Elena Sánchez and Felipe Lozano took part in the III Seminar for Young Materials Researchers (YOUMAT25), held on April 28 and 29, 2025, at the Materials Science Institute of Madrid (ICMM), CSIC.

Elena Sánchez presented her work on low-pressure solid-state cells to study the Si–Li alloy reaction mechanism. The low pressure allows visualization of the true failure mechanism of half-cells containing pure Si nanowires, without the interference of stack pressure. This contribution is important, as the commercialization of silicon as an anode is usually hindered by the lack of knowledge about its failure mechanism.

Felipe Lozano presented the work titled “Mechanics of Nanowire Networks,” in which he introduced a new method to quantify the orientation of 2D macromaterials composed of nanomaterials by convolving two distinct SAXS patterns. This new orientation parameter is intended for use in predicting mechanical properties.