ECMetAC Days 2025
November 24 - 27, 2025
Empa, Dübendorf, Switzerland
The 16th edition of the ECMetAC Days will be organized by the nanotech@surfaces Laboratory at Empa, Switzerland, from November 24 to 27, 2025. The conference is a continuation of the series ECMetAC Days, organized annually by a member institution of the European Integrated Center for the Development of Metallic Alloys & Compounds (ECMetAC).
The ECMetAC Days 2025 will provide an excellent opportunity to present and get acquainted with the latest results in the field of newly discovered metallic alloys and compounds. The topics include formation, stability, synthesis, structural and chemical characterization, physical, chemical and mechanical properties, surfaces and thin films, catalysis, theory, applications and new frontiers in metallic materials. The materials of interest are (but are not limited to) conventional crystalline intermetallics, complex metallic alloys, quasicrystals and other aperiodic solids and soft matter, metallic glasses, high-entropy alloys, intermetallics for catalysis, correlated-electron systems, thermoelectrics, magnetocalorics and related materials. The topics are highly interdisciplinary and include mathematics, physics, chemistry, metallurgy and materials science.
The interest of the participants in scientific equipment will cover a wide range from UHV surface analytical tools like Scanning Probe Microscopy, Photoemission Spectroscopy and related UHV preparation methods, to high resolution magnetic and electrical properties characterization. Optical microscopy and spectroscopy techniques will be equally represented as chemical synthesis and computational modelling.
Local organizing committee
Dr. Roland Widmer
Christine Tran
Location
Conference venue and travel information
The ECMetAC Days 2025 will take place at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, in Dübendorf, Switzerland. The Empa Campus accommodates laboratory and office buildings, a bistro and a bar as well as the Empa Academy, which offers a big lecture hall with all necessary facilities to host an international event.
Empa is very easy to reach. We are located close to Zurich airport and therefore very well connected to all bigger European cities as well as airports worldwide. From Zurich airport it takes about 20 minutes by public transport to reach Empa as well as the conference hotel. Of course you can also reach us by train - from Zurich main station it takes appr. 20 minutes by public transport to travel to Empa and to the hotel. In case you prefer to travel by car, a parking garage subject to charges is available on the Empa Campus. Our overview provides further details.
Accommodation
All participants of the ECMetAC Days 2025 will be accommodated at Hotel Harrys Home in Wallisellen. The hotel is located only 5 minutes by foot from the Empa Campus and offers modern, comfortable rooms. Breakfast is included, other services are available upon surcharge.
