The full World Nano 2019 scientific program across 2 days — keynotes, oral presentations, and posters. Talks are ordered by program prominence within each day.
Day 1
- Keynote · In-Person
Thin ion-conducting membranes for energy technologies: Advanced conformal deposition by electrochemistry Philippe Knauth
Philippe Knauth · Aix Marseille University, France
Electrochemical synthesis is a powerful tool for the preparation of conformal, thin solid electrolyte membranes directly on the electrodes, particularly with complex shapes, such as nanotubes, nanowires etc. Such…
- Keynote · In-Person
Commercializing Nanotechnology
Thomas Mensah · Georgia Aerospace Systems, United States
Commercializing Nanotechnology in the 21 st century is a major challenge for Industry, Academia, and National laboratories in many countries. Billions of dollars have been invested by many advanced countries because of…
- Keynote · In-Person
Adsorption induced low temperature transformations of methane adsorbed in IRMOF microporous structures Bogdan Kuchta
Bogdan Kuchta · Aix-Marseille University, France
We discuss the mechanism of the structural transformations of gas adsorbed in microporous crystalline solids. We show that it is possible to induce structural transformations in a confined system by simply varying the…
- Keynote · In-Person
Composite ion exchange membranes with nanometric building units
Maria Luisa Di Vona · University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Main challenges for ion exchange membranes (IEM) are stability and durability. Various strategies have been developed to increase the IEM performances. Among them hybrid organic-inorganic materials show many interesting…
- Oral · In-Person
Emerging new van der waals semiconductor devices: Opportunities and challenges
Mohammed Amer · University of California, United States
Low dimensional materials have been under extensive investigations due to their exceptional electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical properties at the nanoscale. Scientist and engineers have focused their attention…
- Oral · In-Person
Development of graphene-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications
Julia Xiaojun Zhao · University of North Dakota, United States
We have developed a few new graphene-based nanomaterials, including graphene-based fluorescent quantum dots, reduced graphene oxide (RGO)/metal (oxide) ( e.g. RGO/Au, RGO/Cu 2 O, and RGO/Ag) nanocomposties…
- Oral · In-Person
Iron nanoparticles for biomedical applications – The SEON concept
Christoph Alexiou · University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
Nanoscience has now matured and has been transitioned from bench science to applied technology; superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) are widely used in various scientific fields, not only on commercial…
- Oral · In-Person
Real-space transfer in graphene-phosphorene heterostructures: Physics and prospective applications
Maxim Ryzhii · University of Aizu, Japan
The gapless energy spectrum and high carrier mobility in graphene (G) the flexibility of the energy spectrum in few-layer black phosphorus, i.e., phosphorene (P), the impressive advances in their technology present a…
- Oral · In-Person
Optogenetic neural interfaces
Jose Higino Correia · University of Minho, Portugal
Optogenetics is a relatively new technology to achieve cell-type specific neuromodulation with millisecond-scale temporal precision. Optogenetic tools are being developed to address neuroscience challenges, and to…
- Oral · In-Person
Biofunctionalized multifunctional nanoparticles as a potential strategy for a targeted cancer therapy
Przemyslaw Kowalik · Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
The main goal of our research was to design, synthesize and characterize the multifunctional nanosystems with a wide potentials for functionalization. We aimed on two kind of materials: the up-converting nanoparticles…
- Oral · In-Person
On-site Gas Sensing by Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
Zhengjun Zhang · Tsinghua University, China
Ag nanorods coated with an ultrathin HfO 2 shell (AgNRs@HfO 2 ) were prepared for the synthesis of a versatile, robust, and easily recyclable surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrate. This substrate maximizes…
- Oral · In-Person
The optimization of methods of synthesis of nickel nanoparticles with silver nanoshell as component of conductive materials
Anna Pajor Swierzy · Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Science, Poland
Conductive inks based on nickel nanoparticles (NPs) have attracted much attention as a low-cost replacement for the currently used silver and gold NPs for fabrication of printed electronic circuits and devices. The…
- Oral · In-Person
Fabrication of thiol-functionalised core shell magnetic iron oxide nano-particles for Hg2+ ion removal in water
Manjunatha C · R.V. College of Engineering, India
Mercury is a specific concern worldwide because of its high toxicity. Exposure to mercury, even at very low concentrations, induces digestive, brain, kidney and endocrine system diseases, and it especially causes…
- Oral · In-Person
Oxygen on rutile TiO2(110) surface: AFM manipulation of charge state and molecular bond
Ivan Stich · Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovenia
We show that charge states of adsorbed oxygen adatoms on rutile TiO2(110)-1×1 surface can be measured and deliberately manipulated by a combination of noncontact atomic force microscopy and Kelvin probe force microscopy…
- Oral · In-Person
A sustainable nanotechnological approach for urban mining and recovery of strategic elements
Henrique E Toma · Institute of Chemstry – University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Humanity is strongly dependent upon strategic elements, such as copper, nickel, cobalt, the noble metals and the rare earths, but the conventional mining processes are raising serious concerns because of the pollution…
- Oral · In-Person
Facile synthesis of modified Styrene–maleic anhydride/ Zinc oxide polymer nanocomposites for supercapacitor applications
Remya Simon · Stella Maris College, India
Styrene-maleic anhydride (SMA) is widely used for electrochemical and biological applications because of its high heat resistance and dimensional stability along with good specific reactivity of the anhydride groups. In…
- Oral · In-Person
Fabrication of Styrene-maleic anhydride /CNT nanocomposites for supercapacitor electrodes
Sohini Chakraborty · Stella Maris College, India
The potentially useful structure of Carbon nanotubes provides the advantage of allowing easy ion diffusion when introduced into a composite polymer matrix. A composite polymer matrix has been formulated with…
- Oral · In-Person
Investigation of some physical properties of pure and doped transparent conducting oxides synthesized on glass substrates by chemical method. Application to ZnO, NiO, MoO3
Ghamnia Mostefa · Laboratoire LSMC, France
Pure and doped transparent conducting oxides (TCO) as ZnO, NiO, MoO3 nanofilms were synthesized on glass substrates using the spray pyrolysis method. The nanometric pure TCO films were prepared from the 10-2 M.L-1…
Day 2
- Keynote · In-Person
Reflections on Societal Impact of Nanotechnology in China
Chen Wang · National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
This contribution reflects the views on the nanoscience and nanotechnology motivated by societal needs. The grand challenges facing the diverse population provide profound obligations and opportunities for scientists…
- Keynote · In-Person
Water ? Soft in Nature, Hard in Science
Enge Wang · Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Despite water being a ubiquitous substance, it is surprising that some basic questions are still debated. Here using a combination of experimental (cryogenic STM/AFM) and theoretical (first-principle electronic…
- Keynote · In-Person
Applications of nano-materials in chemistry
Mahmoud Khodari Maeila Hamed · South Valley University, Egypt
Recently Nano-materials were applied in different fields as chemistry, medicine and agriculture. the present work aimed to indicate the applications of Nano-materials in the voltammetric determination of some compounds…
- Oral · In-Person
Fabrication of multilayer high-? dielectric thin films using deep ultraviolet annealing approach
Ashwag Mohammad Almaimouni · King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
A photochemical activation method for a solution-processed multi-layer metal oxide semiconductors is proposed in this project for high performance thin film transistors (TFTs) applications. This ultra-fast, simple and…
- Oral · In-Person
Nanoparticles based superhydrophobic coatings for water drag reduction
Ivan Vakarelski · King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
In this presentation I will highlight recent developments on the use of nanoparticles based superhydrophobic coating for the reduction of drag and related energy saving on solid objects moving in water. Superhydrophobic…
- Oral · In-Person
Research on solid electrolytes for lithium batteries
Chang An Wang · Tsinghua University, China
Solid electrolytes are the key materials to solve the safety problem of lithium metal batteries and all-solid-state lithium batteries. They can reduce the side reaction and prevent lithium dendritic breaking through…
- Oral · In-Person
Nanostructured zirconia-based ceramic material fabricated by an oscillatory pressure sintering process
Zhipeng Xie · Tsinghua University, China
The actual strength of ceramics is much lower than their theoretical value due to considerable flaws appearing during powder consolidation. A straightforward approach to improve their fracture strength is to minimize…
- Oral · In-Person
Synergistic antioxidant capacity of grafting gallic acid onto chitosan nano particles against ochratoxin A toxicity in African catfish, Clarias gariepinus
Heba S Hamed · Ain shams University, Egypt
This study was designed to prepare and characterize enzymatic modified chitosan nanoparticles (CSNPs) with gallic acid (GA) or octyl gallate (OG) in average size around 90 nm, with positive charge and high scavenging…
- Oral · In-Person
The production of electrically conductive nanocellulose and its potential
Hatem Abushammala · Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Germany
Conductive organic materials are the subject of a significantly growing research area. They have a great potential for many applications such as energy solutions, electronics, medicine, pharmacy, environmental…
- Oral · In-Person
Carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotubes-polymer compositions for photovoltaics and aviation application
Adam Januszko · General Tadeusz Kosciuszko Military University of Land Forces, Poland
The properties and application of various carbon nanomaterials such as fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, and graphene are strongly dependent on their atomic structures and interactions with other materials. In our work we…
- Oral · In-Person
Multifunctional nanoconstructs based up-converting NaYF4 doped rare earth
Bozena Sikora · Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
NIR-active up-conversion nano-phosphors (UCNPs) based on rare earth ions doped hexagonal β-NaYF 4 nanoparticles are of particular interest since they offer the highest quantum yield of up-conversion luminescence. Thus…
- Oral · In-Person
Amino acid coated ultra-small nanoparticles as efficient antibiotics
Rokas Zalneravicius · Center for physical sciences and technology, Lithuania
Over the years, natural and chemically synthesized antibiotics have been used to control infections resulting from community environments. Currently, there is a growing demand for the synthesis of nanomaterials that…
- Oral · In-Person
Experimental Investigation Of The Influence Of Nanofluid–Alternating-Brine (NAB) Flooding On Oil Recovery In Niger Delta Sandstone Reservoir Rocks
Olugbenga Falode · University of Ibadan, Nigeria
A common challenge to operators in both offshore and onshore oil fields globally is continuous decline in production as these fields reach their maturity stages. This has elicited efforts to exploiting the…
- Oral · In-Person
Hydrochar fuctionalized with sulfurous acid of agave tequilana weber leaves.
Jose Anzaldo Hernandez · Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
This work studied the obtaintion of a functionalized carbon in a single stage using green leaves of Agave Tequilana Weber var. blue by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) and a chemical activation with sulfurous acid. The…
- Oral · In-Person
Graphene oxide coated-glass fibers reinforced unsaturated polyester composites
Mohsin Ali Raza · University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Glass fiber/unsaturated polyester (GF/UPE) composites have widespread utilization in the field of construction, aerospace and automobile industries due to their light weight, high strength and chemical/weather…
- Oral · In-Person
Genotoxicity of noscapine nanosuspension prepared by microfluidic reactors on hepg2 cell line
Hedieh Ghourchian · Islamic Azad University, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Noscapine is an antispasmodic alkaloid used as antitussive and anti-cough obtained from plants about Papaveraceae family. This benzylisoquinoline alkaloid and its synthetic subsidiaries, called noscapinoids are being…
- Poster · In-Person
Exploring nose-to-brain insulin delivery as a new strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
Giovanni Cusimano · Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology, Italy
A growing body of evidence shows that Insulin, Insulin Receptor (IR) and IR signaling are involved in brain cognitive functions and their dysfunction is implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) degeneration. Thus…
- Poster · In-Person
Hydrochar fuctionalized with sulfurous acid of Agave Tequilana Weber leaves
Jose Anzaldo Hernandez · Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico
This work studied the obtaintion of a functionalized carbon in a single stage using green leaves of Agave Tequilana Weber var. blue by hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) and a chemical activation with sulfurous acid. The…
- Poster · In-Person
Self-assembly by multi-drop evaporation of carbon-nanotube and graphene-oxide-platelet droplets on a polycarbonate substrate for applications in energy and medicine
Hatim Machrafi · Universite libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Water droplets containing carbon nanotubes (CNTs), SiO 2 (silica) nanoparticles and mixtures of them, are deposited one drop after the other on a polycarbonate substrate. During evaporation of the droplets, the CNTs and…
- Poster · In-Person
Research of dye synthesis photovoltaic cells (DSSC) with photoanodes from ceramic nanowfibers
Tomasz Tanski · Silesian University of Technology, Poland
The dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) shows interesting parameters, both due to the high achieved efficiency and the utilities property, among others the possibility of producing large-format flexible devices. DCCS…
- Poster · In-Person
Nanobiointeractions:Nanoparticle induced modulation of immune system
Roberta Cagliani · University of Genova, Italy
Engineered nanomaterials are inspiring the interest of life scientists for potential applications to biomedicine. A wide variety of inorganic and organic materials can be used to produce nanostructures with different…
- Poster · In-Person
Modification of PES membrane through in-situ formed silver nanoparticles to mitigate biofouling
Karel Havlicek · Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic
Significant failure of membrane processes in wastewater treatment is biofouling. By modifying the membranes with silver nanoparticles, their antimicrobial and hydrophilic properties can be enhanced to increase the…
- Poster · In-Person
Functionalized graphene oxide as a new, high performance adsorbent of heavy metal ions and organic dyes
Dawid Pakulski · Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
During the last decade, two-dimensional materials (2DMs) have gathered a great attention due to their unique chemical and physical properties which make them attractive platforms for diverse applications in sensing and…
- Poster · In-Person
Evaluation of NZVI injection at the contaminated site using newly developed software
Magda Nechanicka · Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic
Nanoscale Zero-Valent Iron (nZVI) has emerged as a promising remediation agent for in situ degradation of chlorinated solvents. Different approaches have been tested to enhance the properties of nZVI (reactivity…
- Poster · In-Person
Advanced Li2S@VO2 cathode for lithium-sulfur battery
Jing Xu · Electrical Engineering of Zhengzhou Univeristy, China
Lithium sulfide (Li 2 S) is one of the most promising cathode materials for the next-generation advanced Li-ion batteries because of its high theoretical capacity (1167 mA h g -1 ) and large energy density. However, Li…
- Poster · In-Person
Development of continuous synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles for biomedical and clinical applications
Abdulkader Baki · Fraunhofer IMM, Germany
The synthesis of promising single-core iron oxide nanoparticles intended for use in biomedical applications has attracted much interest over the last decade. Several synthetic routes to achieve size, shape…
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