this announcement, the conference is planned as a meeting in presence. We expect being able to host up to 60 participants. For those with travel restrictions we will consider offering participation via a Video platform. There will be a small fee to cover costs incurring for the conference
room, catering (lunch and coffee breaks) and conference material.
Call for Abstracts
The program will include 10 invited speakers. There is the possibility to present contributed talks subject to the
number of slots available (approximately 20). We also intend to hold a Poster-Session.
For further details contact the chairperson
(weitzel@chemie.uni-marburg.de. or elsics@unimarburg.de) or the www page at
https://www.unimarburg.de/en/fb15/for5065/meetings/3rd-elsicsworkshop .
Travel Information
Marburg can easily be reached by all means of transportation.
Arriving by plane
The nearest major airport to Marburg is Frankfurt International Airport. There are regular train connections from Frankfurt to Marburg
Arriving by train
Marburg can be conveniently reached by train. The next ICE train stations are Frankfurt and Kassel where you can connect to regional trains (Deutsche Bahn
Arriving by car
Marburg is located approximately 100 km north of Frankfurt. It can be reached v ia A5 / B3 from south, or via A49 / B3 from north