2nd Workshop on Strongly Correlated Systems: From Intermetallics to Molecular Materials* PROGRAMME Sacavém, 11 and 12 November, 2013 Programme th Monday, 11 November Session 1, Uranium Complexes 09h00 – 09h15 Opening Address, Manuel Almeida, CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. 09h15 – 09h55 Relativistic DFT Studies of Exchange Couplings in Bimetallic Uranium Complexes and of Redox Properties of Uranium (IV) Complexes, Abdou Boucekkine, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France. 09h55 – 10h20 Uranium(III) Complexes as Single-Ion Magnets – Synthesis and Structural Characterization, M. Augusta Antunes, CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. 10h20 – 10h45 Magnetic Characterization of U(III) Single-Ion Magnets, Joana Coutinho, CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. Coffee Break Session 2, Intermetallics 11h15 – 11h40 Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Physical Properties of New NpPt2In7 and Np2PdIn8 Intermetallic Compounds, Thomasz Klimczuk, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdansk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland, 2 Institute of Physics, Pomeranian University, Arciszewskiego, 76-200 Slupsk, Poland 11h40 – 12h05 Crystallographic and Physical Properties of the UFeSb2 Uranium Antimonide, António P.Gonçalves, CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. 12h05 – 12h30 Valence of Uranium in Binary or Ternary Aluminides Probed by RXES Experiments, Matthieu Pasturel, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France. 12h30 – 12h55 Transport, Thermal and Magnetic Properties of CeNi5-xGex (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 0.8), Marian Reifers, Department of Physics, Mathematics and Technics, FHNS, Presov University, ul. 17. novembra 1. Lunch Session 3, Lanthanide Compounds 14h30 – 14h55 Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Lanthanide Ladder Type Coordination Polymers, Penka CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. 14h55 – 15h20 A Multifunctional Layered Dysprosium Hydroxide, Dy8(OH)20Cl4•6H2O – From Slow Relaxation of Magnetization to Gas Sensing, Bernardo Monteiro, CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. 15h20 – 15h45 NIR-OLEDs, Waveguides and SIMs Based on Lanthanide Coordination Compounds, Pablo MartinRamos, CEMDRX, Physics Department, Universidade de Coimbra, Rua Larga, P-3004-516 Coimbra, Portugal. Signal Theory and Communications Department, Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering, Universidad de Valladolid, Campus Miguel Delibes, Paseo Belén 15, 47011 Valladolid, Spain. Girginova, Coffee Break Session 4, Fuels and Targets 16h15 – 16h40 Microstructural Investigations and Thermal Stability of γ U(Mo) Powder Produced by Magnesiothermic Reduction, Olivier Tougait, CEA/Cadarache, DEN/DEC, 13108 Saint Paul Lez Durance, France 16h40 – 17h05 Preparation of Submicron Uranium Carbides for ISOLDE Targets, Margarida Henriques, CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. 17h05 – 17h30 Development of Complex Uranium Based Ceramics for Rare Isotope Beam Production, Alexander Gottberg, ISOLDE, CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland Workshop dinner Twesday 12th November Session 5, Intermetallics and Oxide materials 09h15 – 09h55 Neutron and X-ray Diffraction in Materials Characterisation, José António Paixão, 09h55 – 10h20 Characterization of an Iron-Nickel Meteorite Using Different Experimental Techniques, Pedro Silva, CEMDRX, Physics Department, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 10h20 – 10h45 Mossbauer Studies of Materials for Fuel Cells, João C. Waerenborgh, CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. Coffee Break Session 6, Molecular Conductors 11h15 – 11h40 Synthesis of New Gold Dithiolene and Diselenolene Complexes with Thiazole Ring, Agathe FilatreFurcate, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France. 11h40 – 12h05 Single Component Molecular Metals based on Thiophenic Units, Dulce Belo, CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. 12h05 – 12h30 The Crucial Role of Weak CH---X or Strong OH---O Hydrogen bonds in Metal/Insulator Transitions of Organic Conductors, Marc Fourmigué, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France. 12h30 – 12h55 Charge-Transfer Complexes with Tetragonal Crystal Symmetry, Toshiki Higashino, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France. Lunch Session 7, Molecule Based Materials 14h30 – 14h55 Non Innocent Bis-Acetylide-Ruthenium Bridge Between Two Electrophores: Tetrathiafulvalene and Ferrocene, Dominique Lorcy, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France. 14h55 – 15h20 Infrared and Raman Studies of (EDT-TTF-I2)2TCNQFx (x=0,1,2)) Salts, Arkadiusz Frackowiack, Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland 15h20 – 15h45 Structural Properties of Solid Solutions of the Non-Dimerized, 3/4-Filled Conductors (o-DMTTF)2X (X=Cl, Br, I), Olivier Jeannin, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes, Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France. 15h45 – 16h10 Charge Transfer Salts Based on α-DT-TTF, Rafaela L. Silva, CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. 16h10 – 16h35 A Two-Step Iron(III) Spin Crossover Compound with Symmetry Breaking Spin-State Transition: [Fe(nsal2-trien)]SCN, Bruno Vieira, CTN, IST, UTL, Sacavém, Portugal. Closing Remarks