On November 11–12, researchers from the MAGNIFIC project, including Gloria Conte, Houssem Rezgui and Omid Reza Ranjbar Naeini, had the pleasure of taking part in the Second ESRA Symposium, an internal INL event dedicated to early-stage researchers, offering a valuable space to share ideas, results and research perspectives with the entire INL community.

During the symposium, Gloria presented the talk: “Nanocrystalline silicon for optomechanical metamaterials”.

Her colleague Houssem Rezgui also contributed a presentation titled: “Hot-electron cooling at room temperature via femtosecond laser irradiation”.

They also displayed the poster: “Nanocrystalline silicon for optomechanical metamaterials”, which enabled further discussions and exchanges with the researchers attending.

A big thank you to the ESRA community and to all INLers who participated, made the event possible, and contributed to creating a dynamic and enriching environment. A special thanks to Gloria Conte, Houssem Rezgui and Omid Reza Ranjbar Naeini, who shared their expertise and supported the dissemination of MAGNIFIC project results.