Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

26 Sept 2016, 08:00 → 29 Sept 2016, 18:30 Europe/Rome

Aula B.Touschek (INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati)

The Nanotechnology group at INFN - LNF organizes since 2000 a series of international meetings in the area of nanotechnology. The Nanotechnology group at INFN - LNF organizes since 2000 a series of international meetings in the area of nanotechnology. The conference in 2016 is devoted to recent developments in nanoscience and its manifold technological applications. It consists of a number of tutorial/keynote lectures, as well as research talks presenting frontier nanoscience research developments and innovative nanotechnologies in the areas of biology, medicine, aerospace, optoelectronics, energy, materials and characterizations, low-dimensional nanostructures and devices. We plan to submit selected papers, based on conference talks and related discussions, for publication on a dedicated issue of a peer reviewed international journal we are . There will be Invited Lecturers and selected talks from the call for papers below, as well as a poster session.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

Authors wishing to submit their work for presentation at the conference can send an abstract as a doc file (max 2 pages, including figures) to bellucci@lnf.infn.it (or federico.micciulla@lnf.infn.it antonino.cataldo@lnf.infn.it) by 31st July 2016, specifying whether it is meant for oral or poster presentation. Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their submission by 1st September 2016. POSTER SESSION We wish inform authors that a BEST POSTER PRICE will be won, provide by a sponsor of conference.
Additional detailed information can be found in the web site:
https://agenda.infn.it/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=11337,
or by e-mailing:
bellucci@lnf.infn.it
federico.micciulla@lnf.infn.it
antonino.cataldo@lnf.infn.it
silvia.bistarelli@lnf.infn.it

Registration - There is no fee for attendance, however registration is mandatory and must be submitted before 31st August 2016. 
Hotel reservation is the responsibility of the participants. Additional information can be found in the web site: http://www.lnf.infn.it/lnfadmin/travel/alberghi.html
Information how to reach the venue is found in:
http://www.lnf.infn.it/lnfadmin/travel/travel.html
A map of the Frascati town, indicating the INFN-Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via E. Fermi 40, is found in:
http://www.lnf.infn.it/lnfadmin/travel/frascatimap.jpg

Monday, 26 September

Registration

Plenary Session

Conveners: Bengt Fadeel (Karolinska Institute), José Luis MILLÁN (Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute)

1 High-resolution ultrasonic technique for bulk microstructure investigation. Principles and areas of application

Speaker: Yulia S. Petronyuk (Russian Accademy of Science)

2 Advanced biomaterials and technologies for tissue repair/regeneration

Speaker: Luigi Ambrosio (Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials)

3 Safety Assessment of Engineered Nanomaterials: Implications for Nanomedicine

Speaker: Bengt Fadeel (Karolinska Institute)

4 Nanotechnologies and Raman SERS applied in Medicine: from Therapeutic Drug Monitoring to screening in oncology

Speaker: Valter Sergo (University Trieste)

13:30 Lunch

5 The biogenesis and function of matrix (nano)vesicles during endochondral ossification

Speaker: José Luis Millán (Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute)

16:45 Coffee Break

Tuesday, 27 September

Plenary Session

Convener: Prof. Philippe Lambin (University of Namur)

6 Safety assessment of nanotechnologies in the food sector: problems and perspectives

Speaker: Francesco Cubadda (Istituto Superiore Sanità)

7 Raman Spectroscopy as a tool for investigation of carbon materials: a careful approach

Speaker: Alberto Tagliaferro (Politecnico di Torino)

11:00 Coffee Break

Electronic Devices and Fundamental properties

Convener: Prof. Yuri Shunin (Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia)

8 Two Dimensional Nitrides: an ab-initio study

Speaker: Maria Stella Prete (University of Tor Vergata)

9 Doping graphene with nitrogen, theory and experiment

Speaker: Prof. Philippe Lambin (University of Namur)

10 Carbon Gibbson Cells for electromagnetic applications

Speaker: Dr Polina Kuzhir (Research Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University)

11 Performance Analysis and robust design of a graphene-based device for shielding application

Speaker: Patrizia Lamberti (University of Salerno)

Electronic devices and ICT

Convener: Alberto Tagliaferro (politecnico di torino)

12 Carbon nano-materials for electronics packaging applications

Speaker: Yifeng Fu (CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY)

13 High performance computing to design new materials for energy applications: the a-Si:H/c-Si interface for PV technology

Speaker: Simone Giusepponi (ENEA)

14 Structure and electronic properties of Zn-tetra-phenyl-porphyrins single- and multi-layers films grown on Fe (001)-p(1x1)O

Speaker: Dr Gianlorenzo Bussetti (Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano)

15 Full-Wave modeling of the ballistic Ratchet effect in graphene-based nanodevices

Speaker: Luca Pierantoni (Università Politecnica delle Marche)

Tissue Engineering and Microgravity

Convener: Francesco Cubadda (iss)

16 Prospective Technologies for Organ Repair

Speaker: Paolo Di Nardo (University of Tor Vergata)

17 Microgravity and cell shape. Non-equilibrium related emergence of different phenotypes

Speaker: Prof. Mariano Bizzarri (University La Sapienza)

18 The effects induced by the microgravity: in vitro cell models to study the variation of extracellular mechanical forces

Speaker: Maria A. Mariggio

13:30 Lunch

Electronic Devices and Fundamental properties

19 Plasmon properties and hybridization effects in Silicene

Speaker: Dr Cristian Vacacela (Dipartimento di Fisica)

20 Fundamental properties of Transition Metal dichalcogenides : a new class of 2D materials for opto-electronic applications

Speaker: Dr Maurizia Palummo (Dipartimento di Fisica Universita' di Rome "Tor Vergata")

21 Plasmon Modes of Graphene Nanoribbons with Periodic Planar Arrangements

Speaker: Antonio Sindona (C)

Electronic devices and ICT

Convener: Dr Polina Kuzhir (Research Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University)

22 Novel Microwave Applications of Few-layer Graphene Flakes

Speaker: Muhammad Yasir (University of Pavia)

23 PHYSICAL AND BIO- NANOSENSORS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND ECOLOGICAL MONITORING

Speaker: Prof. Yuri Shunin (Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia)

Tissue Engineering and Microgravity

24 Recent progress in osteoarthritis nanomedicine

Speaker: Massimo Bottini (University of Tor Vergata)

25 Fabrication and characterization of matrix vesicles biomimetic systems and their interaction with collagen fibers during biomineralization

Speaker: Maytê Bolean (Universidade de São Paulo)

26 Proteoliposomes in nanobiotechnology: proteins carrier systems to study the biomineralization process

Speaker: Ana Maria Sper Simão (Universidade de São Paulo)

16:15 Coffee Break

Plenary Session

Convener: Prof. Massimo Bottini (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

27 Immunotherapy on chip: "under the microscope" drug-induced modulation of the immune response

Speaker: Luca Businaro (CNR)

Wednesday, 28 September

Plenary Session

Convener: Stefano Bellucci (LNF)

28 Electrospinning of nanofibers for tissue engineering

Speaker: Alberto Rainer (Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma)

29 Recent Advances in Graphene Nanophotonics

Speaker: Javier García de Abajo (Instituto de Ciencias Fotónicas)

11:00 Coffee Break

NANOMEDICINE AND NANOTHERAPEUTICS

Conveners: Prof. Emanuela Signori (CNR-Institute of Translational Pharmacology), Dr Luciana Mosca (Sapienza University, Department of Biochemical Sciences)

30 Targeting and drug delivery by nanogels with temperature tunable surface: A case study

Speaker: Gaio Paradossi

31 A New Anticancer Agent for Hedgehog-dependent Tumors: from Drug Discovery to Drug Delivery

Speakers: Cinzia Ingallina (Sapienza Università di Roma), Francesca Ghirga (Italian Institute of Technology IIT)

32 Atomic force microscopy cantilevers beyond imaging

Speaker: Dr Giovanni Longo (ISM-CNR)

33 Use of ferritin-based nanoparticles for the treatment of human diseases

Speaker: Gianni Colotti (IBPM CNR)

Nanocomposite Materials

Convener: Jürgen Pionteck (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden)

34 Advanced polymer nanocomposites through a tailored control of graphene spatial distribution

Speaker: Marino Lavorgna (CNR- IPCB)

35 Nanostructured Polymeric Ablative Materials

Speaker: Dr Maurizio Natali (University of Perugia)

36 Multiscale Molecular Simulations of Polymers and Polymer Composites

Speaker: Milano Giuseppe (University of Salerno)

37 GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIALS: Look underneath with Scanning Probe Microscopy

Speaker: Mr Andrea Liscio (CNR-ISOF)

13:30 Lunch

NANOMEDICINE AND NANOTHERAPEUTICS

Conveners: Prof. Emanuela Signori (CNR-Institute of Translational Pharmacology), Dr Luciana Mosca (Sapienza University, Department of Biochemical Sciences)

38 pH and thermo-sensitive self-assembling properties in aqueous solution of the lipopetide lauril-Gly-Gly-D-Ser-D-Lys-NH2

Speaker: Dr Federica Novelli (La Sapienza, Department of Chemistry)

39 Designing Magnetic Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Speaker: Dr Davide Peddis (ISM-CNR)

Nanocomposite Materials

40 Hot Disk and Hot Strip Technique: Tests of Anisotropic Thermal Transport Properties and Future Outlook

Speaker: Mattias Gustavson (Hot disk)

41 Studying the reinforced composites by high-frequency ultrasound

Speaker: Yulia Petronyuk (RAS-Moscow)

16:15 Coffee Break

Plenary Session

42 Sensing Properties of Electrically Conductive Polymer blends and composites containing CNT

Speaker: Jürgen Pionteck (Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden)

43 Pyrofluidic: a novel platform for manipulating multiphase materials from micro to nanoscale

Speaker: Pietro Ferraro

Exhibition and Poster session

Social Dinner

44 Social Dinner at Gallo Regillo Restaurant

Thursday, 29 September

Plenary Session

Convener: Gennaro Gentile

45 Electron microscopy of nanostructured materials for photovoltaic and photocatalytic applications

Speaker: Caterina Ducati (University of Cambridge)

46 Nanoantimicrobials. Progress and Prospects

Speaker: Nicola Cioffi (University of Bari)

11:00 Coffee Break

Characterization on nanomaterials

Convener: Maria Emanuela Errico (CNR-IPCB)

47 Removing interferences with the MS-MS technology in triple quadrupole ICP-MS to improve the analytical detection of inorganic nanomaterials

Speaker: Paolo Scardina (Agilent Technologies Italia S.p.A.)

48 Efficient Surface Enhanced Raman Substrates for trace analysis and bio-sensing

Speaker: Pellegrino Musto (Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials of CNR)

49 Structural Characterization of Carbon-Based Nanomaterials

Speaker: Gaetano Guerra (University of Salerno)

Electronic Devices and Fundamental properties

50 Designing graphene based nanofoams with nonlinear auxetic and anisotropic mechanical properties under tension or compression

Speaker: Andrea Pedrielli (ECT*)

51 Terahertz Plasmonics and non Linear Optics based on Dirac electrons in Topological Insulators

Speaker: Stefano Lupi (ROMA1)

52 Tunable electron devices based on 2d materials

Speaker: Mircea Dragoman (IMT Bucharest)

Nanomedical application

Convener: Prof. Nicola Cioffi (Università degli Studi di Bari "Aldo Moro")

53 Nanostructured Membrane Bioreactor for the creation of a human Liver Tissue

Speaker: Dr Simona Salerno (Institute on Membrane Technology, National Research Council of Italy, ITM-CNR)

54 Electrofluidinamics: Innovative platforms for Tissue Engineering and Molecular Therapies

Speaker: Vincenzo Guarino

55 Nano-biomaterials for cancer treatment: a light triggered implemented approach

Speaker: Dr Greta Varchi (Institute of Organic Synthesis cnd Photoreactivity - Italian National Research Council (ISOF-CNR))

56 Electrodecoration methods for the controlled incorporation of transition metal nanophases in organic and inorganic nano-substrates. Synthesis, characterization and applications to environmental monitoring and green processes

Speaker: Dr Nicoletta Ditaranto (UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI BARI "ALDO MORO")

13:30 Lunch

Characterization on nanomaterials

57 In situ observation of heat-induced degradation of perovskite solar cells

Speaker: Giorgio Diviniti (University of Cambridge)

58 Surface-enhanced spectroscopy of sulfonated Zn-phthalocyanine by gold nanoparticles

Speaker: Dr Olena Fesenko (Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)

59 Graphene based Thermoset composites: an overview and a study on the Role of graphene nano-platelets morphology

Speaker: Nicola Mirotta (ISOF-CNR)

60 Disclosing the early stages of electrochemical anions intercalation in graphite by a combined AFM/STM investigation

Speaker: Mrs Rossella Yivlialin (Politecnico di Milano)

Electronic Devices and Fundamental properties

Convener: Mircea DRAGOMAN (IMT Bucharest)

61 Carbon-based devices with negative coefficient of the resistance

Speaker: Antonio Maffucci (L)

62 Opening bandgap in graphene by nanopatterning

Speaker: Dr Adrian Dinescu (National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnology (IMT))

63 Microwave Microscopy for Nano-Scale Characterization of Semiconductors and Dielectric Materials

Speaker: Romolo Marcelli (CNR-IMM)

Fundamental Properties

64 Local Phase Density Approximation (LPDA) to the Bogolubov-de Gennes equations throughout the BCS-BEC crossover

Speaker: Stefano Simonucci (University of Camerino)

65 Monte Carlo simulations of fast electrons in Diamond and Graphite crystals

Speaker: Martina Azzolini (ECT*)

66 Electronic structure of hydrogenated diamond: Microscopical insight into surface conductivity

Speaker: Dr Stefano Iacobucci (CNR-ISM)

16:30 Coffee Break

Plenary Session

67 Round table