Subject: Info-AFA: NanoSmat 2007.

From: "AFA Filial Buenos Aires" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 17:43:59 -0300

Dear colleagues 

We would like to invite you to submit abstracts for NanoSmat 2007 where 
several Symposia take place on different topics of Nanoscience and 
Nanotechnology. At NanoSMat2007 I am also organizing the Symposium on 
Nanotechnology Approaches, Nanomaterials and Thin Films for Energy 
Technologies (More details about this Symposium can be found at the end of 
this message or at: 
http://vteixeira.com.sapo.pt/Nanomaterials_for_Energy_Technologies.htm ) 

NanoSmat 2007 
International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured 
Materials 
website: www.nanosmat.org/ 
9-11 July 2007, Algarve-Portugal 
Abstract Deadline: 28 February 2007 

NanoSMat is a biannual event of knowledge exchange and interactive 
platform for researchers and engineers from industry, research 
laboratories and academia. NanoSMat07 is the second of this series. 
Following its success as NanoSMat-2005, NanoSMat07 will bring 
together state-of-the-art developments on all aspects related to the 
processing, characterization and applications of surfaces, coatings 
and novel nanostructured materials. 

INVITED KEYNOTE LECTURE 

-Nobel Laureate Professor Sir H. W. Kroto, Florida State University, 
USA 
-Professor Jeff De Hosson, University of Groningen, Netherlands. 
-Professor Stan Veprek - Technical University Munich, Germany 

SYMPOSIA AT NANOSMAT 

-Ultrananocrystalline diamond and other NanoCarbons 
-NanoCatalysis 
-Nanomedicine 
-NanoFabrication and NanoCharacterisation 
-NanoPorous Semiconductors 
-Nanocomposite films and coatings 
-Developments in Nanomanufacturing 
-Nano particles for biomedical applications 
-Surface Engineering cutting tools at the Nanoscale Carbon Nanotubes 
-Surface Science: from bulk to nanoscale 
-Nanotechnology Approaches, Nanomaterials and Thin Films for Energy 
Technologies 

ABSTRACT Deadline: February 28 

The NanoSMat 2005 edition it was a 
great success! The papers were published in THIN SOLID FILMS: Vol 
515, Issue 1, Pages 1-380 (2006) and CATALYSIS TODAY, Vol. 116, 
Issue 1, (2006) pages 1-88. 

In the 2007 edition the selected papers will be published in a 
special issue of JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY (American 
Scientific Publishers), htpp://www.aspbs.com/jnn 

Besides the scientific aspects this conference will take place in a 
5 star hotel with direct lift to the beach! (but there are nearby hotels 
much less expensive). Just take a quick look at 
http://www.nanosmat.org/venue.asp 

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Symposium on Nanotechnology Approaches, Nanomaterials and Thin Films for 
Energy Technologies 
NAnoSMat 2007 
9-11 July, 2007, Algarve, Portugal 
Abstract Deadline: 28 February 2007 

Journal: The papers presented at NanoSMat07 will be selected to publish in a 
special issue of JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY  (American 
Scientific Publishers, http://www.aspbs.com/jnn 

NET-Symposium on Nanotechnology Approaches, Nanomaterials and Thin Films for 
Energy Technologies 

Most areas of nanotechnology are at an early stage of their development. 
Research in nanoscience and nanotechnology will contribute to the achievement 
of fundamental breakthroughs in nanomaterials and processes in energy systems. 
In the near future nanotechnology will contribute to efficient and low-cost 
systems for generating, storing, and transporting energy. 

Materials and structures that are designed and fabricated at the nanoscale 
level offer the potential to enhance efficiencies and reduce costs in solar 
photovoltaic systems, solar thermal systems, fuel cells and other energy 
technologies. 

This symposium on nanotechnology for energy technologies was designed to bring 
together different disciplines of energy technology and to discuss the 
possible benefits of nanoscience and nanotechnology in their R&D efforts. 
The symposium will also review the current state of knowledge in the field of 
nanomaterials, functional surfaces and nanostructured coatings for efficient 
energy systems as well present novel applications and current challenges and 
opportunities. 
We expect that this symposium could be also a gate way for high tech ideas and 
to find partners in innovative research proposals for the new 7PQ of the 
European Commission. 

Main Topics covered: 

The abstract submissions are now being accepted. Proposed topics include, but 
are not be limited to production, characterization and modeling of: 

Functional Surfaces and nanostructured coatings for energy systems 
Nanotechnology for Efficient Energy Conversion 
Selective nanostructured absorbers for thermal collectors 
Photovoltaic Materials and Technologies 
Thin film and organic Solar cells 
Biovoltaics Technologies 
Nanomaterials for Fuel Cell Technologies 
Large-scale nanomaterials production 
Nanomaterials for Hydrogen Storage 
Electrochemical Conversion and Storage 
Fuel Sources, Exploration and Refinement 
Portable or Miniaturized Energy Sources 

Symposium Organizers: 

Vasco Teixeira 
University of Minho, GRF-Functional Coatings Group, Guimaraes - PORTUGAL 
[email-masked] 

Augustin McEvoy 
EPFL-Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, LPI-Laboratory of Photonics and 
Interfaces, Lausanne - SWITZERLAND 
[email-masked] 

Juan Bisquert 
Universitat Jaume I, Departament de Ciencies Experimentals, Castello - SPAIN 
[email-masked] 

Abstract Deadline: 

28 February 2007 

Abstract Submission 

Short abstracts of maximum one A4 page length (with no figures or tables 
integrated) on any of the above topics should be e-mailed to 
[email-masked] with cc to [email-masked] by 28 February 2007 
Please refer to the symposium your prefer to present. 

Please check periodically this Symposium website to see updates on the list of 
invited speakers. 
http://vteixeira.com.sapo.pt/Nanomaterials_for_Energy_Technologies.htm