Tracks and Invited Speakers
Tracks and Track Chairs
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- Energy Conversion: Thermoelectrics and Solar Technologies
- Organisers : Xiaoyuan Zhou (Chongqin University – xiaoyuan2013@cqu.edu.cn), Holger Kleinke (University of Waterloo – kleinke@uwaterloo.ca), Qipeng Lu (University of Science and Technology, Beijing – qipeng@ustb.edu.cn)
- Invited speakers :
- Jesse Maassen – Ab-initio study of intra- and inter-valley scattering in thermoelectric materials
- Guozhong Cao – From Lithium to Zinc-ion batteries: electroactive cathode materials
- Yu-Chih Tseng – Thermoelectric Materials for Energy Recovery: Issues Other than ZT
- Lin Jing – Elemental Red Phosphorus Photocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Environmental Remediation
- Jiyan Dai – Thin film thermoelectric property enhancement by nanostructure and interface effect
- Jianjun Tian – Stable and high efficiency colloidal CsPbI3quantum dots photovoltaics
- Takao Mori – Nanostructured Thermoelectric Inorganic Materials for IoT Energy Harvesting
- Nanoenergy: Storage and Saving
- Organisers : Francesca Soavi (Università di Bologna – francesca.soavi@unibo.it), Francesca Iacopi (University of Technology Sidney – francesca.Iacopi@uts.edu.au)
- Invited speakers :
- Shuhui Sun – Rational Design of Novel Nanomaterials for High-performance Zn-Ion and Zn-Air Batteries
- Hadis Zarrin – White Graphene Electrolyte Membranes for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Systems
- Dominic Bresser – New Alkali-Ion Insertion Mechanism in Metal Oxides based on the Introduction of Highly Redox-Active Dopants
- Co Anne – Revealing Metastable Phases in Lithiated Sn Nanoparticles Using Operando Solid State NMR Methods
- Nanosensors and Nanoactuators
- Organisers : Marcelo Ornaghi Orlandi (UNESP – marcelo.orlandi@unesp.br), Leyla Soleymani (Mc Master University), Yuvaraj Sivalingam (SRM Chennai – yuvaraj.si@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in), Tohid Didar (McMaster University – didar@mcmaster.ca)
- Invited speakers :
- Corrado Di Natale – The sensing properties of porphyrins grafted onto zinc oxide nanostructures
- Neftali Lenin Villarreal Carreno – Composite electrodes with sensor properties from biomass-derived materials, a green alternative
- Tsuyoshi Minami – Organic thin-film transistor-based chemical sensors functionalized with artificial receptors
- Hyeonsu Cho, Chang-Ki Baek – Highly Sensitive Silicon-based Electrochemical Sensor for On-site Fluoride Ion Monitoring
- Tohid Didar – Nano-biomaterials for therapeutics and diagnostics
- Mahla Poudineh – Continuous detection of glucose and insulin using a device-driven approach
- Nanoplasmonics
- Organisers : Alexander Govorov (Ohio University – govorov@ohio.edu), Luca Razzari (INRS – razzari@emt.inrs.ca), Laura Fabris (Rutgers University – lfabris@rutgers.edu)
- Invited speakers :
- Viktoriia Babicheva – Transdimensional plasmonic lattices with multipole Mie-resonant nanoantennas
- Gregory Hartland – Energy relaxation Processes in Plasmonic Nanostructure
- Prashant Jain – Storing energy from plasmons in chemical bonds
- Tien-Chang Lu – Active control of surface plasmon polariton nanolasers on graphene-insulator-metal platform
- Alberto Naldoni – Plasmon-enhanced photocatalysis in hydrogen generation and storage technologies
- Andrea Toma – Deformation sensitive devices based on plasmonic nano-cavities
- Kosei Ueno – Control of surface-enhanced Raman scattering signals by quasy-dark plasmon modes and infrared Purcell effects
- Gary Wiederrecht – Ultrafast photoprocesses in nanostructured plasmonic metamaterials
- Jerome Claverie – To be determined
- Daniel Gomez – To be determined
- Stephen Gray – To be determined
- Nanoscale Science: Characterization and Modeling
- Organisers : Maryam Ebrahimi (Lakehead University – mebrahim@lakeheadu.ca), Hidemi Shigekawa (Tsukuba – hidemi@ims.tsukuba.ac.jp), Osamu Takeuchi (Tsukuba – takeuchi@bk.tsukuba.ac.jp), Hong Guo (McGill University – hong.guo@mcgill.ca)
- Invited speakers :
- Pavel Jelinek – Emerging exotic quantum phenomena in 1D molecular chains on surfaces
- Willi Auwärter – Molecules on 2D Materials: Interface Characterization and In Situ Reactions
- David Egger – Towards accurate properties of molecules and materials with optimally-tuned Range-Separated Hybrid Functionals
- Kulbir Ghuman – Computational Modeling of Fuel Cell Materials
- Shelley Claridge – Characterization and Control of nm-Resolution Patterning up to Macroscopic Scales
- Sabine Maier – On-surface synthesis of heteroatom-doped low-dimenstional carbon materials
- Meike Stöhr – Molecular nanostructures on metals vs. graphene
- Nanophotonics
- Organisers : Peter Mascher (McMaster University – mascher@mcmaster.ca), Nazir Kherani (University Toronto – kherani@ecf.utoronto.ca), Lyudmila Goncharova (University of Western Ontario – lgonchar@uwo.ca)
- Invited speakers :
- Paul O’Brien – Novel Spectrally Selective Mirrors and Optical Cavities for Thermophotovoltaic Systems
- Nanomaterials
- Organisers : Eva Hemmer (Ottawa – ehemmer@uottawa.ca), Claudiane Ouellet-Plamondon (ETS – claudiane.ouellet-plamondon@etsmtl.ca), Alberto Vomiero (Lulea University of Technology, University of Venice – alberto.vomiero@ltu.se)
- Invited speakers :
- Gunnar Westin – Complex composition and structure functional nano-materials through solution synthesis
- Elisa Moretti – Shape-controlled Ce-Ti oxide nanosystems for photocatalytic applications
- Giovanni Franchini – Organic radical polymers for resistive memory device applications
- François Perreault – Novel nano-enabled membrane systems for sustainable water treatment and desalination
- Daniel Chua – Expanding the range of chalcogenide, oxides and phosphide catalyst for Clean Energy and other Applications
- Jordi Arbiol – Nanowire networks at atomic scale: from growth mechanisms to local properties
- Marie-Eve Aubin-Tam – Bacterial production of bio-inspired high-performance materials
- Ghim Wei Ho – Nanostructured Materials for Photo/Photothermal Energy Conversion
- Alessandro Patelli – Dual frequency atmospheric pressure plasma jet: a new tool for nanostructuring
- Nanofabrication and Quantum Engineering
- Organisers : Sebastian Wachsmann-Hogiu (McGill University – sebastian.wachsmannhogiu@mcgill.ca), Mohammed Chaker (INRS – chaker@emt.inrs.ca), Sebastian Koelling (Polytechnique Montreal – sebastian.koelling@polymtl.ca)
- Invited speakers :
- Sabrine Leslie – Single-molecule biotechnology platform for discovery and applications
- Leyla Soleymani – Developing Hierarchical Wrinkled Surfaces for Biomedica and Biosensing Applications
- Bo Cui – Nanofabrication on non-flat irregular surfaces
- Erik Bakkers – Towards new Quantum Wire Systems
- Giovanni Fanchini – A review on the nanofabrication of aperture-type cantilevers for scanning near-field optical microscopy and their applications in nanoscale light management
- Nanomedicine
- Organisers : Fiorenzo Vetrone (INRS – vetrone@emt.inrs.ca), Milica Radisic (University of Toronto – m.radisic@utoronto.ca), Houman Savoji (University of Montreal – houman.savoji@umontreal.ca)
- Invited speakers :
- Laura Fabris – Monitoring Viral Evolution with Gold Nanostars and SERS
- Noémie-Manuelle Dorval Courchesne – Bacterial Protein Nanofibers as Scaffolds for Functional Composites
- Christopher Moraes – Nanostructured surfaces for mechano-bactericidal applications: when bacteria lie on a bed of nails
- Naomi Matsuura – Acoustically active nanoscale colloids for cancer
- Sara Mahshid – Nanosurface platforms based on 2D and 3D nanostructures for optical/electrical sensing
- Yan Li – The Antimicrobial activity of MXene Quantum dots and the Mechanism behind
- Organisers : Fiorenzo Vetrone (INRS – vetrone@emt.inrs.ca), Milica Radisic (University of Toronto – m.radisic@utoronto.ca), Houman Savoji (University of Montreal – houman.savoji@umontreal.ca)
- Nanotools
- Organisers : Tomaso Zambelli (ETH – zambelli@biomed.ee.ethz.ch), Sabrina Leslie (McGill University – sabrina.leslie@mcgill.ca), Jeffrey Mativetsky (Binghamton University – jmativet@binghamton.edu)
- Invited speakers :
- Peter Grutter – Measuring dynamics with atomic force microscopy
- Kyle Briggs – A nanotool to Support the solid-state Nanopore Research and the Development of Applications
- Nanoelectronicvs
- Organisers : Emanuele Orgiu (INRS – emanuele.orgiu@emt.inrs.ca), Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske (Portland State University – jeske@ece.pdx.edu), Georgios Sirakoulis (Democritus University of Thrace – gsirak@gmail.com), Antonio Di Bartolomeo (University of Salerno – dibant@fisica.unisa.it)
- Invited speakers :
- Luis Hueso – Spintronics with van der Waals heterostructures
- Cinzia Casiraghi – Printed Electronics enabled by Water-based 2D Material Inks
- Simone Pisana – Nanoscale heat transport in 2D crystal films
- Nuria Crivillers – Organic radicals as promising building blocks for electronics
- Mirko Cinchetti – Towards multifunctional molecular devices
- Benoît Piro – Ink-jet printed graphene-based Electrolyte Gated Transistors. Application to the Monitoring of Redox Reactions
- Atiye Pezeshki – Transition metal chalcogenides (TMDCs) and Graphene for 2D-electronics applications: photoinverter, complementary inverter, photovoltaic effect and magnetoresistance
- Michael Adachi – Thickness-Modulated Diodes using Two-Dimentional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
- Niall McEvoy – Synthesis and Characterization of Platinum Disulfide Thin Films
- Filippo Giubileo – 2D transition metal dichalcogenides nanosheets as gate modulated cold electron emitters
- Luca Camilli – In-plane anisotropic Ge-based layered materials
- Francesco Rossella – III-V semiconductor nanowire electric double layer transistor gated by ionic liquids
- Paola Barbara – Optoelectronics with scalable two-dimensional materials
- Filippo Giannazzo – Integration of 2D materials with Nitride semiconductors: from synthesis to devices
- Ray La Pierre – Nanowire photodetectors
- Mario Lanza – Characterization of neuromorphic response using a conductive atomic force microscope
- Shi-Jun Liang – Van der Waals heterostructures for neuromorphics
- Shubhadeep Bhattacharjee – Two dimensional semiconductors for neuromorphic devices
- Georg Stefan Duesberg – Conformal and selective deposition of layered PtSe2: 2D goes 3D
- Antonio Di Bartolomeo – Modification of Contacts and Channel Properties in Two-Dimensional Field-Effect Transistors by 10 keV Electron Beam Irradiation
- Nanobio
- Organisers : Nurit Ashkenasy (Ben Gurion University of the Negev – nurita@bgu.ac.il), Sahika Inal (Kaust – sahika.inal@kaust.edu.sa) , R. Green (Imperial College – rylie.green@imperial.ac.uk)
- Invited speakers :
- Ron Naaman – Chiral Molecules and the Electron’s spin, A venue for new magnetic in bio systems
- John Tovar – Electronic processes within pi-conjugated peptidic nanomaterials
- Tzahi Cohen-Karni – Forming input/output (I/O) interfaces with excitable cells and tissue using nanocarbons
- Eleni Stavrinidou – Plant bioelectronics and plant biohybrids
- Tyler Ray – Soft, Skin-interfaced microfluidic systems for clinical diagnostics
- Hadar Ben-Yoav – Intelligent Microelectrodes Arrays for In Situ Analysis of Biofluids
- Alon Gorodetsky – Dynamic Materials inspired by Cephalopods
- Muhammed Hussain – Wearable Personalized Medical Platform Nanowires
- Martin Kaltenbrunner – Bioinspired and Biodegradable Materials for Electronic Skins and Soft Robotic Actuators
- Allon Hochbaum – Structure-function relationships in conductive supramolecular peptides and proteins
- Nikhil Malvankar – Metal-like Conductivity in Microbial Protein Nanowires
- Nanopackaging
- Organisers : Markondeyaraj Pulugurtha (Florida International University – mpulugur@fiu.edu), James Morris (Portland State University – jmorris@PDX.EDU)
- Stretchable and Wearable electronics
- Organisers : Peyman Servati (University British Columbia – peymans@ece.ubc.ca), Fabio Cicoira (Polytechnique Montreal – fabio.cicoira@polymtl.ca), Anastasia Elias (University of Alberta – aelias@ualberta.ca), Wei Lin Leong (Nanyang Technological University – wlleong@ntu.edu.sg)
- Invited speakers :
- Madhu Bhaskaran – Oxide based stretchable devices for sensing, optics and memories
- Tricia Breen Carmichael – A Textile-Centric Approach to Wearable Light-Emitting e-Textiles and Energy Storage
- Yong-Young Noh – Development of High Performance Semiconductor Inks for Printed Field-Effect Transistors for Flexible Electronics
- Beatrice Fraboni – Wearable textile electronic biosensors for healthcare applications
- Derya Baran – Self-Healing and Stretchable 3D-Printed Organic Thermoelectrics
- Nanshu Lu – Wireless E-Tatoos Chargeable On-The-Go
- Tse Nga Ng – Flexible Organic Sensors and Actuators for Motor Skill Evaluation
- Woo Soo Kim – 3D printed wearable sensors
- Youfan Hu – Wearable Smart Sensor System
- 2D Materials
- Organisers : Giorgio Contini (CNR, Italy – giorgio.contini@ism.cnr.it)
- Invited speakers :
- Richard Martel – Raman characterization of defects in exfoliated black phosphorus
- Maurizia Palummo – Electronic and optical properties of novel 2D materials by refined ab-initio simulations
- Xiao Zhang – Structural Engineering of Novel Layered Materials
- Nanotechnology for Humanitarian and Peace Engineering
- Organisers : Federico Rosei (INRS – rosei@emt.inrs.ca), Marta Cerruti (McGill University – marta.cerruti@mcgill.ca), Oumarou Savadogo (Polytechnique Montreal – oumarou.savadogo@polymtl.ca), Vinet Coetzee (University of Pretoria – vinet.coetzee@up.ca.za)
- Invited speakers :
- Sumitra Rajagopalan – Smart Materials for peace and sustainable development: the case of thermoresponsive phase-change polymers
- Daniel Oluwaseun Akinyele – Sustainability approach to clean energy options for energy-poor communities in developing countries
- Suzanne Smith – Emerging Technology Solutions Towards REASSURED Point-of-Need Diagnostics
- Nick Drager – Tuberculosis Vaccine Initiative – a collaborative research and innovation partnership that works to discover and develop new TB vaccines
- Songrui Zhao – Molecular Beam Epitaxy of AlGaN Nanowires for Ultraviolet Light Emitting
- Emami Elham – e-health technology: concept, implementation, challenges
- Melinda Foran – Non-networked WASH Technologies and Human Capacity to Meet the Basic Needs of People Living in Extreme Poverty
- Raphael Guido – Structural biology and medicinal chemistry strategies applied to drug discovery for malaria
- Sustainable Electronics: Disassembling, Recycling and Eco-Design
- Organisers : Hamid Karbasi (Conestoga College – Hkarbasi@conestogac.on.ca), Patrick Malenfant (National Research Council Canada – patrick.malenfant@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca), Bhavana Deore (National Research Council Canada – Bhavana.Deore@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca) – Track 16 is endorsed by the Réseau de recherche en santé bucco-dentaire et osseuse.
- Invited speakers :
- Inez Hua – Evolution of Smartphones Metal Content with its Fast-Improving Functionalities
- Scott Loughran – An Efficient Electronic Waste Recycling Facility
- Nano-acoustics
- Organisers : Xiaoning Jiang (North Carolina State University, xjiang5@ncsu.edu), James B. Spicer (Johns Hopkins University, spicer@jhu.edu), Oluwaseyi Balogun (Northwestern University, o-balogun@u.northwestern.edu), Lidai Wang (City University of Hong Kong, lidawang@cityu.edu.hk)
- Invited speakers :
- Junjie Yao – Microbubble Enhanced Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Tomography
- John Yeow – A Dual-Frequency Capacitive Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (CMUT) for Vapor Detection
- Geoffrey Luke – Ultrasound neurostimulation with piezoelectric nanoparticles
- Hyoung Won Baac – Photoacoustic Scalpel using Nano-Composite Transmitters with High Optical Damage Threshold
- Carly Pellow – Nonlinear nanobubble acoustics for ultrasound-based vascular and extravascular applications.
- Nano-Ferroics
- Organisers : Alain Pignolet (INRS-EMT – pignolet@emt.inrs.ca), Beatriz Noheda (University of Groningen – b.noheda@rug.nl), Daniel Sando (The University of New South Wales – daniel.sando@unsw.edu.au)
- Invited speakers :
- Sylvia Matzen – Multiferroic tunnel junctions based on Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 tunnel barriers
- Marty Gregg – Domain Wall Nanoelectronics: Recent Progress in both Fundamentals and Device Demonstrators
- Agnès Barthélémy – Potential of SrTiO3-based 2DEG for spin-charge interconversion
- Rogério de Sousa – Magnetoelectric nanoparticles
- Neus Domingo – Gradient-based electromechanical phenomena at the nanoscale: direct and converse flexoelectricity
- Petro Maksymovych -Ferroics meet ionics in the land of van der Waals
- Vincent Garcia – Tailoring antiferromagnetic textures in multiferroic BiFeO3
- Alexei Gruverman – Tunable Conductance of Domain Walls in LiNbO3Thin Films
- Andreas Ruediger – A Raman study of polar modes in nanostructures and surfaces of strontium titanate
- Lukas Eng – Ferroic Domain Walls: Challenges and Beauty
- Mathias Kläui – Nanoscale Antiferromagnetics: Spintronics without magnetic fields and moving electrons
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Modern and Emerging Plasma Nanomanufacturing Technologies
- Organisers : Seiji Samukawa (Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University – seiji.samukawa.e2@tohoku.ac.jp), John P. Verboncoeur (Michigan State University – johnv@egr.msu.edu)
- Invited speakers :
- John P. Verboncoeur – Introduction of Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS), IEEE
- Uwe Kortshagen – Gas Phase Synthesis of Nanomaterials with Plasma
- Tim Grotjohn – Plasma-assisted Diamond Growth with Color Center Incorporation for Quantum Computing and Sensing Application
- Seiji Samukawa – Damage-free Plasma Processing for Nano-devices Manufacturing
- Peter Ventzek – Atomic Precision Device Fabrication Involving Silicon, Silicon Nitride, and Silicon Dioxide using Cyclic Self-limiting Plasma Processes
- Xuelun Wang – High-efficiency GaN micro-LEDs Involving InGaN/GaN Nanostructures fabricated by Neutral Beam Etching
- Energy Conversion: Thermoelectrics and Solar Technologies