
The 4th International Online Conference on Nanomaterials
Part of the International Online Conference on Nanomaterials series
5–19 May 2023
Nanomaterials and Nanostructures, 2D Materials and Graphene, Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots, Nanowires and Nanotubes, Nanobiology and Nanomedicine, Nanophotonics and Plasmonics Nanoelectronics and Nanodevices, Nanoenergy and Nanocatalysis, Nanofabrication and Nanomanipulation
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- A. Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Nanomaterials
- B. Modeling and Simulation of Nanostructures and Nanodevices
- C. Carbon Nanomaterials, Graphene and 2D Materials
- D. Polymer Nanomaterials, Soft Nanomaterials, Nanocoatings/Thin films, and Nanostructured Surfaces
- E. Magnetism and Magnetic Nanomaterials
- F. Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
- G. Nanotechnology for Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Energy, and Environment
- H. Nanophysics, Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanoplasmonics and Nanosensing
- I. Poster
- Event Details
IOCN 2023 is closed. Thank you for your participation.
The recordings of IOCN 2023 live sessions are available at: https://iocn2023.sciforum.net/#recordings
All participants of IOCN 2023 are welcome to submit an extended full paper to the Special Issue 'Advances in Nanomaterials 2023'. of the journal Nanomaterials, with a 20% discount on the Article Processing Charges.
The IOCN 2023 award winners are still under evaluation, we will announce it as soon as possible.
Live Sessions Information
The live sessions are free of charge. The authors who submit submissions to IOCN 2023 will have priority for the registration (with no extra cost) to the live online sessions with our keynote speakers. If it is not completely full, registration will be open for unregistered participants. Registrations with academic institutional email addresses will be prioritized. The number of participants in the live session is limited but the recording will be made available on Sciforum shortly afterward.
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Live Session Program
Live Session 1
9:00 am CEST, 5 May 2023
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heiss
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heiss |
Introduction |
9:00-9:10 |
Dr. Enzheng Shi |
Clean Alignment of Carbon Nanotube Arrays |
9:10-9:40 |
Dr. Loredana Protesescu |
2D vs 3D tin halide perovskites nanostructures |
9:40-10:10 |
Dr. Ronan Gourgues |
The art of detecting single photons with superconducting nanowire |
10:10-10:40 |
Live Session 2
9:00 am CEST, 8 May 2023
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Antonio Di Bartolomeo
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Presentation Topic |
Time (CEST) |
Prof. Dr. Antonio Di Bartolomeo |
Introduction |
9:00-9:10 |
Prof. Dr. Masahiro Yoshimura |
Stability and Metastability in Nanostructured Zirconia Ceramics to Solve many Confusions and Misunderstanding |
9:10-10:00 |
Dr. Azeez Abdullah Barzinjy |
Eutectic-based ionic liquids: a novel medium for synthesizing metal and metal nanoparticles at low temperature |
10:00-10:30 |
Live Session 3
9:00 am CEST, 15 May 2023
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Guanying Chen
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Presentation Topic |
Time (CEST) |
Prof. Dr. Guanying Chen |
Introduction |
9:00-9:10 |
Dr. Wenyan Yin |
Molybdenum-based nanomaterials: enzyme-like catalytic property and bioapplications. |
9:10-9:40 |
Prof. Dr. Wan-Liang Lu |
Nanoparticles-based biopharmaceutics for plastic differentiation of cancers |
9:40-10:10 |
Prof. Dr. Giovanna Rassu |
Application of bioactive natural nanoparticles to combat oxidative stress-related diseases |
10:10-10:40 |
Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Amendola |
New perspectives in nanomedicine from biodegradable alloy nanoparticles obtained by laser ablation in liquid |
10:40-11:10 |
Dr. Miryana HEMADI
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The input of nanomaterials to the treatment of bacterial infections |
11:10-11:40 |
Live Session Recordings

List of accepted submissions (110)
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Silica nanoparticles increased drought resistance in green peas (Pisum sativum L.)
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Legumes, especially peas, are sensitive to water shortages, which are becoming increasingly common because of climate change. Peas are beneficial for soil and crop rotation and as a source of protein in nutrition. Therefore, discovering new agrotechnical tools and maintaining plant resistance to environmental influences is essential. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of silica nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) on drought-stressed peas (Pisum sativum L., ‘Respect’) via different exposure routes: through foliar spraying and root watering. The research was conducted in a greenhouse. Ten green pea seeds (‘Respect’) were sown in 10 L vegetative pots and were thinned up to 7 plants per pot after germination. When the peas reached the 39 BBCH growth stage (had nine or more visibly extended internodes), they were foliar sprayed to full wetness (ca. 14±0.5 mL plant−1) or watered (100±1 mL per pot) with suspensions containing 12.5, 25, and 50 ppm of SiO2 NPs. Untreated NPs plants were watered or sprayed with distilled water. During the 10-day drought period, low substrate moisture (30%) was maintained for peas exposed to SiO2 NPs, and other plants (controls) were grown under regular substrate moisture (80%). At the end of the experiment, peas were harvested to assess the impact of SiO2 NPs and drought on plant growth indicators and enzymatic (SOD, GR, APX) and non-enzymatic (TPC, FRAP) antioxidants activity. The results showed that treatment at a concentration of 50 ppm SiO2 NPs strongly affected pea leaf area, shoot height, and fresh biomass when plants were grown in drought conditions. In addition, positive effects on the activity of enzymatic (APX, CAT, GR, SOD) and non-enzymatic (TPC, DPPH, ABTS, FRAP) antioxidants in the pea plant were found. The SiO2 NPs reduced hydrogen peroxide and lipid peroxidation in drought-affected plant tissue. SiO2 NPs protected green peas from the adverse effects of drought stress and maintained pea yield. |
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sciforum-069715 | Electronic properties of filled single-walled carbon nanotubes | N/A | N/A |
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are very important material for many applications. The chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes such as covalent, noncovalent modifications, substitution of carbon atoms in walls, intercalation, filling allow modifying precisely the properties of carbon nanotubes. Here I perform the filling of SWCNTs with gallium selenide [1], lead halogenides [2], and rubidium iodide [3], and investigate the properties with Raman spectroscopy, near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, photoemission spectroscopy, optical absorption spectroscopy [4]. It is shown that the introduced salt leads to the modification of the electronic properties of carbon nanotubes [5]. The p-doping is observed. The successful filling of carbon nanotubes with high filling ratio and high doping level of SWCNTs can find applications in different fields. [1] M. V. Kharlamova. Novel approach to tailoring the electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes by the encapsulation of high-melting gallium selenide using a single-step process, JETP letters, 2013, V. 98, № 5, p. 272-277 [2] M. V. Kharlamova, C. Kramberger, P. Rudatis, T. Pichler, D. Eder. Revealing the doping effect of encapsulated lead halogenides on single‑walled carbon nanotubes, Appled Physics A, 2019, V. 125, article number 320 [3] M. V. Kharlamova, C. Kramberger, P. Rudatis, K. Yanagi, D. Eder. Characterization of the electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes filled with an electron donor - rubidium iodide: multifrequency Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy studies, Physica Status Solidi B, 2019, V. 256, № 12, article number 1900209 [4] M. V. Kharlamova, C. Kramberger. Spectroscopy of filled single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 42. [5] M. V. Kharlamova. Advances in tailoring the electronic properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes, Progress in Materials Science, 2016, V. 77, p. 125-211 |
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sciforum-070305 | Nanostructured layer based on intrinsically conductive polymers for optimizing carbon electrodes' surface: Electrospray and Ultrasonic Spray Coating | , , , , | N/A | N/A |
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Nowadays, Bio-Electrochemical System such as Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) and Microbial Electrolysis Cells (MECs) draw increasing attention for their potential application in sustainable energy production. Both systems leverage the electrogenic ability of selected biofilms, which consume chemical energy to produce electricity, in MFCs, or to promote hydrogen gas production, in MECs. In both MFCs and MECs, the anode electrode offers mechanical support and an electron sink for the biofilm. For this reason, it is crucial to optimize the electrode’s surface morphology and electrical properties, so to promote biofilm adhesion and proliferation, while minimizing electrical losses due to interfacial impedances. To this end, previous studies proposed the decoration of commercial carbon paper with the well-known conducting polymer Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly-styrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) (http://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.125985). In addition, the surface decoration with Polyethylene oxide (PEO) demonstrated to promote biofilm proliferation (http://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030523). In this work, we focus on Electrospray and Ultrasonic Spray Coating as two promising and innovative fabrication techniques for the deposition of PEO and PEDOT:PSS solutions on commercial carbon paper. Electrospray offers the advantage of depositing nanoscale droplets with excellent uniformity on conductive substrates. For comparison, Ultrasonic Spray Coating also provides good deposition uniformity over large scale substrates. Employing electron microscopy, for both techniques we determined the deposition conditions providing the best uniformity of the electrodes’ surface morphology. In addition, we investigated the use of Raman spectroscopy to validate and map such spatial uniformity in a more quantitative manner. Moreover, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry demonstrated the improvements, given by electrodes’ surface decoration, in terms of conductivity and capacitive properties. As final stage, we are currently comparing in complete MFC devices the performance and stability of PEO and PEDOT:PSS decorated electrodes. |
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sciforum-067552 | Ultraviolet (UV) Spectrophotometric Analysis of Ketoprofen in Tablets. Statistical Validation of Proposed Method |
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The absorption spectra of Ketoprofen in the UV domain was plotted using absolute methanol p.a. as a control solvent. The maximum absorption wavelength was determined to be at λ = 254 nm for a ketoprofen solution of 1,4 µg /mL prepared from pure crystalline standard ketoprofen dissolved in methanol p.a. The applied method was the subject of a statistical validation procedure, which consisted in completion of the following stages: the linearity of the method studied over the entire chosen concentration range 2.0 μg / mL - 80.0 μg / mL; detection limit (LD), quantitation limit (LQ), Sandell’s sensitivity, interference of the excipients, stability of prepared standard solutions, method and system precision and accuracy of this method. All statistical parameters were within the normal limits. This analysis method has been statistically validated and can be used anytime and anywhere for UV Ketoprofen spectrophotometric assay in a wide range of samples. The amount of pure ketoprofen assigned on the pharmaceutical tablet was found to be 146.326 mg ketoprofen / tablet. This value was very close to the official declared content of the active substance (150 mg pure ketoprofen/ tablet) set by the official pharmaceutical company, with an average percentage deviation of only 2,45% from the official declared pure content . This calculated value (2,45%) was situated below the maximum percentage error from the official content. of declared active substance (± 5%) imposed by official Pharmacopoeias. So, the pharmaceutical product fully respects the normal official limits provided by the Romanian Pharmacopoeia, 10th Edition and also by the European and International Pharmacopoeias rules. |
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sciforum-071100 | 4-Ammoniumbutylstyrene Based-Nanoparticles for the Controlled Release of Fenretinide | , , , , , | N/A | N/A |
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Fenretinide (N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (4-HPR), is a synthetic derivative of retinoic acid, which proved high antitumor activity against a wide range of cancers. Thanks to its low toxicological profile, 4-HPR has been also used as chemo preventive agent in the treatment of breast and ovarian cancer. Unfortunately, 4-HPR is endowed with poor oral absorption due to its low solubility, and variable blood concentrations for a massive hepatic first pass effect. To overcome these drawbacks, we prepared nanoparticles (NPs) made of 4-Ammoniunbutylstyrene random copolymer (P5), highly soluble in water, with the aim to increase drug apparent solubility and thus enhancing its antitumor effects. The NPs were prepared by the anti-solvent co-precipitation technique, an easy and up-scalable way of obtaining the amorphization of the drug into the polymeric matrix. The encapsulation led to an increase in drug apparent solubility of 1134 folds with a drug loading of 37%. The NPs showed a faster and extended dissolution rate, a mean hydrodynamic diameter of 249 nm, and positive Zeta potential (+41.3 mV) confirming the suitability of the formulation also for the intravenous administration. The loaded were also characterized by a chemometric-assisted Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and assayed for their antitumor activity on neuroblastoma cell lines. 4-HPR-P5 NPs proved an anti-proliferative activity with IC50 values of 1.25 and 1.93 µM on IMR-32 and SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells, respectively. Our data suggested that the 4-HPR-P5 formulation could represent a valid approach to increase drug apparent aqueous solubility and thus its therapeutic efficacy. |
Welcome from the Chair
The scope of IOCN 2023 on Nanomaterials is to cover the whole breadth of nanomaterials research and provide a forum for presenting and discussing new results. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Nanomaterials (Session A)
- Modeling and Simulation of Nanostructures and Nanodevices (Session B)
- Carbon Nanomaterials, Graphene and 2D Materials (Session C)
- Polymer Nanomaterials, Soft Nanomaterials, Nanocoatings/Thin films, and Nanostructured Surfaces (Session D)
- Magnetism and Magnetic Nanomaterials (Session E)
- Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (Session F)
- Nanotechnology for Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Energy, and Environment (Session G)
- Nanophysics, Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanoplasmonics and Nanosensing (Session H)
- Poster (Session I)
Instructions for Authors
Note: An institutional email address is requested especially for the corresponding author. Please submit the abstract with the institutional email address.
Before publication, Materials Proceedings journal (ISSN: 2673-4605) journal will check the plagiarism issue again. Submissions with a lack of novelty will not be published in the journal.
4. The submission to the Nanomaterials is independent of the conference proceedings and will follow the usual process of the journal, including peer-review, APC, etc. All participants of IOCN 2023 are welcome to submit an extended full paper to a conference Special Issue 'Advances in Nanomaterials 2023' with at least 20% discount on the Article Processing Charges.
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Conference Chairs

Department of Physics E. R. Caianiello, University à di Salerno, Italy
Dr. Antonio DI BARTOLOMEO is a full professor of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and president of the Physics Education Committee at the University of Salerno, Italy, where he teaches semiconductor device physics and nanoelectronics. His present research interests include: optical and electrical properties of nanostructured materials, such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, and 2D materials; van der Waals heterostructures and Schottky junctions; field-effect transistors, non-volatile memories, solar cells, photodetectors, and field emission devices. He completed his PhD in Physics in 1997 at Salerno University, where he held the position of researcher in Experimental Physics before his appointment as a professor. His scientific career started at CERN (CH) with the collaboration of experiments on neutrino oscillations and heavy-ion collisions. He spent several years in the industry as a semiconductor device engineer (ST Microelectronics, Infineon Technologies, and Intel Corporation) and was a guest scientist at IHP-Microelectronics (Germany) and Georgetown University (Washington, DC). He has authored over 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals, two physics textbooks, and two patents. He currently serves as an Editorial Board member for several journals, including MDPI’s Nanomaterials, Sensors and Electronics.
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School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Dr. Guanying Chen has been a professor at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), since 2013. He also serves as a research faculty at the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (ILPB), SUNY Buffalo, since 2011. His research interests focus on lanthanide-doped materials, upconversion, nanocrystals and crystals, biophotonics, and nanostructured solar cells. He has published more than 110 peer-reviewed papers in journals such as Chem. Rev., Chem. Soc. Rev., Acc. Chem. Res., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater., ACS Nano, etc. He has an H index of 47 and more than 11,000 total citations. He received the Top-Notch Young Investigator Award from the Department of the Central Committee of China in 2015, Young Changjiang Professor from Ministry of Education China in 2019, Top 100 National Excellent PhD Dissertation Nomination Award of China in 2011, and the Distinguished Young Investigator Career Award of HIT in 2015. He sits on editorial boards for six SCI journals, including Scientific Reports, Nanomaterials, Crystals, and the Journal of Rare Earths.
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Session Chairs

Prof. Dr. Jun Chen
School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Prof. Dr. Minas M. Stylianakis
1. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece; 2. Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Greece

Prof. Dr. Ullrich Scherf
Macromolecular Chemistry Group, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Germany

Prof. Dr. Souad Ammar-Merah
1. ITODYS Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Paris, France 2. EIDD Engineering School, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Paris, France

Dr. Bogdan Stefan Vasile
Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania

Prof. Dr. Jian-Gan Wang
Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Dr. Marinella Striccoli
Institute for Physical and Chemical Processes, IPCF -National Research Council, CNR, Bari Division, c/o Chemistry Department, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy

Dr. Aurélien Deniaud
Laboratory of Chemistry and Biology of Metals, UMR UGA/CEA/CNRS 5249, Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble, France

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heiss
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology, Germany

Dr. Letian Dou
Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, USA

Prof. Dr. Jose L. Arias
Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja s/n, Spain
Conference Committee

Denis Garoli obtained a Master’s Degree in Physics and a Master’s Degree in Biotechnology at Padova University. He was awarded a PhD in Space Science with a thesis on the development of innovative technologies for the environmental monitoring. From 2014 to date, he is serving as a senior researcher at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT). His interests include plasmonics, biosensing, single-molecule detection and manipulation. He is PI of the FET-OPEN project DNA-FAIRYLIGHTS on DNA Data Storage and of the Marie Curie Doctoral Network DYNAMO on Nanopore Protein Sequencing.
plasmonics; 2d materials; Nanofabrication; single molecule spectroscopy; Thin Films; nanoporous materials; biosensors; metamaterials; surface-enhanced spectroscopy

Department of Mechanical Engineering/University of West Attica/Athens, Greece
Dr. Ioannis Sarris is a Fluid Mechanics and Magnetohydrodynamics Professor of the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of West Attica, Greece. He received his PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2001, from the University of Thessaly, Greece. He has received three National fellowships at 2000, 2004 and 2005, two international ones and the prestigious Marie-Curie Fellowship at Physique Statistique et Plasmas, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, 2005-2007. He has been the PhD co-supervisor of four students and is the currently the supervisor of six PhD students. Several Post-Doc Researchers have been welcomed in his lab in the last nine years. His research interests currently include magnetohydrodynamics, fluid mechanics, numerical methods, heat and mass transfer, turbulence, particulate flows, micropolar fluids, biological flows, targeted cancer treatment, optimization methods, physical and chemical processes, and
Magnetohydrodynamics; turbulence; nanofluids; convective heat transfer; biological flows; liquid metals; Nanoparticles

Institute of Molecular and Translation Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University in Olomouc, Republic
Václav Ranc obtained his Ph. D. degree in 2009. The theme of his thesis was "Analysis of isomers using mass spectrometric approaches". He works as a professor associate at the institute of molecular and translational medicine at the Palacký University in Olomouc. Previously, he worked as a group leader at the regional center of advanced technologies and materials at the Palacký University in Olomouc (2012 – 2021) and as an assistant professor at the Department of Analytical chemistry, Palacký University, Olomouc (2008 to 2010). In the years 2011 and 2012, he worked in the department of medicine at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland as a research assistant. He has authored and co-authored 74 scientific papers, H index = 28 (Google Scholar). He is a co-author of two international patents.
raman spectroscopy; Nanostructures; Nanomaterials; 3D hybrid systems; magnetic nanocomposites; Surface enhanced Raman scattering; Raman Imaging; chiral analysis; Low-dimensional materials

Dr. John Vakros had received his Bachelor and PhD from Department of Chemistry, University of Patras. His research is focuses on “Heterogeneous Catalysis” and “Interfacial Chemistry”. He is the author or co-author of 42 peer review articles and more than 60 announcements in international and national congresses. He has participated in more than 10 National and International Research projects. He is teaching in University of Patras, Technological institute of Peloponnese and Hellenic Open University
Catalyst, Adsorption, Oxidation, Catalyst Characterization, Materials Science, Kinetics, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Catalyst Synthesis, Material Characterization, Green Chemistry Technology

Dr. Minakshi work in Energy Materials for rechargeable batteries, photocatalysis, and supercapacitors. He has also work on earth-abundant catalyst for efficient water electrolysis. Dr. Minakshi has had 135 accepted peer-reviewed journal publications (with an h-index of 41), fifteen conference proceedings that include five invited talks, one book, one patent, and six technical reports.
Energy Storage; Energy; Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy - Science method; Energy Conversion; Lithium Ion Batteries; Spectroscopy; Electrochemistry; Materials Chemistry; Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Dr Carlos Fernandez (FHEA, CChem, CSci, MRSC, MIP) is a Lecturer in Bioanalytical Chemistry at RGU (2014) He received his PhD in Electrocatalytic Reactions from The University of Hull (UK). He than worked as Consultant Technologist in Hull and in a post-doctoral position in Manchester developing an electrochemical sensor using Screen Printed Electrodes to detect methamphetamine, ampthetamine and ecstasy in oral fluid for the purpose of roadside testing. In 2013 he moved in to RGU as a Research Fellow.
Nanomaterials, Sensors, 2D materials, Functional Materials, Energy Storage Devices

Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Italy
Francesca Lionetto received Master degree in Material Engineering at the University of Lecce in Italy in 1999. After working one and half year with Bosch company, both in Italy and Germany, she granted a PhD fellowship in Material Engineering at the University of Lecce in Italy. Between 2002 and 2003 she was a visiting scientist at the University of Nottingham in UK after granting a Marie Curie Fellowship. She received her PhD degree in Materials Engineering in 2004 defending a thesis on an innovative technique for the ultrasonic dynamic mechanical analysis of polymers. Between 2004 and 2012 she was a post-doc at the Department of Innovation Engineering of the University of Salento in Italy. In 2013 she was appointed as an Assistant Professor in Material Science and Engineering at the same Department. Lionetto’s research interest include: i) synthesis and characterization of nanostructured polymers; ii) nanocomposites reinforced with carbon nanotubes; iii) organic-inorganic epoxy-based hybrids produced by sol-gel method; iv) ultrasonic dynamic mechanical analysis for the characterization of the viscoelastic properties of polymers and polymer based composites; v) cure monitorig of thermosetting resins; vi) characterization of biopolymers, such as wood and starch. Since 2005 up today she teaches in the Course “Science and Technology of Materials” for the students of the Bachelor in Technologies for Conservation and Restoration, Faculty of Cultural Heritage at the University of Salento.
polymer-based nanocomposites; polymer composite processing; polymer composite joining; polymer viscoelasticity; hybrid welding of dissimilar materials

College of Life Sciences and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology, China
Guangli Li is an associate professor of the School of Life Science and Chemistry, Hunan University of Technology, China. He received his PhD from College of Chemistry and Molecules Sciences, Wuhan University, China in 2016 with the major of Physical Chemistry. Then, he has joined the Hunan Key Laboratory of Biomedical Nanomaterials and Devices in Hunan University of Technology since 2017. He has presided over more than 10 research projects funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China and other organizations. Additionally he has published over 60 high-level academic papers in Journal of Hazardous Materials, Nanoscale, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Journal of Neural Engineering and other similar ranked journals. His main research focuses on development of advanced (bio)electrochemical sensors for biomedical and environmental applications, and design of novel biopotential electrodes for emerging wearable devices and real-life brain-computer interfaces.
Dry EEG electrode; Semi-dry EEG electrode; brain-computer interface; Bioelectrical signal; Biosensors; Graphene; nanocomposite; Nanosensor; 2D nanomaterial; wearable sensor; Biopotential electrode; neural electrode; electrochemical sensor; orr; OER; Elect

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Hellenic Mediterranean University Estavromenos, Greece
Dr. Dimitra Vernardou received her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Salford in 2005. Her thesis was entitled "The Growth of Thermochromic Vanadium Dioxide Films by Chemical Vapour Deposition". During her Ph.D., she designed, optimized and demonstrated an atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (APCVD) reactor for the growth of VO2 and V2O5 coatings. Following this, she undertook postdoctoral studies in IESL-FORTH before being a research fellow in the Centre of Materials Technology and Photonics-TEI of Crete (CEMATEP) in 2006. As a research fellow, she designed and integrated an APCVD reactor for the growth of VO2 (pure or doped with tungsten), V2O5 and WO3 as coatings for thermochromic and electrochromic applications and lithium-ion batteries. Additionally, she has experience in the structural, optical and morphological analysis of the coatings. Regarding the electrochemical performance of the metal oxides as electrodes, she has carried out extensive studies using cyclic voltammetry to examine the cyclability, specific capacitance, charge and time response. The last three years, she continuously works with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to investigate the lithium ion intercalation/deintercalation mechanism at the electrode-electrolyte interface. She has published 80 papers in peer reviewed scientific journals with h-index 35 and i10-index 72 (Source: Google Scholar). She currently holds the position of Assistant Professor on Materials for Electrical Energy Efficiency and Storage in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering of Hellenic Mediterranean University.
Materials, Thin Films, Thin Films and Nanotechnology, Materials Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Material Characterization, Materials Processing, Nanomaterials, Sputtering, Nanoparticles

The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, The Directorate of Research, Development and Innovation Management (DMCDI), Romania
mechanical engineering; energies; coatings; Mechanical and tribological characterizations of macro-micro-nano structures; Topographical and morphological characterizations of three-dimensional surfaces; Computer-aided engineering and Designing industrial

nanomaterials, nanocomposites, characterization techniques, applications

Dr. Sumanta Sahoo is currently working as a Research Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, South Korea. He also worked in various institutes like Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, and Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science. His main research work is the synthesis of graphene through chemical routes, fabrication of supercapacitor electrodes based on graphene and conducting polymer, synthesis of ternary nanohybrids through hydrothermal route, fabrication of binder-free supercapacitor electrodes and MXene-based asymmetric supercapacitor devices. He has published more than 65 articles/reviews and book chapters in refereed journals.
Polymers; Materials; Material Characterization; Nanomaterials; Polymeric Materials; Nanostructured Materials; Material Characteristics; Advanced Materials; Nanomaterials Synthesis; Nanoparticle Synthesis

Reader in Polymers and Nanomaterials School of Natural Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, UK
carbon dots; antimicrobial; polymers; nanocomposites; nanosensors; bioimaging; fluorescence

Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "Ennio De Giorgi" , Università del Salento, Italy
Marco Anni is Associate Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Salento, Lecce (Italy). He graduated in Physics in 1998 and he obtained the title of Philosophy Doctor in Physics in 2001, both from the University of Lecce. >From 2006, he heads the Photonic Laboratory of the Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica "Ennio De Giorgi". The research activity of the laboratory is focused on the investigation of the optical properties of innovative materials for applications in lasers, sensors and solar cells. He has authored more than 130 publications in international journals, two books and has co-authored four patents.
Perovskite laser, Perovskite materials, Confocal Microscopy, Laser, Time resolved spectroscopy, amplified spontaneous emission

Dr. Marianna V. Kharlamova holds PhD degree in Physics (Spectroscopy) from University of Vienna (Vienna, Austria) and PhD degree in Chemistry (Inorganic Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry) from Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia). She graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University with MSc degree in Chemistry and BSc degree in Materials Science. Dr. Kharlamova is an experienced materials scientist with an extensive expertise in the development, synthesis and characterization of advanced materials. She acquired 17 years of research experience at research laboratories in recognized universities. She has a strong background in Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Bionanotechnology, Physics and Biophysics. She co-authored about 180 publications: 3 books, 7 book chapters and 66 peer-reviewed research articles (including 14 reviews) and 21 conference proceedings
Plenary Speakers

Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Masahiro YOSHIMURA was graduated for B.S. at 1965, M.S. at 1967 and D. Sc. in Engineering at 1970 from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. Then 1970, Research Assoc.,1978 Assoc. Prof. ,1985 Full Prof. in Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology. During those periods, 1973-1975 Post Doc. in 3 CNRS Labs.(Odeillo, Orleans and Paris) in France, and 1975-1977 in Mass. Inst. Tech., USA. His researches started High-Temp. Mater. like Zirconia, Rare Earth Oxides, then moved Solution Processes including Hydrothermal/Solvothermal areas. After retired at 2008, Professor Emeritus, Visiting/Guest Profs. In Tohoku Univ., Japan, Univ. Limerick, Ireland, ETH Zurich, Switzerland, Inst. Metal. Res., CAS, China, . then National Cheng Kung Univ., Taiwan since Feb. 2010 as a Visiting Distinguished Chair Prof.,as the Director of PCGMR,Hi-Gem member and NCKU90 and Beyond project. He received ,Academic Award (1993) from The Ceramic Soc. Japan, 10th Fulrath Pacific Award(1987) Fellow(1995),Distinguished Life Award(2017) from The Amer. Ceram. Soc., and Honorary Fellow(2017) from European Ceramic Soc., He has been nominated from Thomson-Reuter as ISI Highly-Cited Researcher(2001).Now he has >730 peer-reviewed Papers, 84 Reviews,7 Books (49 Book Chapters) & 30 Patents, and >25,000 International. Citations with h-index >77 by Scopus, >38,000 with >92 by Google, #1 in Solution Processing, #5 in Ceramics in the World Ranking. He has organized 25 Internl Confs.: IUMRS-ICA,Chiba,1997, IUMRS-ICAM,Yokohama,2003, and , 6th ISHA,2016, Tainan,Taiwan. etc. >50 Plenary/Keynote & >250 invited Lectures in Intnl Meetings. He is Founding President(2006-2008) of ISHA, President of the Advisory Board (2010-2014) in The World Academy of Ceramics (WAC), A Advisory Officer of IUMRS(Audit Elect 2007,Former President of MRS-Japan). Advisory Board CIMTEC,2022,Italy, Editor-in-Chief of Handbook of Advanced Ceramics, Elsevier.2023. He has committed to about 60 Ph. D Grdutes.
Keynote Speakers

CAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Wenyan Yin is currently a Professor at Key Lab for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety of the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). She received her PhD degree from Beijing Institute of Technology (2010). Her research interests mainly focus on design of intelligent nanomaterials, construction of new nanomaterials, nanoscale biosafety and their biomedical applications. She has published more than 80 scientific papers in refereed international journals, including JACS, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., ACS Nano, Biomaterials, Small. Her research work has been intensively cited more than 7900 times by peer scientists with the h-index of 41 and has also been highlighted many times in scientific journals, web journals, and public media.She was the recipient of Outstanding Open Science Author of the Year 2022,Outstanding Young Scholars Fund of the Institute of High Energy Physics and the Third Prize of Municipal Industrialization Competition.

Dr. Wan-Liang Lu (Lyu) is a professor of School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Peking University. He received his PhD degree from China Pharmaceutical University. He was a research scientist at National University of Singapore (NUS)/National University Hospital (NUH), Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre, and Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University. He is Associate Director of Pharmaceutics Committee at Chinese Pharmaceutical Association (CPA), the member of editorial board for Nanomaterials, Journal of Peking University (Health Sciences), Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, etc. His research involves in nanomedicine, multi-drug resistance of cancer and cancer stem cells, and biopharmaceutics, resulting in 180 research papers in these fields. He was the recipient of Natural Science Award of China Education Ministry in the year 2009, 2012 and 2019.

Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Italy
Giovanna Rassu is an Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy of the University of Sassari, where she performs her research and teaching activities in the drug delivery field. Her research activity is mainly focused on the development of micro- and nanoparticles for different routes of administration (nasal, oral, and cutaneous), mainly for nose-to-brain drug delivery; these studies are in collaboration with various national and international research groups. To date, she is (co)authored of 73 scientific publications (h-index 27; 2245 Citations) and more than 90 congress communications/proceedings. She reviews manuscripts submitted to different prestigious journals of the drug delivery categories; she is an Editorial Board Member of Pharmaceutics. She is also the Special Issue Editor of the Special Issue “Liposomes and Lipid Nanovesicular Carriers for Drug Delivery” and Mucoadhesive and Mucosal Drug Delivery Systems Volume II in Pharmaceutics. She is the inventor of a Patent titled "Permeation Cells" (number: 102017000089514; European extension application (PCT / IB2018 / 055726)) suitable for the permeation studies of substances through membranes or tissues.

New perspectives in nanomedicine from biodegradable alloy nanoparticles obtained by laser ablation in liquid
Vincenzo Amendola is Professor of Physical Chemistry at Padova University, where he established and directs the Laser Assisted Synthesis and Plasmonics lab (www.chimica.unipd.it/lasp). His research activity is focused on the mechanisms behind laser processing of colloids and its application to the synthesis of unconventional and metastable nanomaterials, that are exploited for experimental and theoretical investigations in the fields of plasmonics, sensing, nanomedicine and heterogeneous catalysis. He obtained the PhD in Materials Science and Engineering in 2008 and the Italian qualification as Full Professor in 2017, after research experience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cambridge University. He is part of the Program Committee of the ANGEL conference series and he is member of the Nanomaterials Editorial Advisory Board. He was honoured with the Levi prize, the Semerano prize, the Young Innovators Award, the Alceste Mion Award and the Belloni prize. He is in the top 100^k scientists of the last “science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators.

ITODYS Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, Université Paris Cité, France
Miryana Hémadi is Associate Professor at the ITODYS laboratory, Chemistry Department, Université Paris Cité. Her research focuses on hybrid, inorganic and organic, nanomaterials whose excellent physical and chemical properties, as well as their low toxicity, mean that they can be exploited for a wide variety of applications. Functionalization of these nanomaterials increases their efficacy and specificity. In nanomedecine, this is achieved by binding proteins or other biomolecules to their surface for them to be used for bioimaging, thermal therapy, drug delivery and targeting. She is developing multidisciplinary research, based on physicochemistry and materials science, in close association with biology and the health field.

Scientific Research Center, Soran University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
Eutectic-based ionic liquids: a novel medium for synthesizing metal and metal nanoparticles at low temperature
Dr Azeez Abdullah Barzinjy: was born in Erbil-Iraq. He received his BSc. (Physics) and M.Sc. (Superconducting transmission line) from the University of Salahaddin-Erbil in 1998 and 2004, respectively. He completed his PhD (Materials Science) at the Materials Science centre, University of Leicester/UK in 2014. He is currently Associated Professor at Soran University and teaching in Tishk International University in Iraq. He participated in many international and local conferences as a keynote speaker and he published many highly impact scientific articles. His current research interests include Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles, metal electroplating from novel ionic liquids and investigating their properties, solar selective coating, surface plasmon resonance and nanotechnology. He is currently supervising several master and PhD students in different universities. He Organized 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Nanotechnology workshop from 2017-2022 with his colleague at Tishk International University. Erbil, Iraq. He participated in several international and local conferences as a keynote speaker, scientific committee, international advisory board, organization committee and presenter. He is member of: 1- American Physical Society since 2008. 2- American Chemical Society since 2011. 3- Royal Society of Chemistry since 2011. 4- Leicester ionic liquids group since 2011. 5- International Nanotechnology association since 2019.

Dr. Enzheng Shi is currently a tenure-track assistant professor at School of Engineering, Westlake University. He received his bachelor's degree from School of Materials Science & Engineering, Shandong University in 2010, and Ph.D. degree from Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Peking University in 2015. He worked as a postdoc research associate in Iowa State University from 2015 to 2017, and in Purdue University from 2017 to 2020. Dr. Shi is mainly engaged in the design, synthesis, assembly and application exploration of new electronic materials and energy materials.

Single Quantum, Delft, Netherlands
The art of detecting single photons with superconducting nanowire.
Dr. Ronan Gourgues graduated in applied physics at the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France. He obtained a PhD at Single Quantum as part of a Marie-Curie International Training Network called Phonsi. Since the end of it he joined Single Quantum as a full-time research engineer in the development team. He is in charge of internal and European projects and he makes sure that the laboratory is functioning properly.

University of Groningen, Assistant professor of Nanomaterials Chemistry, Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Netherlands
2D vs 3D tin halide perovskites nanostructures
Loredana Protesescu (RUG) (phd obtained in 2016) has been an assistant professor since 2019 at Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen. She is an inorganic chemist with strong expertise in the chemistry of (novel) nanomaterials, their structural particularities, their surface chemistry in relationship to self-assembly in thin films, and their properties. She has vast experience in developing tailored confined nanocrystals with applications from optoelectronic devices to electrocatalysis, which is the expertise she brings to this consortium. She has published about 55 papers and contributed to the development of two patents, while she is the scientific advisor of Peafowl Plasmonics, a Sweden start-up company. She has recently won the Nanomaterials 2020 Young Investigator Award and a Veni NWO grant (2019). She was selected as Early Career Board member for Nano Letters starting 2022.
Sessions
A. Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of NanomaterialsB. Modeling and Simulation of Nanostructures and Nanodevices
C. Carbon Nanomaterials, Graphene and 2D Materials
D. Polymer Nanomaterials, Soft Nanomaterials, Nanocoatings/Thin films, and Nanostructured Surfaces
E. Magnetism and Magnetic Nanomaterials
F. Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
G. Nanotechnology for Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Energy, and Environment
H. Nanophysics, Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanoplasmonics and Nanosensing
I. Poster
Event Awards
Best Paper Award
As a sponsor, Nanomaterials would like to award the best paper as elected by the conference committee. The award will consist of 500 Swiss Francs. We look forward to posting your contributions.
Criteria for Evaluation of Best Paper Award:
- Full paper must be submitted to IOCN 2023;
- Originality/novelty of the paper;
- Significance of content;
- Scientific soundness;
- Interest to the readers;
- English language and style.
Evaluation
- Each Evaluation Committee member will give an assessment for each applicant in terms of the criteria outlined above;
- The total score for each presentation will be ranked from highest to lowest;
- If two or more authors receive the same score, further evaluation will be carried out;
- All decisions made by the Evaluation Committee are final.
Best Presentation Award
As a sponsor, Nanomaterials would like to grant an award (300 Swiss Francs) for the best presentation files presented at the conference. This prize is awarded by a jury to the best presentation files presented at the conference.
Criteria for Evaluation of Best Presentation Award:
- Title (with authors and affiliations)
- Introduction/Objectives/Aims
- Methods
- Results
- Conclusion
- References
- Acknowledgements
- Contact information
Evaluation
During the conference, the chair is invited to judge the quality of the presentation files. Criteria for judgment of the presentation will be the ability to summarize the content of the work and motivate the interest in looking at the presentation files. In addition, the clarity of presentation files and appearance quality will be considered.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 1
The Best Paper Award is presented to the paper judged to make the most significant contribution to the conference.
Number of Awards Available: 1
The Best Presentation Award was established to recognize the scientific merit exhibited in presentation files and preparation.
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Gem Yao
Ms. Cassie Zhang
Ms. Alethea Liu
MDPI Branch Office, Beijing
E-Mail: [email protected]
A. Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Nanomaterials
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Jose L. Arias, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja s/n, Spain
B. Modeling and Simulation of Nanostructures and Nanodevices
C. Carbon Nanomaterials, Graphene and 2D Materials
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Jun Chen, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, China
Prof. Dr. Minas M. Stylianakis, 1. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece 2. Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece
D. Polymer Nanomaterials, Soft Nanomaterials, Nanocoatings/Thin films, and Nanostructured Surfaces
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Ullrich Scherf, Macromolecular Chemistry Group, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal, Germany
Dr. Marinella Striccoli, Institute for Physical and Chemical Processes, IPCF -National Research Council, CNR, Bari Division, c/o Chemistry Department, University of Bari ,Italy
E. Magnetism and Magnetic Nanomaterials
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Souad Ammar Merah, 1. ITODYS Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Paris, France 2. EIDD Engineering School, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Paris, France
F. Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
Session Chairs
Dr. Bogdan Stefan Vasile, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Aurélien Deniaud, Laboratory of Chemistry and Biology of Metals, UMR UGA/CEA/CNRS 5249, Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble, France
G. Nanotechnology for Catalysis, Electrochemistry, Energy, and Environment
Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Jian Gan Wang, Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
H. Nanophysics, Nanoelectronics, Nanophotonics, Nanoplasmonics and Nanosensing
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heiss, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute Materials for Electronics and Energy Technology, Germany
Dr. Letian Dou, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, USA