The full World Nano 2023 scientific program across 2 days — keynotes, oral presentations, and posters. Talks are ordered by program prominence within each day.
Day 1
- Keynote · In-Person
13 years of managing the safety of nanomaterials in research laboratories
Thierry Meyer · EPFL, Switzerland
As the number of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) used in research increases rapidly, health and safety specialists are continuously faced with the challenge of evaluating the risks involved with these materials. Nowadays…
- Keynote · In-Person
Improving human health in the clinic: Human nanomedicine
Thomas J Webster · Brown University, United States
Nanomaterials have been widely tested in vitro and in small order animal studies for decades. Results have shown greater tissue growth, decreased bacteria growth, and inhibited inflammation. However, few studies exist…
- Keynote · In-Person
Materials design of wide-band gap oxide semiconductors
Tetsuya Yamamoto · Kochi University of Technology, Japan
Metal oxides are a group of materials that fulfill a wide variety of application properties or encourage evolution or development of near-future applications. The applications, for example, include as follows: (1) power…
- Oral · In-Person
Fabrication of flash graphene-enhanced gan for surface acoustic waves biosensor applications
Barbara Damasceno · Rice University, United States
New, accurate, and fast biosensors of viruses are being studied as an effort to prevent future virus outbreaks. Although conventional diagnostic methods have been adopted and succeeded, they show drawbacks including…
- Oral · In-Person
Helium irradiation damage effects in nanostructured materials
Yongqiang Wang · Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States
The mankind is facing an unprecedented challenge between increasingly growing energy demands for economic growth and social sustainability, and the resulting irreversible and detrimental impact on environment. Nuclear…
- Oral · In-Person
Square wave voltammetric approach to leptin immunosensing and optimization of driving parameters with chemometrics
Shubhangi Shukle · NCSU, United States
Square wave voltammetry serves as an effective analytical means to evaluate antigen-antibody coupling at the solid-liquid interface. Herein, we describe 3- aminopropyltrimethoxysilane (APTMS) induced irreversible…
- Oral · In-Person
Iron containing nanoparticles in ultrafast diagnostics and anti-cancer strategies through modulation of tumor microenvironment and ferroptotic cell death
Dar Bin Shieh · National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Iron nanoparticles presented superparamagnetic properties and have been widely applied in magnetic force trapping of cells and molecules to accelerate and ease sample preparation. In addition, iron oxide nanoparticles…
- Oral · In-Person
Effects of copper nanoparticle-induced reactive oxygen species and carbon nanodots on amyloid beta protein aggregation: Relevance in neurodegenerative diseases
John Bang · North Carolina Central University, United States
Free radical-mediated beta amyloid protein radicalization, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage are all implicated in neuronal cell damage causing many debilitating neurodegenerative diseases. Alzheimer’s disease is the…
- Oral · In-Person
Bipolar electrochemistry produced graphene for micro supercapacitor
Chunlei Wang · Florida International University, United States
The development of micro-supercapacitors has attracted considerable interest due to the increasing demand for reliable miniaturized energy storage devices. Among all the desired properties of micro-supercapacitors, high…
- Oral · In-Person
Nanotechnology in the maintenance of artifacts
Alaa Saed Abdelmagid Zailouk · Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt
The famous American physicist Professor Richard Feynman stated that it is possible to change the properties of any substance and maximize its features by rearranging its atoms in a way that comes with obtaining unique…
- Oral · Virtual
Characterization of nanoparticles in Silicon dioxide food additives
Sadia Afrin Khan · Food and Drug Administration, United States
Food additives are substances intended to become a component or affect the characteristics of food (e.g., emulsifier, stabilizer, thickener, anticaking agent, antioxidant, etc.). Some food additives may have a particle…
- Oral · Virtual
Hematite dysprosium oxide (Fe2O3–Dy2O3) nanocomposites for antibiotic and microorganism removals from surface water
Delia Teresa Sponza · dokuz eylul university, Turkey
The formation of Fe2O3–Dy2O3 nanocomposite was confirmed by FTIR, XRD, XPS and EDS analysis. The removals of chloramphenical antibiotic gram negative bacteria and enteroviruses were studied. BET surface area of the…
- Oral · Virtual
Gold nanoparticles as an efficient adsorbent for the removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution
Sikirat Kehinde Sheu · University of York, United Kingdom
Adsorption of Cu and Ni (II) ion by gold nanoparticles was successfully achieved by synthesizing gold nanoparticle by chemical reduction with sodium citrate tribasic and cysteine as the capping agent. The synthesized…
- Oral · Virtual
Improved borohydride oxidation kinetics on Au-based MOFs and their suitability as anodes for borohydride fuel cells
Ines Belhaj · University of Lisbon, Portugal
Researchers are investigating direct liquid fuel cells (DLFCs) as alternatives to typical proton-exchange membrane fuel cells because of their higher energy density and ease of storing and transporting liquid fuel.…
- Poster · In-Person
Effects of Particulate Matter-Induced Reactive Oxygen Species and Carbon nanodots on Amyloid Beta Protein Aggregation: Relevance in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Srivalli Mukkavilli · North Carolina Central University, United States
Alzheimer’s Disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative illness with multiple etiological mechanisms explored. Accumulation of different sizes of beta amyloid (βA) proteins generated from Amyloid Protein…
- Poster · In-Person
Detection of graphene oxide in single HeLa cells based on MCR-Raman spectroscopy
Zuzana Chaloupkova · Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Czech Republic
GO (Graphene Oxide) is a 2D nanomaterial that has attracted attention in many industries such as chemical, electronics and medical in recent years. Due to its unique properties such as strength, hydrophilicity and large…
- Poster · In-Person
Toxicity of modified pedot thin films
Sarka Hradilova · Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Czech Republic
The usage of organic semiconductors in the construction of bioelectronic devices represents a very promising alternative to metal electrode systems and traditional inorganic semiconductors. For these devices, the…
- Poster · In-Person
Novel 2D carbon based nanoplatforms for targeted drug delivery
Ludmila Zarska · Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Czech Republic
The biomedical applications of graphene-based materials, including drug delivery, have grown rapidly in the past few years. Graphene and graphene oxide (GO) have been extensively explored as some of the most promising…
- Poster · In-Person
Effects of erbium nanoparticles on luminescence properties of amorphous nano silicate borotellurite glasses
Chika Scholastica Ezeaayanaso · National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, Nigeria
Four series of rare earth doped borotellurite silicate glass were prepared by melt quenching method. The first and second series are a quaternary erbium oxide and erbium oxide nanoparticles doped glass with chemical…
Day 2
- Keynote · Virtual
ZnO nanoparticles: Eco-frienldy synthesis, functionalizations and applications
Marilena Carbone · University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) are extensively used for many applications, due to their properties such as wide direct-band-gap, high exciton binding energy, high UVA and UVB optical absorption, piezoelectricity, intrinsic…
- Keynote · Virtual
New nano biotechnology for real-time imaging of single live cells
Xiao Hong Nancy Xu · Old Dominion University, United States
Single cells are building blocks of all living organisms. Understanding of functions of individual live cells and their communications is essential to rationally design effective diagnosis and therapy. New tools for…
- Keynote · Virtual
Metal quantum-dots in glasses for nanophotonics
Purushottam Chakraborty · Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India
Technology has made great advances in electronic device-speed, but optical devices operate in the time-domain unreachable by electronics. Optical devices have no competition in the time domain less than 1 picosecond.…
- Keynote · Virtual
Nano-technology based formulations: A revolution in drug targeting
Subas Chandra Dinda · The Neotia University, India
Micro to Nanotechnology based formulations found to play a promising option to develop precise drug targeting. Controlled drug delivery dominated over the conventional drug delivery systems in the sense to alter the…
- Keynote · Virtual
Photoalignment and photopatterning nanosize azodye layers for new liquid crystal devices
Vladimir Chigrinov · Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Photoalignment and photopatterning has been proposed and studied for a long time. Light is responsible for the delivery of energy as well as phase and polarization information to materials systems. It was shown that…
- Keynote · Virtual
In-situ opto-electro-mechanical characterization of semiconductor nanowire using SEM-based nanomanipulation technique
Juntian Qu · Tsinghua University, China
In the 21st century, nanomaterials play an important role in the field of science and technology, and have a significant impact on various fields of the national economy. Among them, one-dimensional semiconductor…
- Oral · Virtual
Nanotechnology and nanomaterials
Raymond Compton Jagessar · University of Guyana, Guyana
Nanotechnology has been a rapidly growing field of advanced science at the inception of this century. Nanotechnology of advanced materials, polymers , principally revolves around endeavours to design and synthesise…
- Oral · Virtual
Impact of metallic nanoparticles on the regulation of antioxidant gene expression in escherichia coli, bacillus cereus and staphylococcus epidermidis strains
Oliwia Metryka · University of Silesia, Poland
The widespread use of nanomaterials for consumer and industrial purposes is due to their unique physicochemical and biological properties. Inorganic nanomaterials, including metallic nanoparticles (NPs), have received…
- Oral · Virtual
Ectopic high endothelial venule-targeted nano delivery for type 1 diabetes
Sungwook Jung · Harvard Medical School, United States
Targeted drug delivery systems hold the remarkable potential to improve the therapeutic index of diabetes medications. Herein, we developed a targeted delivery platform for type 1 diabetes (T1D) treatment using high…
- Oral · Virtual
Development of an engineered face mask with optimized nanoparticle layering for filtration of air pollutants and viral pathogens
Ishika Nag · Seminole State College, United States
During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks have become a critical part of the personal protective equipment for front-line workers and the public, resulting in an acute shortage of effective and affordable masks. Recent…
- Oral · Virtual
Towards quantitative perfusion MRI of the lung in COPD: The problem of short-term repeatability
Alvard TerKarapetyan · Vardanants Center for Innovative Medicine, Armenia
Purpose: 4D perfusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with intravenous injection of contrast agent allows for a radiation-free assessment of regional lung function. It is therefore a valu- able method to monitor…
- Oral · Virtual
New effects at resonant light scattering by nanoparticles
Michael I Tribelsky · Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
A brief survey of the recent accomplishments of the author in the old problem of light scattering by small particles is given. It is shown that in certain cases, the scattering has very little in common with the…
- Oral · Virtual
Flexible hydrogen leak detectors
Abhishek Ranade · Indian Institute of Science, India
Hydrogen is one of the possible replacements for fossil fuels in the future. However, appropriate safety barriers are required due to hydrogen's high flammability and diffusivity. One such barrier is a flexible detector…
- Oral · Virtual
A comparative safety and efficacy study on patients with acute uncomplicated bacterial tonsillitis: Co-Amoxiclav, cefpodoximeproxetil, and levofloxacin
Mounamukhar Bhattacharjee · ICMR Headquarters, India
Objective: Our main aim is to assess relative efficacy and safety of co-amoxiclav (amoxicillin/clavulanic acid), cefpodoximeproxetil and levofloxacin monotherapy for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated bacterial…
- Oral · Virtual
Syntheses of substrate-assisted MOFs with tunable characteristics for use as biological applications platforms
Shubhangi · School of Biomedical Engineering, IIT BHU, India
Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are hybrid materials that have been studied extensively since a long time now. The reason owing to their popularity lies in their structural flexibility and relatively high thermal and…
- Oral · Virtual
Nanotechnology in medicine
Raymond Compton Jagessar · University of Guyana, Guyana
Nanotechnology has been a rapidly growing field of advanced science in recent times. Nanotechnology has found many applications in treating infectious diseases induced by viruses, bacteria, protozoan, fungi etc.…
- Oral · Virtual
Effect of Cu2+ on the optical properties of zinc oxide-based phosphors prepared in different synthesis conditions
Laura Elena Muresan · Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Generally, zinc hydroxides (ZH) and zinc hydroxy carbonates (ZHC) are used for the preparation of ZnO nanoparticles as well as for different functional materials such as thin films, nanocomposites, or inorganic-organic…
- Oral · Virtual
The physical process determining the action of some metal nanoparticles on DNA and RNA of biological system
Liudmila B Boldyreva · Individual Researcher, Russian Federation
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) (together with protein) are the main macromolecules that are contained in cells of all living organisms and play important role in coding and regulation of…
- Oral · Virtual
Harnessing Fe3O4 nano-sensor for detecting epinephrine in buff orpington rooster and rhodes island white broiler
Omolola Esther Fayemi · North-West University, South Africa
This study presents findings resulting from the detection of epinephrine (EP) in real samples from chickens using Fe3O4-modified screen-printed silver electrodes (SPSE). The UV-visible spectroscopy, Fourier-Transform…
- Oral · Virtual
Atypical retinoid ST1926 nanoparticle formulation development and therapeutic potential in colorectal cancer
Sara Assi · American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Cancer represents a major public health and economic burden, being the second leading cause of death worldwide. Despite recent advances in cancer therapy, anti-cancer drug development remains a challenging field due to…
- Oral · Virtual
Nanotechnology's useful applications in the food industry
Sharda Sundaram Sanjay · Ewing Christian College, India
Food is the most crucial component of survival after air and water. A growing lack of agricultural land is a result of the growth in world population. We are all aware that nanotechnology is the study of exceptionally…
- Oral · Virtual
Unconventional quasiparticle dynamics in nickel nanoparticles
Gunadhor S Okram · UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, India
Nanoscale metallic nanoparticles (NPs) are of special interest for exploring their novel electronic and thermal transport properties at nanoscale. It is because they may have insulating matrix or surfactant/s as well as…
- Oral · Virtual
Mos2 nanosheets induced self-assembled Poly(3-Hexylthiophene) thin films for high- performance electronic devices
Arun Kumar Singh · Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, India
Solution-processable π-conjugated conducting polymers have validated themselves as potential candidate as active matrix in modern flexible electronics for a variety of electronics and optoelectronic applications due…
- Oral · Virtual
Anti-fungal efficacy of ZnO nanoparticles against ustilago tritici
Rehana Badar · The University of Lahore, Pakistan
Human population is increasing day after day and is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, therefore the need and demand for food production is also increasing. Wheat is the one of most important and basic staple food…
- Oral · Virtual
Innovations in nanostructured materials for eco-remediation and sustainability
Alka Sharma · University of Rajasthan, India
Scientific contributions are the reflections of any nation’s development in which the three E’s (Economy, Environment and Energy) contribute greatly. Today, eco-sustainability and energy are the prime issues standing in…
- Poster · Virtual
Addressing hospital associated infections with novel nano-antimicrobial
Chukwudi S Ubah · East Carolina University, United States
Hospital acquired infections (HAIs), also called nosocomial infections, are of public health concern as current antibiotics are becoming obsolete due to bacterial pathogens becoming resistance toward antibiotics.…
- Poster · Virtual
Experimental using of the liposomal ciprofloxacin for the treatment of chlamydia
Nina Ivanova · Іnstitute of Dermatology and Venerology of National Medical Science of Ukraine, Ukraine
The field of our research is liposomal drugs because liposomes help drugs penetrate into those areas of the body where they cannot get without liposomes. Therefore, we suggested that this property can be used in the…
- Poster · Virtual
Investigastion of dielectric, optical properties and photocatalytic of Mg-Zn nanoferrites substituted by Cu+2
Noor Basfar · Umm Al Qura University, Saudi Arabia
Mg0.8Zn0.2-xCuxFe2O4; (step 0.04) (MZC) nanoferrites were prepared by the citrate combustion method. Adequate amount of zinc nitrate, magne- sium nitrate, ferric nitrate and copper nitrate were resolved in minimal…
- Poster · Virtual
Use of nanotechnologies in the production of canned ketchup and sauces
Yakov G Verkhivker · Odessa National Technological University, Ukraine
Various vegetables are the basis of ketchups and sauces that are in high consumer demand. The interest of producers in sauce products is due to the fact that by combining raw materials it is possible to expand the range…
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