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International Nanophotonics School, June 2019

The Center for Nanophotonics at AMOLF is organizing an International Nanophotonics School for PhD students and postdocs that will focus on hot topics in modern fundamental nanophotonics science. A unique line-up of top-scientists have agreed to serve as lecturers for the school, all of whom are also known to be excellent teachers, see the draft program below. The number of attendees is limited to 80.

Unique program format
The school has a unique format: each lecturer is asked to give a one-hour tutorial, that is specially prepared for the school. The tutorial is built up of from basics for students that are new in the field, and then covers more complex concepts. Lecture slides will be made available to the attendees. The tutorial is followed by a 30 min. highlight talk by the lecturer.

Speakers will include:

  • Femius Koenderink, AMOLF, Amsterdam
  • Jean-Jacques Greffet, Institut dÓptique, Paris
  • Nathalie de Leon, Princeton University
  • Allard Mosk, Utrecht University
  • Jenny Nelson, Imperial College, London
  • Ewold Verhagen, AMOLF, Amsterdam
  • Javier Aizpurua, Materials Physics Center, San Sebastian
  • Stepfan Goetzinger, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen
  • Elaine Li, University of Austin, Texas
  • Mark Wilson, University of Toronto
  • Isabelle Staude, Abbe Center of Photonics, Jena
  • Mikael Rechtsman, Pennsylvania State University

Who can attend?
PhD students and postdocs are welcome to register for the School. The number of attendees is limited to 80.

Student/postdoc presentations
All school attendees are invited to present a poster about their research. In addition, a total of 10 slots is available in the program for oral presentations. Abstracts can be submitted to apply for these talks.

 

Important Dates

Early-bird registration ends 1 March 2019

Oral abstract submission ends 1 April 2019

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Congratulations to Dr Matthew Otten: 2018 Best NST Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation Awardee

The nanoscience and technology (NST) Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation Series is an opportunity at Argonne National Laboratory for postdocs to present their research in order to facilitate networking between postdocs and staff scientists. The best presentation is selected annually through ballots available to anyone who attends a talk.

The winner of the 2018 edition was announced at the NST division holiday lunch on December 14, 2018. Dr Matthew Otten has been awarded the 2018 NST Best Postdoctoral Fellow Presentation Award and has received $200 prize sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Nanoscale, a high impact international journal that publishes the experimental and theoretical articles across the breadth of nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Matt received his bachelor degree from Illinois Institute of Technology and PhD in physics from Cornell. He joined the NST division in the fall of 2017 as a recipient of prestigious Maria Coepper Mayer Fellowship available at Argonne National Laboratory to top science and engineering young talents. Matt is working on the theory and modeling of quantum information and sensing processes in nanoscale systems such as metallic nanostructures interacting with quantum dots the dynamics of NV centers in diamond.

Congratulations Matt!

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9th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN9)

On behalf of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology,  we would like to warmly invite you to participate in at the 9th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN9), which will  be held at the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,  in Wellington from the 10th to the 14th of February 2019.

 

AMN9 is the ninth event in a biennial conference series  which focuses on cutting-edge research in nanoscience and nanotechnology. The topics covered reflect the broad scientific interests of the MacDiarmid Institute and range from nano-bio interfaces, nanomedicine, materials for photovoltaics, to novel electronic devices (including spintronics and valleytronics). The programme will include a line-up of world-leading  plenary speakers, cutting edge keynote talks, as well as contributed oral and poster presentations. The goals is to create a stimulating environment to present new results and exchange scientific ideas.

Check out the website for more details on the speakers and for the full registration details: http://www.cmnzl.co.nz/amn9-conference/

 

Important Dates

Registration Open Now
Abstract Submission Closed
Notification of Abstract Submission Completed
Earlybird Registration Closes 14 December 2018
Standard Registration Applies 15 December 2018
AMN9 Conference 11 – 14 February 2019
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Nanophotonics of 2D Materials (N2D 2019)

Over the past decade, there has been a growing research activity on light-matter interactions in atomically thin materials, such as graphene, topological insulators, thin polar and semiconducting layers and other van der Waals materials, including their heterostructures. Nanophotonics of 2D materials (N2D) aims to explore their optical phenomena by providing a setting where researchers from diverse fields can convene; classical and quantum optics; excitons, phonons and plasmons; far-field and near field spectroscopies; many body optical physics; topological photonics; among many others. Through these interactions, N2D seeks to provide a setting where unifying concepts can form, new ideas are inspired, and new frontiers in theoretical and experimental research on 2D materials nanophotonics can emerge. 

 

Meet the editor and discuss high impact publishing

As part of N2D, there will be a conference panel to discuss High Impact Publishing in 2D featuring editors from the American Chemical Society, Nature Publishing, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Qing Dai, NCNST China, will take part in the panel discussion to share his recent experiences and top tips for authors as an Associate Editor for Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances.

 

Important Dates

Abstract submission for poster contributions is still open 
Early-Bird Registration Deadline: December 15

 

Check out the conference website for a full list of speakers: http://n2d-2019.dipc.org/ and for the conference program: http://n2d-2019.dipc.org/n2d/cgi-bin/talks/allprint.pl

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NANODDS 2018 Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium

The 2018 Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Symposium will be hosted in Portland, Oregon. The objectives of this symposium are to highlight new groundbreaking discoveries and developments in nanomedicine and drug delivery.  Revolutionary advances in this area require collaboration amongst researchers working in a diverse array of fields including nanotechnology, materials science, imaging, cell biology, tissue engineering, gene editing, drug and gene delivery as well as clinical research.

The symposium will take place at the Collaborative Life Science Building (CLSB), a next-generation health and science education and research facility that combines the resources and brainpower of three Oregon universities under one roof – Oregon State University (OSU), Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Portland State University (PSU).

The full list of speakers is available on the conference website – https://www.nanodds2018.org/speakers/ 

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NanoTox 2018 – 9th International Conference on Nanotoxicology

NanoTox 2018 – 9th International Conference on Nanotoxicology will take place this year between 18th-21st September 2018 at Dorint-Hotel Neuss, Germany. 

 

The special focus of NanoTox 2018 will be “New tools in risk assessment of nanomaterials” such as read-across, grouping and categorization. This event will offer a platform for all interested scientists, industry partners and regulatory bodies to discuss the latest results and developments in nanosafety research.

The full list of plenary speakers is available on the conference website including the portal to submit posters and register before the deadline below.

Key deadlines: 

Appearance in the list of participants 31 August 2018

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NANOCON 2018 – 10th Anniversary International Conference on Nanomaterials – Research & Application

NANOCON 2018 – 10th Anniversary International Conference on Nanomaterials – Research & Application
17th (10 a.m.) – 19th (1 p.m.) October 2018
Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU
https://www.nanocon.eu

 

 

 

 

Conference abstracts will be accepted into five themed sessions:

  • Nanomaterials for Electronic, Magnetic and Optic Applications. Carbon Nanostructures, Quantum Dots.
  • Industrial and Environmental Applications of Nanomaterials.
  • Bionanotechnology, Nanomaterials in Medicine.
  • Monitoring and Toxicity of Nanomaterials.
  • Advanced Methods of Preparation and Characterization of Nanomaterials.

Highly ranked keynote and invited speakers already confirmed their attendance. The plenary lectures will be given by Prof. Dr. Paras N. Prasat (University at Buffalo, New York State, U.S.A.) focusing on photonics and biology to impact on energy and health care, and Prof. Dr. Antonio H. Castro Neto (National University of Singapore and Boston University/USA), one of the leading theorists in the study of graphene.

Confirmed speakers include also: Prof. Dr. Wilfried Vandervorst (IMEC, Leuven, Belgium), Prof. Dr. Andrei V. Kabashin (CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, France), Dr. Antonín Fejfar (Institute of Physics CAS, Prague, Czech Republic), Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Ernst (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland) and others. More on Invited speakers is available at the web page of the conference here.

Important deadlines:

  • Abstract submission 31st August
  • Registration 17th September
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Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances Editorial Board Update

We have several exciting new appointments to our Editorial Board that we would like to share with you.

Co-Editor-in-Chief

First, we are delighted to announce that Professor Dirk Guldi (Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) has been appointed as the Co-Editor-in-chief of Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances!

He will provide hands-on support and guidance to the Editorial Board and team, working alongside with and assisting the Editor-in-chief in the promotion and development of both journals.

Having previously served as Chair of the Chemical Society Reviews Editorial Board, Dirk is experienced in leading and guiding an editorial team, and with his close involvement and familiarity with Nanoscale and Nanoscale Advances, as well as being a Scientific Editor for Nanoscale Horizons, he also holds a unique and valuable editorial perspective over the entire nanoscale journal family.

Check out some of Dirk’s recent work:

Interfacing porphyrins and carbon nanotubes through mechanical links, Chemical Science, 2018, Advance Article

Improving charge injection and charge transport in CuO-based p-type DSSCs – a quick and simple precipitation method for small CuO nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2018, 6, 5176-5180

Tuning pentacene based dye-sensitized solar cells, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 8515-8525

 

New Associate Editors

Two new Associate Editors have joined the Nanoscale team!

Qing Dai received PhD degree in Nanophotonics at the Department of Engineering from University of Cambridge, after obtained MEng degree on Electronic & Electrical Engineering from Imperial College, London. Following postdoctoral appointments at Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (CAPE) at University of Cambridge, he joined the faculty of National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST, located in Beijing) in 2012. Now he is a professor at NCNST and serving as the director of Division of Nanophotonics.

His research interests include low dimensional nanomaterials, plasmonics, nearfield optical characterization and ultrafast electron emissions.

Check out some of his recent work:

Higher order Fano graphene metamaterials for nanoscale optical sensingNanoscale, 2017, 9, 14998-15004

High performance boronic acid-containing hydrogel for biocompatible continuous glucose monitoringRSC Advances, 2017, 7, 41384-41390

Study of graphene plasmons in graphene–MoS2 heterostructures for optoelectronic integrated devicesNanoscale, 2017, 9, 208-215

 

Liberato Manna received his M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Bari (Italy) in 1996 and his Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences from the same university in 2001. During his Ph.D. and later as a postdoctoral fellow, he worked at the University of California Berkeley (U.S.A.). In 2003, he moved back to Italy as staff scientist at the National Nanotechnology Lab of CNR-INFM in Lecce (Italy) where he later became responsible for the Nanochemistry Division in 2006. In April 2009, he moved to the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genova as head of the Nanochemistry Department. Since 2015 he is Deputy Director of IIT for the materials and nanotechnology programs.

His areas of expertise include; functional inorganic materials and devices, functional nanostructured materials, and surfaces, interfaces, and applications.

Check out some of his recent work:

Selective antimony reduction initiating the nucleation and growth of InSb quantum dotsNanoscale, 2018, 10, 11110-11116

Generating plasmonic heterostructures by cation exchange and redox reactions of covellite CuS nanocrystals with Au3+ ionsNanoscale, 2018, 10, 2781-2789

Manipulating the morphology of the nano oxide domain in AuCu–iron oxide dumbbell-like nanocomposites as a tool to modify magnetic propertiesRSC Advances, 2018, 8, 22411-22421

 

Finally, you may have seen that the 2017 Impact Factor for Nanoscale has been revealed as 7.233*. We are very happy to see the continued support from our community and thank you for publishing your high quality nanoscience work with us.

*2017 Journal Citation Reports, Clarivate Analytics June 2018.

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Highlights from Nanoscale so far in 2018

 

We are delighted to see the support from the community as you continue to contribute outstanding articles showcasing high quality, cross-community research that bridges the various disciplines involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology. A testament to the journal success is our latest Impact Factor 7.233*.

To celebrate the nanoscience community’s excellent work, we have picked out some content highlights for 2018 so far, which we would like to share with you. All articles are free to access until the end of July** – we hope you enjoy reading them.

Reviews

Predicting the impact of structural diversity on the performance of nanodiamond drug carriers

A. S. Barnard

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 8893-8910

 

Recent advances in the nanoengineering of electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction

Fengwang Li, Douglas R. MacFarlane and Jie Zhang

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 6235-6260

 

Communications

Spin-state dependent conductance switching in single molecule-graphene junctions

Enrique Burzurí, Amador García-Fuente, Victor García-Suárez, Kuppusamy Senthil Kumar, Mario Ruben, Jaime Ferrer and Herre S. J. van der Zant

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 7905-7911

 

A photonic sintering derived Ag flake/nanoparticle-based highly sensitive stretchable strain sensor for human motion monitoring

Inhyuk Kim, Kyoohee Woo, Zhaoyang Zhong, Pyungsam Ko, Yunseok Jang, Minhun Jung, Jeongdai Jo, Sin Kwon, Seung-Hyun Lee, Sungwon Lee, Hongseok Youn and Jooho Moon

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 7890-7897

 

Papers

3D interconnected porous carbon nanosheets/carbon nanotubes as a polysulfide reservoir for high performance lithium–sulfur batteries

Wu Yang, Wang Yang, Ailing Song, Gang Sun and Guangjie Shao

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 816-824

 

Upconverting nanocomposites with combined photothermal and photodynamic effects

Yue Huang, Artiom Skripka, Lucía Labrador-Páez, Francisco Sanz-Rodríguez, Patricia Haro-González, Daniel Jaque, Federico Rosei and Fiorenzo Vetrone

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 791-799

 

Large diffusion anisotropy and orientation sorting of phosphorene nanoflakes under a temperature gradient

Yuan Cheng, Gang Zhang, Yingyan Zhang, Tienchong Chang, Qing-Xiang Pei, Yongqing Cai and Yong-Wei Zhang

Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 1660-1666

 

Nanoscale has established itself as a platform for high quality, cross-community research that bridges the various disciplines involved with nanoscience and nanotechnology, publishing important research from leading international research groups.

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Click here for 2018 Highlights in Nanoscale Horizons, the premier journal in our nanoscale family, or sign up to our newsletters for more regular journal-specific updates.

 

* 2017 Journal Citation Reports, Clarivate Analytics June 2018.

**Access to articles through login via your free Royal Society of Chemistry publishing personal account

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RSC Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Group Annual Symposium 2018: Nanotechnology for Energy and Environment

Chemical Science, Nanoscale and Nanoscale Horizons are delighted to sponsor the RSC Chemical Nanoscience & Nanotechnology (RSC-CNN) Group Annual Symposium 2018, taking place on 6 – 7 September 2018 in London, UK. This event on nanotechnology for energy and environment is organised by the RSC-CNN Group and chaired by Professor Junwan Tang (UCL) and Professor Radim Beranek (Ulm University).

The symposium covers recent developments in fundamental studies, novel material development and reactor engineering in the field, and aims to provide a forum for researchers to exchange ideas as well as discuss recent advances and challenges. A program consisting of international experts in the field will cover topics from thermal catalysis to water splitting.

Don’t miss out on your chance to attend this exciting symposium – find out more and register here!

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