NanoSMat 2008 - 3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SURFACES COATINGS AND NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS October 20, 2008

3rd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SURFACES COATINGS AND NANOSTRUCTURED
MATERIALS
21-24 October 2008, Hotel Meliá Barcelona - Spain

www.nanosmat2008.org

Chair: Nasar Ali
Co-chair: Vasco Teixeira

NANOSMAT2008 SYMPOSIA (more details atthe end of this message)
-CARBON NANOSTRUCTUED MATERIALS
-SURFACE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: FROM BULK TO NANO-SCALE
-NANOTECHNOLOGY APPROACHES, NANOMATERIALS AND THIN FILMS FOR ENERGY
TECHNOLOGIES
-NANOMEDICINE & NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY

Abstract deadline: June 29, 2008

Papers presented at NanoSMat-2008 will be selected to publish in
special issues of peer-reviewed journals:
-Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (American Scientific
Publishers)
-Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine(Elsevier)
Surface Engineering

"NanoSMat" Publication Track Record:
NanoSMat-2005:
THIN SOLID FILMS: Vol. 515, Issue 1, Pages 1-380 (2006)
CATALYSIS TODAY, Vol. 116, Issue 1, (2006) pages 1-88.

NanoSMat-2007:
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY – In press.
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE – Volume 43, Number 10 / May, 2008,
pages 3365-3741.

The host city of the 3rd NanoSMat conference will be - Barcelona,
Spain! The event will take place during 21-24 October 2008 at the
Meliá Barcelona hotel, located in the financial and commercial heart
of the city.

As with the NanoSMat meetings in 2005 and 2007, NanoSMat-2008 will
foster the gathering of talented people from the world for the
exchange of ideas and information. The conference will thereby
provide a platform for interaction between researchers, scientists
and engineers from industry, research laboratories and academia, and
it will feature state-of-the-art developments in all aspects of
processing, characterisation and applications of nanostructured
materials.

A major purpose of the NanoSMat conference is to foster
collaborations among scientists, engineers, researchers and
industrialists, and thus to stimulate future technological
developments. There will be ample opportunity for conference
delegates to network in a friendly and supportive environment.

The success of a technology becomes especially apparent when it is
translated from a laboratory curiosity into economic development and
wealth creation. Every endeavour will be made to stimulate and
promote the discovery, development, and commercialization of advanced
nanoscale materials and new applications in the evergreen field of
surface and coatings technologies.

The event will also host an exhibition and offer several short
educational courses relating to nano-scale and nanostructured
materials.

We hope that you will be able to join us for what promises to be an
exciting meeting, both scientifically and culturally, and we look
forward to seeing you in Barcelona!

NANOSMAT2008 SYMPOSIA

SYMPOSIUM (CNM):
CARBON NANOSTRUCTUED MATERIALS
Organiser(s): M. Chipara (USA), N. Ali (UK)

Topics:
Ultrananocrystalline diamond
Carbon nanocomposites
Carbon nanotubes
Novel carbon nanostructures

SYMPOSIUM (SBN):
SURFACE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: FROM BULK TO NANO-SCALE
Organiser(s): J. D-Hosson (Netherlands) and A. K. Jadoon (UK)

Topics:
Tribology and Lubrication Science
Thin films and coatings
Magnetic and electronic nanomaterials
Nanoporous semiconductor materials
Nanocatalysis
Nanofabrication and characterisation
Nanoparticles

SYMPOSIUM (NET):
NANOTECHNOLOGY APPROACHES, NANOMATERIALS AND THIN FILMS FOR ENERGY
TECHNOLOGIES
Organiser(s): V. Teixeira (Portugal)
find more details at:
http://vteixeira.com.sapo.pt/Nanomaterials_for_Energy_Technologies.htm

Topics:
Fuel cells
Photovoltaic solar cells
Hydrogen energy/storage
Functional Surfaces and Nanostructured Coatings for Energy Systems

SYMPOSIUM (NMB):
NANOMEDICINE & NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
Organiser(s): D. Haynie (USA)

Topics:
Drug delivery
Biomaterials
Diagnostics
Imaging
Biosensors

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Vasco Teixeira
Editor-in-chief: Journal of Nano Research, JNanoR
http://www.jnanor.com/

University of Minho
Physics Department
GRF-Functional Coatings Group
Campus de Azurém
P-4800-058 Guimarães
PORTUGAL
phone: +351 - 253 510400/65
fax: +351 - 253 510 401
email: vasco@fisica.uminho.pt
http://vteixeira.com.sapo.pt/projects.htm
http://vteixeira.com.sapo.pt/nanoprojects.htm

-Co-chair Conference NanoSMat2008 Barcelona
-Chair Symposium NET-Symposium on Nanotechnology Approaches,
Nanomaterials and
Thin Films for Energy Technologies
http://vteixeira.com.sapo.pt/Nanomaterials_for_Energy_Technologies.htm

Official Website: http://www.nanosmat2008.org