The full World Nano 2025 scientific program across 3 days — keynotes, oral presentations, and posters. Talks are ordered by program prominence within each day.
Day 1
- Keynote · In-Person
Photonic metasurfaces in azobenzene materials
Ribal Georges Sabat · Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
Custom optical fixtures were machined in-house and used to fabricate, in a single step photolithography technique, large-scale photonic metasurfaces, which include quasicrystals and Moiré gratings at the nanoscale on…
- Oral · In-Person
Development of sulphonic acid-functionalized nanocatalyst and its application in the pre-treatment of sugarcane bagasse
Avinash Prabhakarrao Ingle · Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, India
Owing to various factors such as ever-increasing global population, urbanization, modernization, industrialization, and globalization have enormously increased the need and demand for energy since the last century and…
- Oral · In-Person
Base metals doped ceria for bifunctional oxygen/hydrogen evolution reaction
Horng Yi Chang · National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
In order to find sustainable alternative energy due to the quick depletion of fossil fuels and environmental damage. One of promising methods for converting electricity generated from solar and wind renewable energy…
- Oral · In-Person
Metals against leishmaniasis: Unlocking the potential of biodegradable metal nanoparticles against parasitic diseases
Bruno Ribeiro · IMDEA Materials Institute, Spain
In this work, MgO and ZnO biodegradable nanoparticles (BNPs) are investigated as potential therapeutics for the treatment of leishmaniasis. This is a vector-borne infectious disease resulting from infection by protozoan…
- Oral · In-Person
Visible-light-active interfacial charge transfer complex: Photocatalytic and antimicrobial properties
Vesna Lazic · Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Serbia
Interfacial charge transfer complexes (ICTC) formed through interactions between metal oxide nanoparticles and polyphenolic ligands present an innovative approach to developing advanced nanomaterials with enhanced…
- Oral · In-Person
Non destructive evaluation technique for assessing nanoparticle dispersion in composite materials
Antonio Pantano · University of Palermo, Italy
A non-destructive evaluation (NDE) technique capable of testing the dispersion of nanoparticles in a nanocomposite would be of great use to the manufacturing industry in verifying the quality of manufactured products…
- Oral · In-Person
Novel concepts in ultrasensitive detection of emerging water contaminats for in-field, real-time, drinking water quality monitoring with chemical nanocomposite biosensors
George R Ivanov · University of NanoLab, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Bulgaria
Recently we combined ultra-sensitive gravimetric transduction by a 434 MHz two-port SAW resonator and gold electrodes with Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) on the same device, utilizing the strong enhancing…
- Oral · In-Person
Study of adsorption properties of magnetic few-layer graphene
Elizaveta Bogacheva · St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology, Russian Federation
Graphene derivatives are good adsorbents because they have a large specific surface area (2600 m 2 /g), as well as a high content of oxygen-containing groups on the surface (up to 30 wt.%), but their application is…
- Poster · In-Person
An insight on the stability of titanium-oxide based implant material
Riya Thomas · Malmö university, Sweden
The invention and integration of medical implants have made a huge revolt in modern medicine by offering new opportunities in curing chronic illnesses and restoration of bodily functions. Commercially pure titanium and…
- Poster · In-Person
Enhanced durability of antimicrobial activity in cotton textiles by L-Cysteine-Capped Copper Nanoparticles through laundering cycles
Carla Cisternas Novoa · Universidad de La Frontera, Chile
In this study, L-cysteine-capped copper nanoparticles (Cys-CuNPs) were successfully linked into a cotton textile, being attached in a covalent way to the cotton fibers via esterification. The CuNPs were adhered to the…
Day 2
- Keynote · Virtual
Harnessing the unique transport properties of InAs nanowires for single molecule level sensing
Harry Ruda · University of Toronto, Canada
In 1964 Wagner and Ellis presented the first paper on fabrication of micron-scale semiconductor whiskers. Our group was one of the first to apply their ideas in the late 1990’s to realise nanowires with diameters of…
- Oral · In-Person
Magnetohydrodynamic convective instability in binary nanofluids with thermodiffusion for Water (H2O) – Lithium Bromide (LiBr) absorption refrigeration system
Sravan Nayeka Gaikwad · Gulbarga University, India
The main objective of the present study is to investigate the effect of a vertical magnetic field on convective instability in binary nanofluids with thermodiffusion by performing stability theory and addition factor…
- Keynote · Virtual
Hydrothermal synthesis of 2D nanoparticles for nano lubricant enhancement for reduced wear and enhanced efficiency
S V A R Sastry · Harcourt Butler Technical University, India
Hydrothermal synthesis of Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have become a key technology in nanotechnology, especially for applications requiring accuracy in particle shape, crystallinity, and surface properties. This…
- Oral · Virtual
Multi-threaded effects of metal nanoparticles on the structure and selected molecular processes in model Escherichia coli, Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus epidermidis strains
Daniel Wasilkowski · University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland
The extensive use of nanomaterials in consumer and industrial products is driven by their unique physicochemical and biological characteristics. Among these, inorganic nanomaterials — especially metallic nanoparticles…
- Oral · Virtual
Surface-enhanced stimulated Raman spectroscopy with squeezed photonic states
Frank Hagelberg · East Tennessee State University, United States
Recent advances in generating well-defined quantum states of light facilitate novel sensing applications and enhance established measurement and sensing techniques. Stimulated Raman spectroscopy (SRS), a measurement…
- Oral · Virtual
Nickel-Zinc based nanomaterials for dielectric properties and antenna applications
H Sivaram · Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, India
In recent times the nanomaterials has been a great attention for their exceptional electromagnetic and dielectric applications. The size and shape dependent tuneable dielectric properties of NZ nanocomposites makes them…
- Oral · Virtual
Nickel-Zinc based nanomaterials for dielectric properties and antenna applications
Sriram Raghavan · Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, India
In recent times the nanomaterials has been a great attention for their exceptional electromagnetic and dielectric applications. The size and shape dependent tuneable dielectric properties of NZ nanocomposites makes them…
- Poster · In-Person
Glass-ceramics for emission in the IR region
Velin Nikolov · Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Cr 4+ doped oxide compounds are particularly preferred active media for solid-state lasers with a wide emission region from 1.1 to 1.6 micrometers. However, obtaining of single crystals of these compounds is often…
- Oral · Virtual
Nanocarriers
Raymond Compton Jagessar · University of Guyana, Guyana
A nanocarrier is nanomaterial being used as a transport molecule for another substance, such as a drug. Common examples include micelles, polymers, carbon-based materials, liposomes and other substances. Nanocarriers…
- Oral · Virtual
Azodye photoaligned nanolayers for 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 [1]. Light is responsible for the delivery of energy as well as phase and polarization information to materials systems. It was shown that…
- Oral · Virtual
Diabetes mellitus and nanotechnology
Mina Wassef Girgiss Nicola · Medical Research and Clinical Studies Institute, Egypt
Diabetes and Nanotechnology : Magnitude of the problem Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a prevalent chronic metabolic disease characterized by insulin resistance and impaired insulin secretion. It represents a…
Day 3
- Keynote · Virtual
Using CuO polycrystalline nanofilms as sensor for small organic molecules
Paulo Cesar De Morais · Catholic University of Brasilia, Brazil
The presentation will be focused on exploring the use of the thermal evaporation technique for fabrication of copper and copper oxide nanofilms, the latter addressed to be used as sensors of small organic molecules. The…
- Keynote · Virtual
Recent advances in nanomedicine: Sensors, implants, artificial intelligence, saving the environment, human studies, and more
Thomas J Webster · Brown University, United States
Nanomedicine is the use of nanomaterials to improve disease prevention, detection, and treatment which has resulted in hundreds of FDA approved medical products. While nanomedicine has been around for several decades…
- Oral · Virtual
Spray-coating of cesium tungsten bronze for improved near-infrared shielding in green energy glass
Lung Hao Hu · National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
In this study, an efficient method for synthesizing CsxWO3 nanocrystals using ammonium metatungstate and cesium carbonate as starting materials is developed. Tartaric acid acted as a reducing agent and chloroplatinic…
- Oral · Virtual
Design of ultrasmall metal nanoclusters for disease theranostics
Xun Yuan · Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China
Metal nanoclusters (MNCs) have attracted considerable attention in the fields of catalysis and biomedicine due to their ultrasmall size, unique molecular-like properties, rich surface chemistry, good biocompatibility…
- Oral · Virtual
Catalytic nanozymes: Transformative tools for biomedical applications, therapeutics and advanced microscopy
Elisa De Luca · Institute of Nanotechnology of the National Research Council (CNR-Nanotec), Italy
Nanomaterials endowed with nanozyme (enzyme-mimetic) activity have elicited huge interest in several fields of nanotechnology. Among the first to pioneer this field, we have explored the transformative potential of…
- Oral · Virtual
The real mechanism of therapeutic action of silver: To activate not to kill
Anna A Antsiferova · National Research Center Kurchatov Institute, Russian Federation
Silver has been successfully applied as medicine since Antiquity. Investigations of Louis Pasteur on pathogenicity of infectious disease in 19th century became the base of widely-accepted worldview about the mechanism…
- Oral · Virtual
Shape memory phenomena and nanocharacterization of reversibility in shape memory alloys
Osman Adiguzel · Firat University, Turkey
Shape memory alloys take place in a class of advanced smart materials by exhibiting a peculiar property called shape memory effect, with the recoverability of two shapes at different conditions. This phenomenon is…
- Oral · Virtual
Thin film-embedded lipid nanostructures optimized for multi-drug co-therapies
Amreen Khan · Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Simultaneous delivery of hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs in a single formulation are often challenging. Synergistically active molecules carrying nanoformulations face issues such as poor solubility, low drug loading…
- Oral · Virtual
Nanocomposite gel polymer electrolytes: Benefic yet malefic
Lovely Ranjta · Gruner India Pvt Ltd, India
The present work establishes the state-of-the-art trends in respect of nanocomposite gel polymer electrolytes (NGCPEs) which are revolutionizing the modern approach towards energy storage and electrochemical…
- Oral · Virtual
Harnessing gold nanoparticle colour transitions for rapid microbial detection in fuels
Adison Wong Choon Kit · Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore
Microbial contamination in fuels degrades fuel quality and induces microbiologically influenced corrosion, posing significant risks to fuel system integrity. Conventional monitoring relies on culture-based techniques…
- Oral · Virtual
Simultaneous electrochemical determination of neurotransmitters using polypyrrole nanocomposites-modified titanium nitride electrodes
Mahsa Heydari · Sharif University of Technology, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
The detection of neurochemical signals is essential for understanding brain function and diagnosing neurological disorders. The ability to accurately detect neurotransmitters can lead to significant advancements in…
- Oral · Virtual
Innovative active packaging film from quince seed mucilage/alginate enriched with biosilica nanoparticles containing oak extract for prolonged meat shelf Life
Fatemeh Bagri · Sharif University of Technology, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Biosilica nanoparticles synthesized from rice straw and loaded with oak fruit extract were utilized as an additive in quince seed mucilage/alginate polymer blend films to develop an active, environmentally friendly, and…
- Oral · Virtual
Design and fabrication of nanostructured electrodes based on PEDOT for biological applications
Shahab Ahmadi Seyedkhani · Sharif University of Technology, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) represent frontier technologies in neuroscience, enabling direct communication between the brain and external devices. Despite significant advancements, developing biocompatible and…
- Oral · Virtual
Direct growth CoNi LDH on CuO nanowires integrated with RGO electrode for manufacturing of wearable high performance asymmetric supercapacitor as power supply for wearable biosensors
Maryam Shamshiri · Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
A high-performance asymmetric supercapacitor (ASC) has been developed utilizing CoNi Layered double hydroxide nanosheets (CoNi LDH NSs), which were directly grown on coper oxide nanowires (CuO NWs) and modified reduced…
- Oral · Virtual
Nanosensors
Raymond Compton Jagessar · University of Guyana, Guyana
Nanosensors are one type of sensors. Others include bio-sensors, catalytic sensors, electrochemical sensors etc. Nanosensors are nanoscale devices that are constructed to identify a particular molecule, biological…
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