2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties, September 09-14, 2018

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NAP 2018: 2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties

NAP-2018 Conference served as an excellent international platform for an engaging and informal exchange of ideas, that provides opportunities to strengthen existing collaborations and catalyze new partnerships, and thus ultimately accelerating the application of nanotechnology to address the most urgent societal needs.
The NAP – 2018 Conference is devoted to the most interesting aspects of modern Materials Science with the prime focus on nanoscale materials. Although nanoscience and nanotechnology are still in their infancy, this rapidly evolving field of research is quickly transforming almost all aspects of our everyday life. From the low power electronics and supercomputers, to advanced drugs and personalized medicine, from new industrial applications, and renewable energy to advanced transportation and clean air technologies, nanoscience is the foundation of many of the transformational discoveries in the decades to come.
Tracks and Topics:
- Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Nanomaterials;
- Carbon-based and other 2D materials;
- Photonics & Nanomaterials;
- Trends in Spintronics & Spin-related Phenomena at Nanoscale;
- Thin Films, Nanostructured Materials and Coatings;
- Nanomaterials for Clean Energy and Environment;
- Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials for Life Sciences;
- Miscellaneous and Interdisciplinary Topics

Participants of the 2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties, Zatoka, Ukraine, 2018

Oleksiy Gogotsi, conference secretary Yury Shabelnyk, professor Yury Gogotsi, professor George Gogotsi, NAP 2018 conference, Zatoka, Ukraine

Professor Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University, USA, and Oleksiy Gogotsi, Materials Research Centre, Kiev, ukraine at the NAP 2018 conference, September 14, 2018, Zatoka, Ukraine

Professor Yury Gogotsi was a honored invited speaker at the conference, he gave a plenary talk on MXenes - expanding the world of 2D materials, participated in conference seminars and discussions.

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Professor Yury Gogotsi, Drexel Unibersity, USA, gave a plenary talk on MXenes - expanding the world of 2D materials, NAP 2018 Conference, Zatoka, Ukraine

Materials Research Centre director Oleksiy Gogotsi, professor Yury Gogotsi (Drexel University, USA) and professor Galina Dovbeshko (Institute of Physiscs NASU)  took part in NAP 2018 Conferencein Round Table dedicated to Horizon 2020 MSCA RISE Project №690853 assymcyrv: The influence of the cell membrane asymmetry and curvature on the functioning of membrane proteins and the transport of therapeutic compounds. They discussed with other conference participants problems of interdisciplinary interaction between bioscientists and physicists, materials engineering researchers. 

Professor Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University, USA, Oleksiy Gogotsi, Materials Research Centre, Kiev, Ukraine, Professor Galina Dovbeshko, Institute of Physics NASU, Ukraine, Conference biomedical panel dedicated to the Horizon 2020 assumcurve project

Professor Yury Gogotsi, Drexel University, USA, Oleksiy Gogotsi, Materials Research Centre, Kiev, Ukraine,  Ukraine, biomedical panel on the Horizon 2020 assumcurve project

At the poster session of the conference Oleksiy Gogotsi presented two poster presentations on advanced nanomaterials for different applications, prepared with colleagues from Drexel University, USA, and Jilin University, China:

Gogotsi O., Izotov V., Wang X., Havrykov D., Koltsov I., Han W., Serhienko A., Hrysko I., Zozulya Yu., Linyucheva O., Balitskiy V., Zahorodna V., Gogotsi Y. Increasing thickness of coarse-grained carbon electrodes for high device capacitance, 2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties, Zatoka, September 9-14, 2018

O. Gogtosi, V. Zahorodna, Serhienko A., I. Hrysko, A. Serhienko, Y. Zozulya, V. Balitskiy, M. Seredych, B. Anasori, Y. Gogotsi. Scale-up of MXene Synthesis, 2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties, Zatoka, September 9-14, 2018. This work was supported by the project that received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 777810 : NANO2DAY: Multifunctional Polymer Composites Doped With Novel 2D Nanoparticles for Advanced Applications. 

Director of Materials Research Centre  at poster session presented 2 presentations by MRC, NAP 2018, Zatoka, Ukraine

Poster session of the NAP 2018 conference in Zatoka, Ukraine

 

 2018 IEEE 8th International Conference on Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties

 

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