INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS

69th Course

Progress in Photoacoustic & Photothermal Phenomena
Focus on BIOMEDICAL, NANOSCALE, NDE, GAS SENSING

and THERMOPYSICAL PHENOMENA and TECHNOLOGIES

 

 

ERICE - SICILY: NOVEMBER 5th - 12nd, 2025

 

 

DIRECTORS OF THE COURSE: R. LI VOTI – A. MANDELIS

DIRECTORS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: A.N. CHESTER – D. WIERSMA

EMFCSC PRESIDENT: A. ZICHICHI

 

Topics

The Workshop intends to cover various "hot" topics that are grouped into five different thematic sessions.

 

Session A: Biomedical and Biological PA & PT


1.  Instrumentation design, software and signal generation techniques for biomedical photoacoustics and imaging.
2.  Clinical applications of biomedical photoacoustics
3.  Microscopy, spectroscopy and endoscopy
4.  Animal  imaging
5.  Dyes, nanoparticles and other contrast agents
6.  Biothermophotonics and biophotothermal diagnostics and imaging
7.  Biological  photoacoustics and photothermics

 

Session B: Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Imaging


8.  Ultrafast thermoelastic phenomena
9.  Thermal and elastic properties on the nanoscale
10. Picosecond photoacoustics
11. Phonon Transport

 

Session C: Non Destructive Evaluation & Testing


12. Infrared Thermography and Thermophotonic Imaging
13. Non-destructive testing and industrial applications
14. Depth profiling of materials and inverse problems
15. Phononic bandgap materials and processes
16. Environmental sensors, biosensors, new instrumentation, and methodology
 

Session D: Thermophysical and Diffusion-Wave Properties


17. Complex fluids, phase transitions and glass transitions
18. Spectroscopy, analytical chemistry, nonlinear optics and photochemistry
19. Thermophysical and thermodynamic properties using PA & PT 
20. Semiconductors, Photovoltaics, MEMS, NEMS

 

Session E: Gas Sensing and Spectroscopy and novel laser sources


21. Photoacoustic and photothermal gas sensing
22. Mid-IR sources for gas sensing
23. Particulate sensing
24. Industrial applications

 

Programme


The Schedule at a Glance of the Workshop and International Autumn School

will be reported below
.......when available



 

Important Dates



November 5th  : Transfer from local Airports

       Registration & Welcome party

 

November 6th :  International Autumn School

      Foundations of Photothermal and Photoacoustic Techniques: Theory, Instrumentation and Applications

     

November 7th  :  Session A  “Biomedical and Biological PA & PT

 

November 8th  :  Session B  “Nanoscale Heat Transfer and Imaging”

 

November 9th  :  Session C  “Non Destructive Evaluation & Testing                                

 

November 10th :  Session D “Thermophysical and Diffusion-Wave Properties”

                             Excursion + Social Dinner

November 11st :  Session E “Gas Sensing, Spectroscopy & Novel laser sources”

        PRIZES and awards ceremony

        

 

November 12nd : Transfer to local Airports




Timetable of the Workshop and International Autumn School


the Timetable of the Workshop and International Autumn School together with the complete list of the invited talks, oral talks and poster presentations
will be reported below.......when available