On October 14, 2025, the Competition of young researchers was held at IIC SAS.

Among the contestants, the evaluation committee selected the following contributions:

 

1. Ayesha Asbat (IIC SAS, Department of theoretical chemistry)
2. Nariman Alipanah (FunGlass, Alexander Dubček University of Trenčín)
3. Asif Ali (IIC SAS, Department of ceramics)

Congratulation!!!

 

 

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Venue: CEMEA building, conference room 2.06, 1st floor)

Opening: 9.00 hod

 

• Program (Stiahni)

 

09:00

Opening

09:05 Bryan Melo  – Relativistic iterative linear damped response TDDFT solver for predicting X-ray absorption spectra of open-shell molecules (Abstract)

09:25 Leonardo F. Kleman – Synthesis and characterization of different BODIPY molecules, photophysical and computational studies (Abstract)

09:45 Ayesha Asbat – Styrene adsorption on pristine and modified smectites: A DFT-D3 approach for green applications (Abstract)

10:05 Daniela J. Raquejo – Bismuth-doped mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles with broad mesoporous distribution: physicochemical properties, bioactivity, and radiopacity (Abstract)

10:25 Ahmed G. Abd-Elsatar – Greener, safer, and stronger: plasma ion-exchanged pharmaceutical glass vials for precision drug delivery dosing (Abstract)

Break (10:45 – 11:00)

11:00 Asif Ali – Tailoring thermoelectric performance of stabilized high-entropy
perovskite ceramics through Nb⁵⁺ substitution (Abstract)

11:20 Avnee Chauhan – High entropy oxide ceramic by pressure assisted sintering of multi-component rare-earth oxides (Abstract)

11:40 Jakub Michalík – Preparation and characterization of up-conversion materials with garnet structure in Al2O3-Y2O3-Yb2O3-Er2O3 system (Abstract)

12:00 Amol Logavi – Spectrally engineered and scalable SiO₂/ZnO antireflective coatings for high-efficiency and durable silicon solar cells (Abstract)

Lunch (12:20 – 12:50)

12:50 Vinny George – Surface-functionalised hydrogels incorporating organoclay–phloxine B films (Abstract)

13:10 Abel W. Ourgessa – From waste glass to high-value 3D porous glass ceramics: a sustainable additive manufacturing pathway (Abstract)

13:30 Parisa Labib Shotorban – Smectite-based nanocomposites as a pH-responsive material for biomedical applications (Abstract)

13:50 Nariman Alipanah – 3D-printed hydrogel scaffolds with bioactive glass and antibacterial propolis-loaded ZIF-8 for tissue regeneration (Abstract)

14:20 Results

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Committee:

doc. Ing. Zoltán Lenčéš, PhD.
RNDr. Jana Madejová, DrSc.
Ing. Eva Scholtzová, PhD.
prof. RNDr. Pavol Šajgalík, DrSc.
prof. Ing. Marián Janek, PhD.