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International Workshop on Superfunctional Energy/Nano Materials (SENM2025)

September 24 - September 26, 2025, Fukuoka, Japan

Scope

The third International Workshop on Superfunctional Energy/Nano Materials (SENM2025) will be held in Fukuoka, Japan from September 24 to 26, 2025. In this workshop, we will exchange information and views on nanomaterials and energy materials with advanced functional properties. The topics we discuss in the workshop include mechanical/structural properties, hydrogen-related properties, catalytic/photocatalytic properties and electrical/electronic properties of metallic, non-metallic and organic materials. In particular, we will focus on high-entropy alloys and on the significance of severe plastic deformation, grain refinement, phase transformations and lattice defects on various properties. Any related talks including processing, characterization and applications are also welcome.

 

Important Dates and Times

June 2 (Monday)                         24:00                Deadline for Presentation Title Submission

September 24 (Wednesday)        8:00 -               On-site Registration

September 24 (Wednesday)        8:20 - 18:30     Presentations

September 24 (Wednesday)        19:30 -             Reception

September 25 (Thursday)            8:20 - 18:30     Presentations

September 25 (Thursday)            19:30 -             Banquet

September 26 (Friday)                9:00 - 13:30     Labtour and Discussion

 

Workshop Venue

Conference Hall A/B, Room 105, I2CNER-I Building, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Ito Campus, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/campus/ito/)

 

Registration

Registration fee for all participants (invited and regular) is JPY 25,000 in cash, which is paid at the registration desk on September 24. There is no registration fee for students.

 

Presentation

All presentations are made face-to-face by oral.

 

Lunch

Lunch is held at Big Orange Restaurant on campus (https://www.coop.kyushu-u.ac.jp/data/info_bigorange_restaurant.pdf).

 

Reception

Reception is held at Wara Wara Restaurant (https://f233388.gorp.jp/).

  

Banquet

Banquet is held at Zauo Restaurant (http://www.zauo.com/zauo_honten/for-group/). A bus transfers the participants from the I2CNER to the restaurant and from the restaurant to the I2CNER and Kyudai-Gakkentoshi JR Station.

 

Labtour

Labtour will be conducted from 11:00 on September 26.

 

Accommodations

Kyushu University is located in a rural area, so we don't have many hotels around here. You have two options for accommodations. You can choose to stay nearby or stay in the center of the city and come here by bus or train.

Nearby hotels: Settle Glocal Hotel (This hotel offers 30% discount for guests affiliated with Kyushu University if you researve through the hoel web site) (https://glocal-hotel.com/kyushu_u/), HOTEL AZ Fukuoka Itoshima (https://www.az-hotel.com/itoshima/rooms/), Hotel New Gaea Itoshima (http://www.hotelnewgaea.com/itoshima/en/)

 

Organizers

Chairperson: Kaveh EDALATI, Associate Professor, International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I2CNER), Kyushu University,  E-mail: kaveh.edalati@kyudai.jp

Secretariat: Masae Katai,  E-mail: katai.masae.557@m.kyushu-u.ac.jp



 
               SENM2025 Workshop Program
    Conference Hall A/B, Room 105, I2CNER-I Building, Ito Campus, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
   September 24, 2025 (Wednesday)  Workshop Opening
8:00 - 8:15     <Registration>
8:15 - 8:20     <Opening Words>
   September 24 (Wednesday)  Session (I): CO2 and Hydrogen I    Chairperson: Kaveh Edalati (I2CNER, Kyushu University)
8:20 - 8:40 Etsuo Akiba Kyushu University <Invited>
Application of hydrogen storage alloys in hydrogen delivery
8:40 - 9:00 Ikuo Taniguchi Kyoto Institute of Technology <Invited>
A challenge toward a decarbonized society through innovative CO2 separation membrane modules
9:00 - 9:20 Anton Hohenwarter Montanuniversität Leoben <Invited>
Severe plastic deformation and hydrogen interaction in duplex steels
9:20 - 9:40 Yoji Mine Kumamoto University <Invited>
Micro-mechanical characterisation of hydrogen embrittlement in nanotwinned austenitic stainless steel
9:40 - 9:50 Jacqueline Hidalgo-Jiménez Kyushu University Entropy-stabilized oxides with d10 + s0p0 cationic configuration as next-generation heterostructured photocatalysts: experimental and ab initio examination
9:50 - 10:00 Ken Hirota Doshisha University Antibacterial activity of severe plastically deformed pure Cu processed by high-pressure torsion (HPT)
10:00 - 10:30     <Coffee Break>
   September 24 (Wednesday)  Session (II): CO2 and Hydrogen II    Chairperson: Ikuo Taniguchi (Kyoto Institute of Technology)
10:30 - 10:50 Hai-Wen Li Sun Yat-sen University <Invited>
Recent progress on solid-state hydrogen storage technology
10:50 - 11:10 Yuji Ikeda University of Stuttgart <Invited>
Machine learning potentials for understanding hydrogen absorption in Laves phases: application to TiCr2
11:10 - 11:20 Shuhei Yoshida Kyoto University Effect of lattice defects on hydrogen storage properties of HfNbTiZr medium entropy alloy
11:20 - 11:30 Shuo Xu Kyoto University Microstructure and hydrogenation behavior of (TiVNb)85Cr15 medium entropy alloy
11:30 - 11:40 Shivam Dangwal Kyushu University Toward room-temperature hydrogen storage by determining formation enthalpy of high-entropy hydrides by experiment, density functional theory and machine learning
11:40 - 11:50 Thanh Tam Nguyen Kyushu University Phase and sulfur vacancy engineering in cadmium sulfide for boosting hydrogen production from catalytic plastic waste photoconversion
11:50 - 12:00     <Workshop Photo>
12:00 - 13:30     <Lunch at Big Orange Restaurant>
   September 24 (Wednesday)  Session (III): Environmental and Battery Materials    Chairperson: Yoshifumi Ikoma (Kyushu University)
13:30 - 13:50 Jao-Jia Horng National Yunlin University of Science and Technology <Invited>
Two decades of metallic nanoparticle studies for environmental applications on wastes and waste water treatment 
13:50 - 14:10 Cheng-Kuo Tsai National Yunlin University of Science and Technology <Invited>
Bimetallic-NH2-based catalyst endorsing efficient CO2 conversion to C1 products
14:10 - 14:30 Fan Zhang Shanghai University of Engineering Science <Invited>
Harnessing severe plastic deformation for next-generation battery electrodes: from microstructure engineering to enhanced electrochemical stability
14:30 - 14:40 Joaquín E. González Hernández Costa Rica Institute of Technology High-pressure torsion for fabrication and development of nanostructured Al-Mg alloys for aluminum-air batteries
14:40 - 14:50 Xucheng Wang Shanghai University of Engineering Science Conductivity-boosted VO2 via carbon synergy: toward enhanced zinc-ion storage
14:50 - 15:20     <Coffee Break>
   September 24 (Wednesday)  Session (IV): Functional Materials    Chairperson: Fan Zhang (Shanghai University of Engineering Science)
15:20 - 15:40 Hiromi Miura Toyohashi University of Technology <Invited>
Our approaches to fabricate super functional nano metallic materials
15:40 - 16:00 Andrea Bachmaier Austrian Academy of Sciences <Invited>
Recent advances in processing of rare-earth free magnetic materials by severe plastic deformation
16:00 - 16:20 Masaki Mito Kyushu Institute of Technology <Invited>
Development of functionality on the condensed matter physics, superconductivity and magnetism, using shear strain under compression
16:20 - 16:30 Alexy Bertrand Kyushu Institute of Technology The effects of severe shear strain on the crystal structure and magnetism of manganese oxide Mn3O4
16:30 - 16:40 Taisuke Matsuura Kyushu University Thermal and electrical conductivity of Ge processed by high-pressure torsion
16:40 - 17:10     <Coffee Break>
   September 24 (Wednesday)  Session (V): Optical Materials    Chairperson: Krishan Kumar Pandey (Bhabha Atomic Research Centre)
17:10 - 17:30 Qixin Guo Saga University <Invited>
Full color light emitting diodes based on rare earth doped ultrawide bandgap semiconductors
17:30 - 17:50 Yoshimine Kato Kyushu University <Invited>
Si nano-paste for coated solar cell
17:50 - 18:10 Ulugbek Shaislamov National University of Uzbekistan <Invited>
Design and engineering of metal oxide nanostructures for solar energy conversion
18:10 - 18:30 Koji Morita National Institute for Materials Science <Invited>
Improving mechanical and optical properties of transparent ceramics by attaining nano-structure
19:30 - 21:30     <Reception at Wara Wara>
   September 25 (Thursday)  Session (VI): Phase Transformations    Chairperson: Jairo Alberto Muñoz Balaños (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
8:20 - 8:40 Valery I. Levitas Iowa State University <Invited>
Recent advances in severe plastic deformations, strain-induced phase transformations, and microstructure evolution under high pressure
8:40 - 9:00 Jingtao Wang Nanjing University of Science and Technology <Invited>
Accessing forbidden phases
9:00 - 9:20 Alexander Soldatov Yanshan University <Invited>
Nanographite under severe plastic deformation - towards Lonsdaleite synthesis
9:20 - 9:40 Krishan Kumar Pandey Bhabha Atomic Research Centre <Invited>
In situ study of plastic strain induced phase transitions in materials
9:40 - 10:00 Koichi Tsuchiya National Institute for Materials Science <Invited>
Phase transformation and structural functionality in FCC high/medium entropy alloys
10:00 - 10:30     <Coffee Break>
   September 25 (Thursday)  Session (VII): High-Entropy Materials    Chairperson: Anton Hohenwarter (Montanuniversität Leoben)
10:30 - 10:50 Hyoung Seop Kim Pohang University of Science and Technology <Invited>
Constitutive modeling of high entropy alloys
10:50 - 11:10 Alberto Moreira Jorge Junior Université Grenoble Alpes
Federal University of São Carlos		 <Invited>
Exploring nanoporous Ti-V-Zr-Nb-Co electrodes for alkaline fuel cells: structure-function insights
11:10 - 11:30 Dmitri V. Louzguine Tohoku University <Invited>
Designing medium-to-high-entropy Fe-Mn-Al-C alloys with Co, Ni, and Cu additions for ultrahigh strength and energy storage ability
11:30 - 11:50 Muhammad Naeem University of Birmingham
Liaoning Academy of Materials		 <Invited>
Real-time insights into cryogenic deformation mechanisms of high-entropy alloys
11:50 - 12:00 Ho Truong Nam Hai Kyushu University Plastic waste photoreforming and hydrogen production using a high-entropy oxynitride catalyst
12:00 - 13:30     <Lunch at Big Orange Restaurant>
   September 25 (Thursday)  Session (VIII): Heterostructured Materials   Chairperson: Karsten Durst (Technical University of Darmstadt)
13:30 - 13:50 Kei Ameyama Ritsumeikan University <Invited>
A conception of harmonic structure design for the prospective future materials
13:50 - 14:10 Xinkun Zhu Kunming University of Science and Technology <Invited>
Research of Cu and Cu alloy by surface mechanical attrition treatment
14:10 - 14:30 Liliana Romero Resendiz University of Birmingham
Liaoning Academy of Materials		 <Invited>
Designing multidisciplinary heterostructured materials via plastic deformation
14:30 - 14:50 Jairo Alberto Muñoz Balaños Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya <Invited>
Producing a large scale functional heterostructured Cu-Ni-Cr-Si alloy using the radial shear rolling process
14:50 - 15:00 Qing Wang Kyushu University Lead-free halide perovskite MA(CH3NH3)SnI3 under high pressure at elevated temperature
15:00 - 15:30     <Coffee Break>
   September 25 (Thursday)  Session (IX): NanoSPD Materials I    Chairperson: Liliana Romero Resendiz (University of Birmingham)
15:30 - 15:50 Zenji Horita Kyushu Institute of Technology <Invited>
High strength and high ductility of Al-Mg-Si alloy with recyclability enhanced by severe plastic deformation under high pressure
15:50 - 16:10 Alexey Vinogradov Kumamoto University <Invited>
A review of fatigue of ultrafine-grained titanium and its alloys for bio-medical applications: achievements, challenges and perspectives
16:10 - 16:30 Hiroyuki Miyamoto Doshisha University <Invited>
Solid-state recycling of aluminum machining chips using severe plastic               deformation for producing high-strength aluminum matrix composite
16:30 - 16:40 Maki Ashida Seikei University Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy processed by HPS under different sliding distance
16:40 - 16:50 Tatiana Zamora Rojas Costa Rica Institute of Technology Bioabsorbable Mg alloys nanostructured by high-pressure torsion for orthopedic applications: electrochemical and microstructural evolution
16:50 - 17:10     <Coffee Break>
   September 25 (Thursday)  Session (X): NanoSPD Materials II    Chairperson: Andrea Bachmaier (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
17:10 - 17:30 Ruslan Z. Valiev Ufa University of Science and Technology <Invited>
Paradoxes in properties of nanoSPD-produced metals
17:30 - 17:50 Michael J. Zehetbauer University of Vienna <Invited>
SPD-assisted enhancement of efficiency of thermoelectric materials
17:50 - 18:10 Karsten Durst Technical University of Darmstadt <Invited>
Grain boundary induced hardening vs. softening in magnetic and mechanical properties of nanostructured materials
18:10 - 18:20 Yoshifumi Ikoma Kyushu University High-pressure phase transformation of Si-based alloys
18:20 - 18:30 Kaveh Edalati I2CNER, Kyushu University Insights into prebiotic RNA chemistry on early Earth via high-pressure torsion
19:30 - 21:30     <Banquet at Zauo>
   September 26 (Friday)  Session XI: Discussion and Labtour
9:00 - 10:30     <General Discussion>   Moderators: Etsuo Akiba (Kyushu University) and Valery I. Levitas (Iowa State University)
10:30 - 11:00     <Coffee Break>
11:00 - 12:30     <Labtour>   Exhibitors: Members of I2CNER
12:30 - 13:30     <Lunch at Big Orange Restaurant>