Heraklion Crete, Greece

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Topics

1. Advanced NanoMaterials and Nanostructures

  • Revolutionary Hybrid Materials: Pushing the boundaries of organic/inorganic hybrids.
  • Next-Gen Perovskites: From solar cells to quantum dots.
  • Graphene and Beyond: Exploring the future of carbon-based nanomaterials.
  • 2D Materials: Innovations in synthesis and applications beyond graphene.

2. Nanotechnology in Energy

  • Breakthroughs in Organic and Hybrid Photovoltaics: Enhancing efficiency and stability.
  • Perovskite Solar Cells: Tackling the challenges of commercialization.
  • Nanostructured Energy Storage: Cutting-edge materials for batteries and supercapacitors.
  • Solar Fuels: Nanomaterials driving efficient and stable solar fuel production.

3. Nanofabrication and Characterization

  • In Situ Characterization: Real-time insights during thin-film processing.
  • Advanced Imaging Techniques: Frontiers in electron microscopy and spectroscopy.
  • Nanomanufacturing: Cutting-edge processes and quality control.
  • AI in Nanotechnology: Machine learning for material design and process optimization.

4. Environmental and Sustainable Nanotechnology

  • Nanomaterials for Water Treatment: Innovations in filtration and desalination.
  • Eco-friendly Nanomanufacturing: Green synthesis and sustainable processes.
  • Environmental Monitoring: Nanosensors for detecting pollutants and toxins.

5. Theoretical and Computational Nanoscience

  • Modeling Nanomaterials: Predictive tools for material properties.
  • Quantum Effects: Theoretical insights and experimental validations.
  • Computational Device Design: From molecular electronics to nanophotonics.

6. Emerging Trends and Future Directions

  • Chiral Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Metal Halides: Synthesis, theory, and applications.
  • Smart Textiles: Wearable electronics and integrated systems.
  • Nanotechnology in Agriculture: Enhancing crop yield and pest control.
  • Neuromorphic Materials: Brain-like computing and biohybrid systems.
  • Plasmonics and Metasurfaces: Emerging platforms for nanophotonics.

7. Bio-nanomaterials

  • Smart Bio-nanomaterials: Self-healing materials, stimuli-responsive polymers, and advanced hydrogels.
  • Biomaterial Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering: Design, synthesis, and characterization of scaffolds for cell attachment, proliferation, and differentiation.
  • Bioinspired  Nanomaterials: Materials mimicking biological systems for enhanced performance in medical devices and implants.

8. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

  • Stem Cell Therapies:Emerging applications of stem cells for tissue regeneration and therapeutic development.
  • Organoid and Organ-on-a-Chip Technologies:Modeling human tissues and organs in vitro for disease modeling and personalized medicine
  • Tissue Engineering: Bone, cartilage, nerve and muscle regeneration using scaffold-based approaches and bioreactors
  • Regenerative Medicine: Wound healing, Cancer, oral and ophthalmic systems, vaccines, gene therapy, screening, immunotherapy, personalized medicine.

9. Biofabrication

  • Biofabrication for Tissue and Organ Engineering: Innovations in printing of tissues and organs
  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Systems: Biofabrication of microfluidic devices for tissue engineering, drug screening, and diagnostics
  • Bioinks for Bioprinting: Development of new bioinks, including natural polymers, synthetic hydrogels, and cell-laden materials for bioprinting.

10. Drug Delivery

  • Drug Delivery systems:Nanostructured biomaterials, dendrimers, liposomes, micelles, hydrogels, polymeric nanoparticles
  • Release mechanisms:Chemical reactions, stimuli-responsive, solvent, diffusion
  • Specificity, Targeting, Stability
  • Toxicity (acute and/or chronic) to humans and environment.

11. Biosensing

  • Bioimaging:Soft tissue, Nerve tissue, Chemical imaging, Mass spec imaging, PET, MRI
  • Biosensors: Electrochemical, optical, thermometric, piezoelectric, magnetic and micromechanical
  • Diagnostic tools:Biosensors, microfluidic devices, catheters, drug delivery systems, organ-on-a-chip, DNA chips, immunosensors, enzyme-based or organism- and cell-based biosensors.

12. Bioelectronics

  • Micro and nano bioelectronic materials: Conductive polymers, graphene, carbon nanotubes, semiconductors
  • Systems and Devices: Biomaterials and bionics, DNA chips, lab-on-a-chip, implantable electronics
  • Healthcare: Prevention, diagnosis, and monitoring/treatment of physical and mental diseases
  • Medical Data: Management, processing, mining, artificial intelligence.