SYMPOSIUM 7: 20th International Symposium on Functional Nanomaterials and Thin Films for Sustainable Energy, Environmental and Biomedical Applications
Functional nanomaterials with intrinsically new and tailored properties are key elements for developing sustainable solutions for energy, environment and health. Specifically, this symposium will focus on new materials, energy technologies and devices based on inorganic, hybrid and composite materials. Particular emphasis will be given to novel synthesis approaches, surface functionalization, and heterostructuring of nanoparticles, nanowires, 2D materials and nanoscopic films, fundamentally new properties, and energy-efficient materials synthesis. Functional surfaces fabricated using emerging processing techniques such as jet printing, 3D printing, etc. are also within the scope of the symposium. Applications of nanostructures in photocatalysis, energy, sensing, and biomedical applications that combine advanced processing with conceptual advancements will form the major thrust areas. Contributions related to energy applications such as photovoltaics (perovskite materials), photothermal materials, batteries, fuel cells, thermoelectric materials, water splitting, and carbon conversion as well as transparent conductors and challenges related to the large-scale production and integration of functional and structural nanomaterials are highly desired.
Proposed Session Topics
- Synthesis, functionalization and assembly of inorganic and hybrid nanostructures
- Nanomaterials for energy conversion, storage and catalysis
- Nanomaterials for sensing, batteries and water-splitting applications
- Nanomaterials for thermoelectrics, photocatalysis, electrocatalysis, and solar hydrogen
- Nanotoxicity, bio-imaging, drug-delivery and tissue engineering with tailored nano-bioconjugates
- Transition metal chalcogenides, carbonaceous nanostructures, 2D materials
- Functional coatings and innovative thin film techniques
- Interfacial materials and multi-material heterostructures & nanocomposites
- Computational methods in the design of tailored nanostructured materials
- Industrial production and application of nanomaterials & coatings
Symposium Organizers
- Muhammet S. Toprak, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Germany
- Andreu Cabot, Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Spain
- Sedat Ballikaya, Istanbul University, Turkey
- Ender Suvaci, Eskisehir University, Turkey
- Elisa Moretti, University of Venice, Italy
- Theodora Kyratsi, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
- Ji-Hyun Jang, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
- Ayan Roy Chaudhuri, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
- Do Kyung Kim, Konyang University, Republic of Korea
- Bin Zhu, Southeast University, China
- Ruth Adam, University of Cologne, Germany
- Ziyaad Aytuna, University of Cologne, Germany
Points of Contact
- Muhammet Toprak: toprak@kth.se
- Sanjay Mathur: mathur@uni-koeln.de
- Andreu Cabot: acabot@irec.cat
- Sedat Ballikaya: ballikaya@iuc.edu.tr