INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

67th Course

Progress in Photoacoustic & Photothermal Phenomena
Focus on BIOMEDICAL, NANOSCALE, NDE, GAS SENSING

and THERMOPYSICAL PHENOMENA and TECHNOLOGIES

 

 

ERICE - SICILY: SEPTEMBER 24th - OCTOBER 1st, 2023

 

 

DIRECTORS OF THE COURSE: R. LI VOTI – A. MANDELIS

DIRECTORS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: A.N. CHESTER – D. WIERSMA

EMFCSC PRESIDENT: A. ZICHICHI

 

Topics

The Workshop intends to cover various "hot" topics that are grouped into five different thematic sessions.

 

Session A: Biomedical and Biological PA & PT (Chair A.Mandelis)


1.  Instrumentation design, software and signal generation techniques for biomedical photoacoustics and imaging.
2.  Clinical applications of biomedical photoacoustics
3.  Microscopy, spectroscopy and endoscopy
4.  Animal  imaging
5.  Dyes, nanoparticles and other contrast agents
6.  Biothermophotonics and biophotothermal diagnostics and imaging
7.  Biological  photoacoustics and photothermics

 

Session B: Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Imaging (Chairs S.Volz and G.Tessier)


8.  Ultrafast thermoelastic phenomena
9.  Thermal and elastic properties on the nanoscale
10. Picosecond photoacoustics
11. Phonon Transport

 

Session C: Non Destructive Evaluation & Testing (Chairs C.Glorieux and X.Maldague)


12. Infrared Thermography and Thermophotonic Imaging
13. Non-destructive testing and industrial applications
14. Depth profiling of materials and inverse problems
15. Phononic bandgap materials and processes
16. Environmental sensors, biosensors, new instrumentation, and methodology
 

Session D: Thermophysical and Diffusion-Wave Properties (Chairs R. Li Voti and A.Mandelis)


17. Complex fluids, phase transitions and glass transitions
18. Spectroscopy, analytical chemistry, nonlinear optics and photochemistry
19. Thermophysical and thermodynamic properties using PA & PT 
20. Semiconductors, Photovoltaics, MEMS, NEMS

 

Session E: Gas Sensing and Spectroscopy and novel laser sources (Chairs V. Spagnolo and F. Tittel)


21. Photoacoustic and photothermal gas sensing
22. Mid-IR sources for gas sensing
23. Particulate sensing
24. Industrial applications

 

Programme


The Schedule at a Glance and the Timetable of the Workshop and International Summer School
together with the complete list of the invited talks, oral talks and poster presentations will be are reported below



 


IMPORTANT DATES


September 24th  : Transfer from local Airports

         Registration

        Welcome party

 

September 25th :  International Summer School

         Foundations of Photothermal and Photoacoustic Techniques:Theory, Instrumentation and Applications

     

September 26th  :  Session A  “Biomedical and Biological PA & PT

 

September 27th  :  Session B  “Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Imaging”

 

September 28th  :  Session C  “Non Destructive Evaluation & Testing                                

 

September 29th  :  Session D “Thermophysical and Diffusion-Wave Properties”

                               Excursion + Social Dinner

September 30th  :  Session E “Gas Sensing, Spectroscopy & Novel laser sources”

          PRIZES and awards ceremony

        

 

October 1st   :       Transfer to local Airports





Timetable of the Workshop and International Summer School

 

Sunday 24th September:

 

Arrivals & Registration

 

Lunch & Dinner: Local Restaurants

 

After Dinner: Welcome PartyPiano Room San Rocco

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Monday 25th September:

 

Morning Session: International Summer School

Foundations of Photothermal and Photoacoustic Techniques: Theory, Instrumentation and Applications

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

 

Chairpersons: M. Franko & D. Korte

 

9.00 – 9.10      Opening by D. Wiersma, A. Mandelis and R. Li Voti

 

9.15 – 10.15    (Invited Tutorial)   Christ Glorieux - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Belgium

Optical methods for detection of transient and periodic photoacoustic/photothermal signals

 

10.15 – 11.15 (Invited Tutorial - online)   Huiting Huan - Xidian University – R.P. China

Frequency domain ultrasound: from noncontact nondestructive testing and evaluation (NDT&E) to structural health monitoring (SHM)

 

11.15 – 11.30      Coffee Break – San Domenico Terrace

 

 

Chairperson: A. Mandelis

 

11.30 – 12.30  (Invited Tutorial) Mladen Franko – Univesity of Nova Gorica - Slovenia

Effects of Photodegradation in TLS Measurements: Troubleshooting and Applications in Photochemistry and Photocatalysis

 

 

12.30 – 15.00      Lunch:  Local Restaurants

 

    Poster Assembling

 

 

Monday 25th September:

 

Afternoon Session - International Summer School

Basic Photothermal and Photoacoustic Techniques: Theory, Instrumentation and Applications

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

Chairperson: M. Franko

 

15.00 – 16.00  (Invited Tutorial)  Zoltan BozokiUniversity of Szeged - Hungary

Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Gases and Aerosols: from basics to applications

 

16.00 – 17.00  (Invited Tutorial)  Andreas Mandelis - Toronto University - Canada

Quality Assurance in Manufacturing of Automotive Products through Thermal Waves using novel effective inverse problem and preventive NDI methodologies  

 

17.00 – 17.30      Coffee Break – San Domenico Terrace

 

 

Chairperson:  M. Franko

 

17.30 – 18.30  (Invited Tutorial)  Roberto Li Voti – Sapienza Università di Roma – Italy

                        Photothermal Defection Technique: History, Principles, Applications, Perspectives.

 

18:30 – 19.00   Conclusions of the ISS

                           

19.00 – 21.00      Dinner: Local Restaurants

 

21.00 – 23.30      Poster Discussion & Marsala Room

                           

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Tuesday 26th September:

 

Morning Session A: Biomedical and Biological PA&PT

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

Chairperson:  A. Mandelis

 

 

9.00 – 10.00   (Invited)  Ivan Pelivanov - University of Washington, Seattle, WA – USA

                        Acoustic mictro-trapping optical coherence elastography: principles and applications

 

10.00 – 11.00  (Invited)  Craig Prater Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp., Santa Barbara - USA

Optical Photothermal Infrared Spectroscopy for Biological and

Biomedical Applications

 

11.00 – 11.30     Coffee Break – San Domenico Terrace

 

 

Chairperson:  A. Mandelis

 

11.30 – 12.00      Salvatore La Cavera III - University of Nottingham -UK

    Imaging 3D biological nanostructures with a phononbased endo-microscope

 

12.00 – 12.30      Miguel A. Pleitez - Technical University of Munich, Munich - Germany

    Phase-shifting mid-infrared optothermal microscopy for wide-field hyperspectral

    imaging of living cells

 

12.30 – 15.00      Lunch:  Local Restaurants

 

 

Tuesday 26th September:

 

Afternoon Session A - Biomedical and Biological PA&PT

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

 

Chairperson:  R. Li Voti

 

 

 

15.00 – 16.00     (Invited)  Guenther Paltauf – University of Graz - Austria

Detection and reconstruction methods for optical resolution photoacoustic microscopy

 

16.00 – 17.00      Andreas Mandelis - University of Toronto - Canada

Photothermal Coherence Tomography:

Three-Dimensional Imaging Modality Based on Diffusion Localization

 

17.00 – 17.30      Coffee Break – San Domenico Terrace

 

 

 

 

Tuesday 26th September:

Evening Session B: Nanoscale Heat & Acoustic Transport, Metamaterials and Imaging

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

 

Chairperson:  R. Li Voti

 

 

17.30 – 18.30  (Invited)  Ilaria Zardo - University of Basel – Switzerland

 Engineering and Probing Phonons and Thermal Transport

 

 

19.00 – 21.00      Dinner: Local Restaurants

 

 

21.00 – 23.30      Poster Discussion and more

 

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Wednesday 27th September:

 

Morning Session B: Nanoscale Heat & Acoustic Transport, Metamaterials and Imaging

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

 

 

Chairpersons: S. Volz and R. Li Voti

 

9.00 – 10.00    (Invited)  Gang Chen - Massachusetts Institute of Technology – USA

Photomolecular effect

 

10.00 – 11.00  (Invited - online)  Oliver Wright – Hokkaido University - Japan

 Coaxing sound through small apertures with metamaterials

 

11.00 – 11.30      Coffee Break – San Domenico Terrace

 

 

Chairperson:  R. Li Voti

 

 

11.30 – 12.00  Sebastian Volz (online) - LIMMS/CNRS-IIS - The University of Tokyo - Japan

Phonon Polaritons Thermal Radiation

 

12.00 – 12.30  Francesco Banfi (online) - Université Lyon 1 and CNRS - France

Towards coherent control of heat transport on ultrashort and ultrafast time scales

 

12.30 – 15.00      Lunch:  Local Restaurants

 

 

Wednesday 27th September:

 

Afternoon Session B: Nanoscale Heat & Acoustic Transport, Metamaterials and Imaging

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

Chairperson: R. Li Voti

15.00 - 16.00  (Invited) J.Ordonez-Miranda – CNRS @ The University of Tokyo - Japan
Long-range and Ultrafast Heat Conduction Driven by Surface Plasmon-Polaritons Supported by Graphene

 

16.00 - 16.30  Rafael Fuentes-Dominguez  - University of Nottingham - UK

Super-resolution phononic imaging using nanobells

 

16.30 - 17.00  Nicolas Pajusco –Le Mans Université and CNRS  - France

Numerical simulation of Time-domain Brillouin scattering detection based on

finite element and discontinuous Galerkin methods: case of inclined interface

 

17.00 – 17.30      Coffee Break – San Domenico Terrace

 

 

Chairperson: C. Glorieux

 

17.30 – 18.00  Alessandro Casto - Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - France

Experimental determination of the thermal boundary resistance

at the carbon nanotubes-water interface

 

18.00 – 18.30  Roberto Li Voti - Sapienza Università di Roma - Italy

                        Advances in Photothermal Science and Techniques: 

a route for NDT from Macro to Nanoscale

 

19.00 – 21.00      Dinner: Local Restaurants

 

22.00 – 23.30      Poster Discussion at Marsala Room

 

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Thursday 28th September:

 

Morning Session C: Non Destructive Evaluation & Testing

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

 

Chairperson:  C. Glorieux

 

9.00  - 10.00   (Invited) Nicolas Horny - Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne - France

From macro- to nanoscale thermophysical characterization by infrared photothermal radiometry

 

10.00 – 11.00  (Invited) Ivan Pelivanov - University of Washington, Seattle, WA - USA

Portable noncontact laser-ultrasound scanner for ultrafast, high-resolution imaging

of composite and metal structures

 

11.00 – 11.30  Coffee Break – San Domenico Terrace

 

 

Chairperson:  C. Glorieux

 

 

11.30 – 12.00  Peter Burgholzer - Research Center for Non-Destructive Testing, Linz - Austria

Sub-wavelength photoacoustic/photothermal remote sensing in the

mid infrared range

 

12.00 – 12.30  J. Rodríguez-Aseguinolaza –Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao - Spain

Characterizing the geometrical parameters of semi-infinite delaminations using

lock-in infrared thermography

 

 

13.00 – 15.00      Lunch:  Local Restaurants

 

 

 

Thursday 28th September:

 

Afternoon Session C: Non Destructive Evaluation & Testing

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

 

Chairperson: C. Glorieux

15.00 - 16.00  (Invited) Samuel Raetz - Le Mans University – France

Recent advances on time-domain Brillouin scattering for three-dimensional

imaging and transient process monitoring

 

 

16.00 - 16.30  Rafael Fuentes-Dominguez  - University of Nottingham - UK

Imaging material elasticity using SRAS++

 

16.30 - 17.00  David Sagarduy-Marcos - Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Bilbao - Spain

Dimensionless numerical sensitivity analysis of narrow defects by means of

infrared lock-in thermography

 

17.00 – 17.30      Coffee Break – San Domenico Terrace

 

 

Chairperson:  C. Glorieux

 

 

17.30 – 18.00  Julien Lecompagnon - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und prüfung- Germany

 Overcoming the Spatial Resolution Limits imposed by the Thermal MTF with

 Thermographic Photothermal Super Resolution Reconstruction

 

18.00 – 18.20  Gianpaolo Bei – Sapienza University of Rome - Italy

 Thermal angular Doppler effect, polarized thermal waves

and thermal rotational superradiance

 

18.20 – 18.40  Khayala Aghrahimli – Sapienza University of Rome - Italy

                  Infrared emissivity characterization of vanadium dioxide films deposited on sapphire

 

 

 

19.00 – 21.00      Dinner: Local Restaurants

 

 

21.00 – 23.30      Poster Discussion at Marsala Room

 

 

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Friday 29th September:

 

Morning Session D: Thermophysical and Diffusion-Wave Properties

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

 

Chairperson:  R. Li Voti

 

 

9.00  - 10.00   (Invited) Ugo Zammit – Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata” - Italy

Dynamics of photoinduced tran- cis isomeric transformations in liquid crystalline

azobenzene by photothermal calorimetry

 

 

10.00 – 11.00  (Invited online) Mikhail Proskurnin -Lomonosov Moscow State University - Russia

Characterization of Finely Dispersed Systems by Thermal Lens

Measurements with Accuracy Control

 

11.00 – 11.15      Coffee Break – San Domenico Terrace

 

 

Chairperson: A. Mandelis

 

 

11.15 – 11.45  E.A. Pieczyska - Institute of Fundamental Technological Research,

Warsaw - Poland

Investigation of thermomechanical properties during biaxial loading of βTi alloy

named Gum Metal that combines high strength to high elastic properties

 

11.45 – 12.15  Ali Abouais -  Chouaib Doukkali University of El Jadida - Morocco

& Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń - Poland

Thermal characterizations, and the effect of lattice disorder on the

thermal conductivity of ZnSSe crystals

 

12.15 – 12.45  Mohammed Boumhamdi - Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń - Poland

Investigations of Thermal and Optical Proprieties of Cd1-xBexTe and Cd1-xZnxTe

using Photothermal Methods

 

12.45 – 14.30   Lunch:  Local Restaurants

 

 

Friday 29th September:

 

Afternoon Session D: Thermophysical and Diffusion-Wave Properties

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

 

Chairperson:  R. Li Voti

 

14.30  - 15.30 (Invited online) Michal Pawlak - Nicolaus Copernicus University – Poland

Measurement uncertainty in the determination of thermal parameters of GaAs using

time-resolved and frequency-resolved thermoreflectance

 

 

15.30 – 16.00  Diksha Singh - Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń - Poland

Thermal and Optical properties of ternary and quaternary mixed CdTe and ZnTe

based crystals for dye sensitized solar cells

 

16.00 – 16.30  P. E. Martinez-Munoz -  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, - Mexico

Advancements in Photoacoustic Technique for Investigating Permeability of

Thin Films in Food Preservation

 

 

16.30 – 16.45             Coffee Break – San Rocco

 

 

Excursion: 

Bus leaving Erice Parking area around  17.00

Social Dinner will be served at the end of the tour

More details will be given during the workshop

 

 

22.00 – 23.30             Poster Discussion at Marsala Room

 

 

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Saturday 30th September:

 

Morning Session E: Gas Sensing and Spectroscopy

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

Chairperson:  A. Mandelis

 

9.00 – 10.00    (Invited online)Lixian Liu - Xidian University – R.P. China

Compact and high sensitivity in-situ simultaneous multiple trace gas monitoring with

laser photoacoustic spectroscopy

 

 

10.00 – 11.00  (Invited) Markus Wolff - Hamburg University of Applied Sciences - Germany

Photoacoustic analysis of natural gas samples

 

 

11.00 – 11.30      Coffee Break – San Domenico Terrace

 

 

Chairperson: R. Li Voti

 

 

11.30 – 12.00   Mariagrazia Olivieri - Shanxi University, Taiyuan - China

                         & PolySense Lab - Politecnico and University of Bari – Italy

                        Measurement of methane isotopologues relaxation rate in a

                        wet-nitrogen matrix through QEPAS

 

12.00 – 12.30   Francesco Paciolla - Polytechnic University of Bari - Italy

                         Quartz-Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy Sensor for Benzene Detection

 

12.30 – 15.00   Lunch:  Local Restaurants

 

 

Afternoon Session E: Gas Sensing and Spectroscopy

 

Chairperson: A. Mandelis

 

 

15.00 – 16.00  (Invited) Giansergio Menduni - Politecnico di Bari - Italy

Quartz tuning forks: sharp resonators for gas sensing

 

16.00 – 16.30  Oral talk

 

 

16.30 – 17.00      Coffee Break – San Domenico

 

 

 

Saturday 30th September:

 

Evening Joint Session:  FLIR exhibition  

San Domenico Lecture Hall

 

Chairpersons:  A. Mandelis

 

18.00 – 18.30             FLIR Representatives

                                   Introduction to the FLIR Best Presentation Award

 

18.30  - 19.00             Celebration of the winners of the FLIR Prizes

 

 

19.00 – 19.30             Concluding Remark

 

21.00                          Dinner – Local Restaurant

 

till  23.30                    Farewell Party – Poster Disassembling - Marsala Room
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Sunday 1st  October:

 

 

Departures

 

 

Lunch & Dinner: Local Restaurants

 

 


 

POSTER SESSION

 

P1.

A. Bedoya, F. Rodríguez-Valdés, E. Marín

Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada (CICATA) Colonia Irrigación, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México, México.

Using a low-resolution/cost thermographic camera for thermal diffusivity measurement

 

P2.

E. Marín, J. B. Rojas-Trigos, S. Alvarado, J. L. Mejorada-Sánchez, E. Cedeño, R. Zuleta, A. Calderón, A. Bedoya

Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada (CICATA) Colonia Irrigación, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México, México.

Off-axis, dual-beam mode-mismatched transient Thermal Lens Specroscopy

 

P3.

J. L. Mejorada-Sánchez, S. Alvarado, E. Cedeño, R. Zuleta, J. B. Rojas-Trigos, A. Calderón, A. Bedoya, E. Marín

Sensitivity enhancement in dual-beam mode-mismatched transient thermal lens spectroscopy by a differential approach

Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada (CICATA) Colonia Irrigación, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México, México.

 

P4.

A. Colin(a), J. Hernández-Wong(b), J. B. Rojas-Trigos(a), M. Aguilar-Frutis(a), E. Marín(a), A. Calderón(a)

2D model to analyze the thermal response in solids obtained by infrared photothermal radiometry

(a) Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Ciudad de México, México

(b) Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología-Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Ciudad de México, México

 

P5.

M S Swapna(a), Petra Makorič(a), Dorota Korte(a), Chieu D Tran(b), and Mladen Franko(a)

Enhanced Porosity and Antibiotic Loading in Sporopollenin-Incorporated cellulose-chitosan composite: A Promising Approach for Wound Healing Applications

 (a) Laboratory for Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska 13, Nova Gorica, SI-5000, Slovenia

(b) Chemistry Department, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

 

P6.

C. Pieters(a,b,c), T. Verschooten(b), G. Keulemans(b), H. Jans(b), L. Lagae(b), J. Kjellman(b), and Xavier Rottenberg(b)

Low-cost LED-based Photoacoustic Imaging System with a Highly Sensitive Optomechanical Ultrasound Sensor

(a) Department of soft matter and biophysics, University of KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

(b) Imec, Leuven, Belgium

(c) Funded by Research Foundation - Flanders (project number 1SB8621N).

 

P7.

A. Salazar(a)*, J. Pérez-Arbulu(a), A. Mendioroz(a), A. Bedoya(b), E. Marín(b)

Visualizing peculiar heat fluxes in modulated laser-spot photothermal experiments

 (a) Departamento de Física Aplicada, Escuela de Ingeniería de Bilbao, Universidad

del País Vasco UPV/EHU, Plaza Ingeniero Torres Quevedo 1, 48013 Bilbao, Spain

(b)Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICATA, Unidad Legaria, Legaria 694, Colonia Irrigación, Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México 11500, Mexico.

 

P8.

Nicolas Pajusco*, Samuel Raetz*, Nikolay Chigarev, Vitalyi E. Gusev

Qualitative comparison between experimental and numerical simulations for time-domain Brillouin scattering: the case of an inclined interface

Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l'Université du Mans (LAUM), UMR 6613,

*Institut d'Acoustique – Graduate School (IA-GS), CNRS, Le Mans Université, France.

 

P9.

Noemi Orazi1, Fulvio Mercuri1, Stefano Paoloni1, Ugo Zammit1, Enzo D’Annibale2, Diego Ronchi2, Giovanni Caruso2, Daniele Ferdani2, Eva Pietroni2

Thermal texturing for the 4D exploration of ancient books

1 Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, via del Politecnico 1-00133, Rome, Italy.

2 ISPC- CNR, Via Salaria km 29,300, 00010 Montelibretti, Italy

 

P10.

Agharahimli K(1), Misano M(1), Larciprete M(1), Cesarini G(1), Sibilia C(1), Ballesio G(2) Li Voti R(1)

Infrared Thermography of vanadium dioxide thin films coated on cotton fabrics in LWIR band

(1) Department of Science Based Applications for Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Via Antonio Scarpa 16, 00161 Rome, Italy

(2) Ballesio Fratelli srl - Via Domodossola n.19, 10145 Torino, Italy

 

P11.

K. Agharahimli1, M. Misano1, M.C. Larciprete1, G. Leahu1, F. Bovino1, C. Sibilia1, R. Li Voti1,

T. Cesca2, G. Mattei2, F. V. Lupo3, R. Macaluso3

Infrared emissivity characterization of vanadium dioxide films deposited on sapphire

1Sapienza University of Roma, Department SBAI, Via A. Scarpa 14, I-00161 Rome, Italy

2University of Padova, Department of Physics and Astronomy,

via Marzolo 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy

3University of Palermo, Department of Engineering, Viale delle Scienze, I-90128 Palermo, Italy

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