F2) Advanced Materials and Technologies for Harsh Conditions

This symposium encompasses advanced materials, systems and technologies that exhibit exceptional properties or are engineered to perform under harsh conditions. It highlights innovations in materials with ultrahigh strength, unique thermal or electronic behavior, and resilience under intense conditions like high pressure, radiation, extreme temperatures, or corrosive media. Emphasizing both fundamental research and applied technologies, the symposium welcomes contributions spanning from atomic-scale insights to real-world applications such as energy systems, quantum applications, electronics and structural components designed for aerospace/space, deep-sea, healthcare, energy or high-impact scenarios. By bringing together leading researchers from academia and industries, this symposium aims to spark new dialogue and collaborations that align novel materials with exceptional properties to the demands of extreme environments, advancing the frontiers of engineering and technology.

Topics include, but are not limited to,

• Intelligent/smart and functional materials;
• Design of metamaterials and metastructures;
• Quantum materials and electronic/photonic devices;
• Materials for quantum computing and sensing;
• Materials and systems for aerospace/space applications;
• Aerospace and space electronics and devices;
• Advanced ceramics, metal alloys, polymers, composites and coatings;
• Advanced structural and metamaterials;
• Protective and impact-resistant materials and design;
• 3D / 4D Additive manufacturing of materials and devices used under harsh conditions;
• Materials for energy storage and generation;
• High-temperature electronic materials;
• Materials with exceptional thermal behaviour;
• Materials and devices for underwater applications;
• Materials and devices for healthcare applications;
• Materials and devices for energy applications;
• Electromagnetic interference shielding materials;
• Radiation and single event effects;
• Reliability and materials failure;
• Environmentally-assisted cracking and materials degradation (e.g. corrosion, impact, thermal shock);
• Nanomechanics and failure physics;
• Computational and analytical modelling;
• AI/ML-driven materials discovery