Joint DRD5-Unicorn workshop on radiation damage to quantum dots

Wednesday, 26 November 2025 - 09:00
CERN (222/R-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
26 Nov 2025
AM
09:00 Welcome - Michael Doser (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (US))  
09:10 Lecture - Dos and don'ts with nanocrystals - Sergio Brovelli  
10:10
Nanocomposite R&D (until 14:30)
10:10 Ionizing Radiation Effects and Defect Control in Perovskite NCs scintillators - Francesco Carulli (Università di Milano Bicocca)  
10:40 --- Coffee break ---
11:00 Synthesis and characterization of Cs2TeCl6 powder for scintillators - Lenka Prouzova Prochazkova  
11:30 Investigating an unorthodox approach for preparing glass nanocomposites - František Zajíc (Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering of the Czech Technical University, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences)  
12:00 Development of scintillating nanocomposites based on cesium lead halide nanocrystals for radiation detection - Jan Kral (Czech Technical University, Institute of Physics Czech Academy of Sciences)  
12:30 Quantum-Cooperative Scintillation in Weakly Confined Lead-Halide Perovskites: From Giant-Oscillator-Strength to Coherent Superfluorescent Ultrafast Scintillators - Matteo Zaffalon (University Milano-Bicocca)  
13:00 --- Lunch break ---
14:00 Bulk vs. Nanoscintillators: Understanding the Key Differences - Christophe Dujardin (Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I (FR))  
PM
14:30
Irradiation and Beam Tests (until 16:20)
14:30 Quantum dots for HEP, space and medicine - Tribikram Choudhury (Institute of Engineering and Management (IN))  
15:00 Real-time capture of electron-induced material degradation using CL-SEM tools - Gabija Soltanaite (Vilnius university)  
15:30 Proton and Neutron irradiation facilities for community access - Dr Vagelis Gkougkousis (University of Zurich)  
16:00 --- Coffee break ---
16:20
Applications (until 17:20)
16:20 NanoCal: Development of nanocomposite scintillators for high-energy physics - Matthew David Moulson  
16:50 Towards chromatic calorimetry using nanocomposites - Vojtech Zabloudil (Czech Technical University in Prague (CZ))  
17:20
Simulation (until 18:20)
17:20 Geant4-based simulation of CCAL prototype - Yacine Haddad (Universitaet Bern (CH))  
17:50 Ab-initio simulation of quantum dots - Marek Matas (CERN)