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NUANCE: Nanoscale Characterization Experimental Center

2025 Midwest Microscopy & Microanalysis Society (M3S) Spring Meeting


Advanced Microscopy of Energy & Quantum Materials

March 28, 2025
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

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Featured Speakers

Akshay Murthy Grace Luo
Akshay Murthy
Fermi National Lab

Talk Title: Electron Microscopy: A Critical Analytical Tool for Advancing the Performance of Superconducting Qubits
Yanqi (Grace) Luo
Argonne National Laboratory

Talk Title: Shining X-ray Light on the Complex Chemistry of Next-Generation Perovskite Solar Cells

Meeting Schedule 

8:30 - 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast and Coffee
9:00 - 9:05 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:05 - 9:50 AM Akshay Murthy, Ph.D. Fermi National Lab
Electron Microscopy: A Critical Analytical Tool for Advancing the Performance of Superconducting Qubits
9:50 - 10:15 AM Kayna Lee Mendoza Trujillo, Northwestern / Argonne
Quantitative Phase Retrieval and Characterization of Magnetic Nanostructures Using Lorentz (Scanning) Transmission Electron Microscopy
10:15 - 10:40  AM Nicholas Lincoln Hagopian, UW-Madison
STEM Characterization of Two-Dimensional Material Surfaces and Interfaces
10:40 - 11:00 AM Break & Visit with Vendors 
Louis Room, Norris Center, 2nd Floor,  Room 2-232
11:00 - 11:25 AM Professor Rosa Diaz Rivas, Purdue University
Atomic-Scale Analysis of Heterogeneous Interfaces: Developing Metrics for Quantum Device Engineering
11:25 - 11:50 PM Peter G. Lim, Northwestern University
Leveraging Multimodal Electron Microscopy to Understand and Address Performance-Limiting Materials Properties in Superconducting Qubits
11:50 - 12:10 PM M3S Business Meeting
12:10 - 1:30 PM Lunch & Visit with Vendors
Northwestern Room, 2nd Floor,  Room 2-160
1:30 - 2:15 PM Yanqi (Grace) Luo, Ph.D., Argonne National Laboratory
Shining X-ray Light on the Complex Chemistry of Next-Generation Perovskite Solar Cells
2:15 - 2:40 PM Dr. Chen-Jui (Ben) Huang, University of Chicago
Quantitative Non-destructive Morphological Characterization of All-Solid-State Batteries
2:40 - 3:05 PM Dr. Tobias Gokus, Attocube systems (DMS)
Cryogenic Scattering Near-field Optical Microscopy for Studying Optical Properties with 20nm Spatial Resolution at Temperatures < 10K
3:05 - 3:10 PM Closing Remarks

* Optional Facility Tour at 3:30 PM