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Topics
SYMPOSIUM 1: TECHNOLOGIES FOR SYNTHESIS & FABRICATION OF NANOMATERIALS
• Atomic/Molecular techniques for atom/molecules growth and organization
• Advanced technologies for the submicron patterning of materials
• Nanomanufacturing and Advanced Nanometrology
• New techniques in the dispersion of nanometer-sized particles
• Enhanced technologies to produce nanomaterials at lab and industrial scale
SYMPOSIUM 2: STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF NANOMATERIALS
• Ultra thin films and nanocoatings: structure and properties.
• Patterned nanomaterials
• Carbon based Nanomaterials and Nanoparticles
• Nanocomposites
• Interacting nanomaterials (magnetic nanomaterials, conducting nanomaterials, ferroelectric nanomaterials, piezoelectric materials, coupled nanomaterials).
• Phase transitions in nanomaterials and nanostructures.
• Nanomaterials in extreme environments (nuclear plants, space environment)
SYMPOSIUM 3: APPLICATIONS OF NANOMATERIALS
• Nanomaterials for energy applications
• Nanocatalysis
• Tribology and Lubrication Science
• Functional Surfaces and Nanostructured Coatings for Energy Systems
• NEMS and Nanofluidics
• Nanoporous materials
• Commercilisation of Nanotechnology
SYMPOSIUM 4: ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL. MEDICAL, AND SOCIETAL ASPECTS OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
• The cell and the Nano
• Drug delivery
• Biomaterials
• Biosensors
• Biomarkers
• Diagnostics & Imaging
• Degradation Processes in Nanomaterials
• Environmental effects and degradation of nanomaterials
• Medical hazards and toxicity of nanomaterials