Program
12th - 16th January 2026
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Monday, 12 th January: |
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Gerhard Dehm and Christina Scheu |
Opening of SN-NG Annual Retreat 2026 |
| Session chair: Eleonora Isotta |
Quantitative TEM |
| Peter Schweizer | Controlling defects using 2D Materials |
| Saba Ahmad | In-situ 4D-STEM investigation of grain boundary migration and microstructural evolution during thermal annealing of nickel |
| Janez Zavasnik 1 | In-Situ TEM for Probing Materials Under Extreme and Operando Conditions |
| Daeho Kim | Property Control via Interface Engineering and Understanding Plasticity through Shear-Coupled Grain Boundary Migration |
| Session chair: Raquel Aymerich |
Battery Mechanics |
| Yuwei Zhang | Defect mediated nucleation of Li dendrite in garnet solid electrolyte |
| Yuqi Liu | Suppressing Electron Beam Damage in LLZO via Cryo-EM Workflows |
| Session chair: Kyuseon Jang |
Simulation |
| Tobias Brink | Scientific data management in SN/NG: Some perspectives on storage and publication |
| Guojing Huang | Parameterization of machine learning interatomic potential for SnSe and SnTe |
| Pavel Papez | DFT calculations of the FeAl intermetallic |
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Tuesday, 13 th January: |
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| Session chair: Kaili Feng |
Thermo-Chemomechanics |
| Anwesha Kanjilal | One year of THINC-ing |
| Jung Soo Lee | Nanoindentation of B2 FeAl: Unraveling the Role of Point Defects in Micromechanical Behavior |
| Session chair: Lalithkumar Bhaskar |
Electrochemistry |
| Rebeca Miyar | Engineering self-supported bulk MXene electrodes for electrochemical applications |
| Tonya Kloos | Revealing a Catalyst: Multiscale Electron Microscopy of Combinatorial Pt-Ru Thin Films |
| Raquel Aymerich | In-situ microscopy insights on the effect of additives on the electrodeposition of Zn |
| Yeeun Bang | Chemical synthesis and characterization of nanostructure Ir/TiO 2 |
| Session chair: Jeongin Paeng |
Electrochemistry |
| Yiqun Jiang | Investigation on the stability of electrochemical ORR cathodes |
| Session chair: Jeongin Paeng |
Advanced characterization |
| Guangyi Guo | Cation diffusion-mediated displaced reaction-transformation in sustainable metallurgy |
| Session chair: Ruben Bueno |
Thermoelectrics |
| Dominique Mattlat | Operando transmission electron microscopy for study of defects and stability in Zn 4 Sb 3 thermoelectrics |
| Kyuseon Jang | Quantifying Electron–Phonon Decoupling at Individual Grain Boundaries in Mg 3 (Sb,Bi) 2 |
| Eleonora Isotta | Local Thermal and Electrical Measurements across Grain Boundaries in Bi 2 Te 3 |
| Florian Busch | Tailoring electrical and thermal transport properties in Sn 1.03-x Mn x Te thermoelectrics by defect engineering |
| Session chair: Yiqun Jiang |
Poster preview |
| Nicolo Maria della Ventura | Introducing the Concept of Energy-Resolved EBSD |
| Leiming Du | Mode I, II, and III Fracture Toughness of Sintered Cu Nanoparticles |
| Siyuan Zhang | Operando electron microscopy on β-Al 2 O 3 solid electrolyte for solid state Na battery |
| Nakyung Kim | Hydrogen storage and Mechanical Properties of hydrided Mg 2 Ni intermetallic |
| Eduardo Vega | Statistical and Machine Learning Based 3D EBSD Study of Oxidized Cr₂AlC Thin Films |
| Xingqing Wu | Understanding the Mechanisms of Lithium Dendrite Growth in Garnet-Type Solid Electrolytes |
| Samhitha Gadhavajhala | Thermoelectric transport in MnTe-based materials |
| Soohyun Kwon | Structural control of MoS 2 for energy and bio-applications |
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Wednesday, 14 th January: |
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| Session chair: Yuwei Zhang |
Hydrogen mechanics |
| Jazmin Duarte Correa | The good, the bad and the ugly: Hydrogen in materials |
| Clara Reinhart | Unraveling H-microstructure interactions in nanocrystalline Fe20Cr |
| Hrushikesh Uday Bhimavarapu | Modeling the Influence of Indenter Tip Geometry on Hydrogen Diffusion |
| Amir Hamzehei | Catch Me If You Can: An In Situ Approach to Investigate the Effects of Diffusible Hydrogen on Materials |
| Session chair: Saba Ahmad |
Hydrogen mechanics |
| Kaili Feng | Hydrogen-induced Micromechanical Response in Pearlitic Steel |
| Mohammed Kamran Bhat | Probing the Nanomechanical Behavior of Crystalline Alumina Coatings |
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Teambuilding |
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Poster Session |
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Thursday, 15 th January: |
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| Session chair: Ava Karami |
Additive micromanufacturing |
| Lalithkumar Bhaskar | 3D printed metal microscale devices for micro/nanomechanics in SEM/TEM |
| Genna Monahan | Multiscale investigation of musk-ox head: Biomimetic lessons for impact mitigation |
| Kuan Ding | 3D printing of copper microarchitectures with programmable microstructures |
| Session chair: Mohammed Kamran Bhat |
Additive micromanufacturing |
| Jeongin Paeng | Liquid-encapsulated metal microvessels |
| Nhat Hoang Van | In situ electrical resistivity measurement of 3D additive-manufactured copper pillars |
| Diego Zapata | Instrumentation for tensile testing of 3D-printed polycrystalline copper under extreme conditions |
| Session chair: Yaolong Xing |
Extreme nanomechanics |
| Hendrik Holz | Nanoindentation under cryogenic conditions at extreme strain rates |
| Session chair: Miran Joo |
Grain boundry |
| Dominique Chatain 2 | The Σ3 [111] (-211) incoherent twin boundary in fcc alloys: structure, composition and stacking fault energy |
| Hanna Bishara 3 | Insights into internal interfaces and grain boundary resistivities |
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Saja Sirhan
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Grain boundary phenomena in Cu-Mn: Complexion and phase decomposition |
| Session chair: Min Gee Cho |
Hydrogen storage |
| Ruben Bueno | Understanding the microstructure evolution of FeTi upon hydrogen cycling using electron microscopy |
| Ava Karami | Three-Dimensional Mapping of Alloying and Trace Elements in TiFe Alloys |
| Jing Rao | HyWay: Hydrogen–Microstructure Interactions in 316L and X70 commercial steels |
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Friday, 16 th January: |
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| Session chair: Pavel Papez |
In situ TEM |
| Lilian Vogl | Hunting for phonon peaks in metal hydrides |
| Nina Kosian | Iron oxide thin films for sustainable applications |
| Yaolong Xing | Multimodal (S)TEM Monitoring of Vacancy Migration and Ordering Mediated Phase Transformations |
| Session chair: Jing Rao |
Functional materials |
| Miran Joo | Microstructural and compositional complexity of electrocatalytic active Au-Pd-Pt-Ru compositionally complex solid solution thin films |
| Siqi Guo | Advanced transmission electron microscopy studies on the phase stability in multinary intermetallic nanoparticles and films |
| Min Gee Cho | Data-driven electron microscopy for the atomic-scale design of electrocatalysts |
| 1 Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia; 2 Aix Marseille Université - CNRS, France; 3 Tel-Aviv University, Israel; |