Applied Physics and Materials Science

1. Focuses on entrepreneurship, intellectual property, spin-off creation, and scaling materials technologies from lab to industry. Includes case studies and funding strategies.

Covers fracture mechanics, creep, fatigue, and impact resistance. Applicable to structural materials in aerospace, automotive, and civil engineering sectors.

Discusses traditional and advanced ceramics, organic/inorganic polymers, hydrogels, aerogels, and hybrid materials with tailored mechanical and thermal properties.

Focuses on ferromagnetic, ferrimagnetic, and superconducting materials for use in sensors, actuators, data storage, and quantum devices.

Covers structure determination using X-ray, neutron, and electron diffraction. Topics include lattice defects, polymorphism, and advanced structure-property correlations.

Covers biocompatible and bioactive materials for implants, scaffolds, biosensors, and controlled drug release systems. Topics include tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

• Focuses on materials used in integrated circuits, photodetectors, transistors, and flexible electronics. Topics include 2D materials, silicon alternatives, and semiconductor fabrication

Highlights fabrication techniques like CVD, PVD, ALD, and molecular beam epitaxy. Applications include microelectronics, photovoltaics, and protective coatings.

This track covers the role of applied physics in developing new technologies for healthcare, energy, space, and telecommunications. Topics include electronic devices, sensors, acoustics, and applied thermodynamics.

Covers next-generation energy storage and conversion technologies such as solid-state batteries, fuel cells, thermoelectrics, perovskite solar cells, and supercapacitors.

Focuses on eco-friendly materials designed for circular economies, including biodegradable polymers, low-carbon construction materials, and recycling technologies.

• Examines adaptive and responsive materials, such as shape-memory alloys, electroactive polymers, piezoelectrics, and materials with embedded sensing capabilities.

Deals with light-based technologies, including fiber optics, optoelectronic devices, plasmonics, and metamaterials for applications in imaging, communication, and energy

Covers materials with quantum properties, including topological insulators, superconductors, and quantum dots. Also includes applications in quantum computing, cryptography, and quantum sensing.

Investigates the physical behavior of solids and liquids including magnetism, conductivity, band theory, and phase transitions in crystalline and amorphous materials.

Explores the design and manipulation of materials at the nanoscale. Topics include nano-engineering, nanostructured coatings, quantum dots, nanomedicine, and toxicity of nanomaterials.

Focuses on the synthesis, processing, and integration of advanced materials including carbon-based composites, metal-organic frameworks, and multifunctional alloys for aerospace, automotive, and structural applications.