CONFERENCE THEMES

Preparation and properties of nanomaterials
Industrial and environmental applications of nanomaterials
Bionanotechnology, nanomaterials in medicine
Health, environment challenges, toxicity of nanomaterials
Standardization, metrology and characterization of nanomaterials

1. PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF NANOMATERIALS

Synthetic approaches and study of properties of all types of nanomaterials
(0D-3D) - quantum dots, nanopowders, functionalized nanoparticles,
nanocomposites, carbon nanostructures, nanofibres, nanolayeres and films,
colloid systems, etc.

2. INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF NANOMATERIALS

Applications in catalyses, photocatalysis, coatings and paints, nanofiltration,
nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, sensors, etc.

Applications in construction, energy production and storage, in chemical,
textile and consumer industries; water cleaning and ecology applications

3. BIONANOTECHNOLOGY, NANOMATERIALS IN MEDICINE

Antibacterial materials and means, biosensors, biocatalyzators, biochemical
applications, biogenic nanomaterials

Targeted drug transport, tissue engineering, diagnostics, molecular analysis,
antitumor therapy, nano- implants, marking and separation of cells, etc.

4. HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT CHALLENGES

Influence of nanomaterials on environment and health, potential risks of
production, applications and transport of nanomaterials

Risk management, monitoring, toxicity and ecotoxicity of nanomaterials,
safety and responsible research, international cooperation, EU and Czech
Republic approach

5. STANDARDIZATION, METROLOGY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF
NANOMATERIALS

• Definition, methods of measuring and testing, norms, new methods and
approaches to characterization of nanomaterials

GENERAL INFORMATION

Date:
September 21st - 23rd 2011
Venue:
Hotel Voroněž, Brno, Czech Republic, EU
Conference language: English

REGISTRATION OF PAPERS AND POSTERS
Please input abstract in English incl. keywords (200 words min., 250 words
max.) via conference registration system on www.Nanocon.cz. Deadline for
abstracts is May 15th 2011. It is not possible to include the paper without
abstract to the conference programme. Instruction for authors can be found
on the conference website.

PAPERS INTO THE CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Range of paper is 6 pages max .incl. pictures, max. volume is 20 MB. Please
input the papers via conference registration system on www.Nanocon.cz.
Deadline for papers is Aug 15th 2011. The Programme Committee reserves
the right to include received papers into the paper or poster session.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE AUTHORS OF POSTERS
Poster session will take place on Sep 22nd 2011 from 5.30 p.m. The posters can
be displayed throughout the conference. Poster size should be 1m (width) ×
1.5m (height) max. Deadline for full texts is Aug 15th2011.

IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for input of abstracts
Deadline for uploading full texts
Deadline for registration and payment
Deadline for uploading presentations

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Printed conference proceedings with abstracts of papers and posters and
a CD with full texts of the papers will be published as of the date of the
conference. The proceedings including full texts of papers will be also
published on www.Nanocon.cz. Selected Papers from Proceedings of
NANOCON 2010 International Conference were sent to the reputable
Thomson-Reuters database (Web of Science/Web of Knowledge), it is under
indexing now.

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