Events

  • 2011 Taiwan Nano, October 5-7 2011, Taipei, Taiwan
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    As known Nanoscience and Nanotechnology cover a broad range of disciplines, starting from this year, we will have focuses for each year exhibition to bring the public to the awareness of the trend in each sector of the nano-world. The pick of this year is energy and optoelectronic devices these two sectors in general dominate the media buzz nowadays.
    Taiwan Nano 2010 provides a channel to showcase nano related instruments. It is a channel with many providers together that \Herd effect\ will lure more visitors. Also for all research institutions, the industry or even public they will have a channel to know what are available for their needs of equipment and many sources to compare. Surely in the end Taiwan Nano 2010 will be more viable too.

  • Graphene 2012, April 10-13 2012, Brussels, Belgium
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    Graphene is a two-dimensional monolayer of sp² bonded carbon atoms in a dense honeycomb crystal structure which behaves electronically as a zero-gap semiconductor. Its discovery in 2004 has sparked a considerable scientific activity that has now established a broad international community with interest in both fundamental properties of a unique material, together with a wealth of foreseen applications in fields as nanoelectronics (high-frequency devices,..), electromechanics, optics, photonics, sensing, NEMS,…Exceptional electronic properties of this material, resulting in carrier mobilities as large as several thousands of cm²/Vs, make this material at the heart of the alternatives for the so-called beyond-CMOS nanoelectronics research. The current carrying capability of graphene is orders of magnitude higher than that of metals. Additionally, graphene is CMOS compatible and can be handled by standard planar technology, which should result in highest integration of device density in the medium run. Graphene devices are also believed to work at much lower supply voltages and should therefore result in lower power consumption. Therefore graphene has the potential to increase computing performance, functionality and communication speed far beyond the expected limits of conventional CMOS technology, which is related with large financial markets in the microelectronics business.



    Additionally, the reports of novel functionalities in graphene devices such as sensing capability, electro-mechanical effects (e.g. resonators) and spintronics effects also profile some new perspectives for innovative applications. Those salient features will be at the heart of GRAPHENE 2012 that will present the state of the art of the field.

  • Workshop on biomaterials and their interactions with biological and model membranes, 19-23 September 2011, Salou, Spain
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    The general topic of the meeting is the interaction of synthetic polymers, nanoparticles, surfactants, proteins, small biomolecules with biological and model phospholipid membranes. Leading scientists and experts from biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and industry will participate in the meeting to give it a true multidisciplinary environment.

    The conference is planned in form of oral talks, posters and discussion pannels, where experts from different fields can share their knowledge interactively.

  • Meta 12, International conference on Metamaterials, photonic crystals and plasmonics. 19-22 April 2012, Paris, France
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    META\'12 will be the 3nd event of highly successful meetings where scientists and industrial experts meet to interchange results and ideas about this interdisciplinary field.

  • 1st EOS Topical Meeting on Micro- and Nano-Optoelectronic Systems, December 7-9 2011, Bremen, Germany
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    The focus of the conference will be to explore new developments and applications in the field of optoelectronic systems using approaches based on micro- or nano-optics. Potential topics include (but are not limited to) design, simulation and fabrication of micro- and nano-optical systems, integration of micro- and nano-optical systems in micro-electronics, novel functionality, applications of microsystems using micro- and nano-optics including optical metrology and sensors.

    The last day of the conference will be devoted to digital holography with an emphasis on microsystems on the occasion of the 70th birthday of Werner Jüptner, former director of BIAS.

  • ICMON 2011 : International Conference on Microelectronics, Optoelectronics, and Nanoelectronics\, November 28-30, 2011, Venice, Italy
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    The International Conference on Microelectronics, Optoelectronics, and Nanoelectronics aims to bring together academic scientists, leading engineers, industry researchers and scholar students to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Microelectronics, Optoelectronics, and Nanoelectronics, and discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted.

  • Transparent electrode : What else after ITO? State of the art and future prospects, 21 November 2011, Paris, France
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    Transparent electrodes are an essential element of numerous ubiquitous devices – a for ever increasing multi billion dollars market - used by billions of people such as displays (LCDs and OLEDs for PCs or cellular phones e-paper…), photovoltaic and lighting.

    Today, tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) is by far the dominant material (3 B in 2010 with a 20 growth rate through 2013). This situation is about to change because ITO suffers of several drawbacks: (i) indium is becoming a scarce and expensive resource (ii) it exhibits serious technical issues (deposition techniques are expensive, quite inefficient and slow ITO films are fragile, sensitive to corrosion and have a relatively high index of refraction). These issues have stimulated numerous developments aiming at finding out the next generation of transparent electrode materials.

    This workshop - in English language - will be held in the center of Paris at \Espace du centenaire, maison de la RATP\, 189 rue de Bercy, 5 minutes walk from Paris Gare de Lyon .

    It will gather internationally recognized epxerts working on new materials for transparent electrodes. The aim of this workshop is to present the state of the art of ITO alternative materials for transparent electrodes:

    Indium reduced or indium free oxides,
    Conducting (or hybrids) polymers,
    Carbon nanotubes,
    Graphene and other bidimensionnal materials,
    Nanowires or nanostructured films, nanoparticles…
    The core of the workshop will present and compare the features of the various materials in competition and their deposition processes. Presentations will detail their performances according to targeted applications as well as their technological maturity (time to market). Barriers to overcome before industrialization will also be discussed.
    An introduction will detail economic relevance of transparent electrodes and the problematic attached to ITO. As a conclusion, integration of these emerging materials from a system point of view will be presented.
    This workshop addresses researchers and engineers in the fields of OLED, LCD, Lighting, photovoltaics and materials science. Marketing engineers working in those fields are also addressed.

  • TNT Trends in Nanotechnology, November 21-25, 2011 Tenerife, Spain
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    The 12th edition of Trends in Nanotechnology International Conference (TNT2011) is being launched following the overwhelming success of earlier Nanotechnology Conferences. The TNT2011 edition will take place in sunny Canary Islands – Tenerife (Spain).
    This high-level scientific meeting series aims to present a broad range of current research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology as well as related policies (European Commission, etc.) or other kind of initiatives (nanoGUNE, FinNano, GDR-I, etc.). TNT events have demonstrated that they are particularly effective in transmitting information and establishing contacts among workers in this field.
    The TNT2011 structure will keep the fundamental features of the previous editions, providing a unique opportunity for broad interaction.

  • GISAXS 2011. October 10 - October 12, 2011 at DESY Hamburg, Germany
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    From October 10 to October 12, 2011 the workshop \GISAXS2011\ will be held in Hamburg, Germany. GISAXS2011 is a continuation of the very successful series of two international GISAXS workshops at DESY in 2005 and 2007 and the GISAS2009 satellite conference to the XIV SAS conference in Oxford (UK). This workshop brings together different communities working in the field of thin films, nanostructures, surfaces and interfaces, to gain insights to the very powerful method of grazing incidence small angle x-ray scattering. In invited lectures the possibilities and new trends in GISAXS will be highlighted. One poster session will allow for a profound discussion among the participants.

    This workshop addresses students, experienced researchers, senior scientists working in the field of and exploiting the potentials of GISAXS in the area of thin film technology. The programme is divided in two parts: Introductory lectures will be combined with expert lectures by leading expert’s scientists of grazing incidence technology and application. In the second part of the workshop we will focus hands-on GISAXS experiments: practical data acquisition, on-line treatment and simulation of GISAXS data. The practical training will be held at the beamline BW4 at the DORIS III storage ring at HASYLAB and we will offer a visit to the new micro-and nano-focus beamline dedicated to GISAXS at the 3rd generation synchrotron radiation source PETRA III.

  • Metamaterials '2011: The Fifth International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, 10-15 October 2011, Barcelona, Spain
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    Metamaterials 2011 will be hosted by the Centre CIMITEC of the Escola d\'Enginyeria at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

    This congress series was initiated by the European Network of Excellence Metamorphose and is organized by the Virtual Institute for Artificial Electromagnetic Materials and Metamaterials (Metamorphose VI).

    This series of events brings together and continues the traditions of the highly successful series of International Conferences on Complex Media and Metamaterials (Bianisotropics) and Rome International Workshops on Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and Telecommunications. International Conferences on Complex Media and Metamaterials had eleven editions, with the names “Chiral”, “Bi-isotropics”, or “Bianisotropics”, reflecting the developments in the field of artificial electromagnetic materials.

  • HAXPES 2011 4th International workshop on Hard XPS, 14-16 September 2011, Hamburg, Germany
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    Hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is a relatively new technique rapidly developing at synchrotron facilities worldwide. Its larger probing depth (typ. 10-20 nm) makes it a powerful tool for studies of complex materials, buried nano-structures and multi-layered structures relevant for device applications. This international workshop will bring together experts in the field, present an overview of recent activities and achievements and provide a platform for the discussion of emerging new applications and future trends.

  • Nano and Giga Challenges in Electronics, Photonics and Renewable Energy, September 12-16 2011, Moscow, Russia
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    he NGC2011 conference in Russia invites academic and industrial researchers to present tutorial, expository and original research papers dedicated to solving scientific and technological problems in electronics, photonics and renewable energy such as atomic scale materials design, bio- and molecular electronics, high frequency electronics, fabrication of nanodevices magnetic materials and spintronics materials and processes for integrated and subwave optoelectronics, nanoCMOS, new materials for FETs and other devices, nanoelectronics system architecture, nano optics and lasers, non-silicon materials and devices, quantum effects in devices, nano science and technology applications in development of novel solar energy devices, and fuel cells and batteries. We also invite inventors, entrepreneurs and business leaders to explore the unique opportunity provided by our interdisciplinary forum for technical due diligence and potential commercialization of emerging new technologies. Sponsors and exhibitors are welcome and will be supported by the organizers in their needs for networking and marketing of their products and organizations.

  • International Symposium on Advanced Complex Inorganic Nanomaterials, September 11-14 2011, Namur, Belgium
    Posted by Jean-Pierre Locquet on 02-09-2011
    Inorganic nano-materials are intensively developed for the creation of new advanced devices and equipments and for improving process performances. Indeed, structures at the nano-dimensional regime display new physical (optics, magnetism, etc.) and chemical (e.g. catalysis) properties absent in bulk matter of the same composition. In inorganic nano-materials, these specific functionalities are the consequence of a complex multi-level organization (chemical, structural, textural) of their architecture. The global properties and functional performances largely depend on the extent to which these levels are mastered during the synthesis process.