Dear Psi-k Community,

We are pleased to announce the Symposium "Computational Design in Materials Science, Methodologies and interplay between Theory and experiment" (https://www.sbpmat.org.br/22encontro/symposia/), which is part of the XXII B-MRS Meeting, organized by the Brazilian Materials Research Society, that will take place at the Blue Med Convention Center in Santos, São Paulo, Brazil, from September 29th to October 3rd, 2024.

During this traditional event, 27 parallel symposia will gather scientists, engineers and students from academia and industry to discuss the state of the art of Materials Science discoveries and perspectives.

The symposium aims to promote discussions between theoreticians and experimentalists regarding the understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic properties of functional materials. The idea is to focus on the interplay between state-of-the-art computational design and experimental methodologies. Fundamental and technological aspects of materials systems that may lead to improving, understanding and foreseeing the properties of technological devices will be discussed during the event. We would like to gather researchers actively working in Materials Science, focusing on nanomaterials with functional properties and using theoretical or experimental techniques to characterize electronic and structural properties. This meeting intends to open up new opportunities for collaboration between experimentalists and theoreticians, improving insights into the atomistic understanding of nanomaterials. The list of invited speakers includes several world leaders in computational simulations, showing how the theoretical contributions can significantly aid the experimental observations to gain a better knowledge of Materials Science. Several participants for oral contributions will be selected among the best-submitted abstracts.

Abstracts are solicited in (but not limited to) the following areas:

-Computational simulation methods and experimental techniques applied to study structural and electronic properties of 1D, 2D and 3D materials
-Development and application of state-of-the-art computational methodologies in Materials Science
-Materials with potential application in energy storage/generation and environment
-Transparent conducting oxides
-Electron-matter interactions
-Chemical reactions in materials synthesis
-Materials Design with special optical properties
-Computational Design of biomaterials
-Theoretical insights in catalysis
-Related computational topics

We would like to invite members of the Psi-k Community and their groups to participate in this event. The system for registration and abstract submission is already open (https://www.eventweb.com.br/xxiisbpmat/home-event/). The deadline for abstract submission is April 8th(please note to choose "Symposium AC05 - Computational Design in Materials Science, Methodologies and interplay between Theory and experiment", to be sure your abstract will be directed to this symposium).

We look forward to seeing you in Santos!

Best wishes,
The Symposium Organizers

Ricardo Paupitz Barbosa dos Santos, Physics Department - UNESP/Brazil
Julio Ricardo Sambrano, Mathematics Department - UNESP/Brazil
Miguel Angel San-Miguel, Chemistry Institute - UNICAMP/Brazil
Andre Rodrigues Muniz, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS/Brazil