Functionalized Nanoscale Materials, Devices and Systems

Invited Contributions.- Nanoscale Materials, Devices, and Systems for Chem.-Bio Sensors, Photonics, and Energy Generation and Storage.- Nanostructured Thin Optical Sensors for Trace Gas Detection.- X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Tribology Studies of Annealed Fullerene-like WS2 Nanoparticles.- The Development and Application of UV Excimer Lamps in Nanofabrication.- Functionalization of Semiconductor Nanoparticles.- Flexoelectricity: A Universal Sensoric Mechanism in Biomembranes and in Chem.-Biosensors.- Carbon Nanotubes: From Fundamental Nanoscale Objects Towards Functional Nanocomposites and Applications.- Ultrashort Pulse PLD: A Technique for Nanofilm Fabrication.- Laser Ablation and Laser Induced Plasmas for Nanomachining and Material Analysis.- Photo-, Dual- and Exoelectron Spectroscopy to Characterize Nanostructures.- Laser Interaction with Nano-Spheres: Applications in Sub-Micron Particles Removal and Nanodot Array Fabrication.- Clean Fossil Fuels: Advanced Membrane Reactors.- Nanocrystalline Diamond Films for Advanced Technological Applications.- Diamond like Carbon Films: Growth and Characterization.- Fundamentals of Laser-Assisted Fabrication of Inorganic and Organic Films.- Nanoparticles of Semiconductors in Sol Gel Glasses.- Electrochemical Sensor Technology Based on Nanomaterials for Biomolecular Recognitions.- The Effects of Doping with Elements from the IIA Group on the Thermal and Electronic Properties of Amorphous Selenium.- Nanoscale Materials for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Systems.- Application of Fe-Nanoscale Materials Useful in the Removal of Arsenic from Waters.- Nanopatterning Using the Bioforce Nanoenabler.- Electrocatalysts and Electrode Design for Bifunctional Oxygen/Air Electrodes.- General Contributions.- Preparation of Magnetic Chitosan Nanoparticles for Diverse Biomedical Applications.- Anomalous Behavior of Carbon Filled Polymer Composites Based Chemical and Biological Sensors.- Poly(n-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) Based Nanoparticles for In Vitro Plasmid DNA Delivery.- Rapid, Contactless and Non-Destructive Testing of Chemical Composition of Samples.- Synthesis and Application of Metal-Containing Silicas.- Semiconducting Gas Sensors, Remote Sensing Technique and Internet GIS for Air Pollution Monitoring in Residential and Industrial Areas.- Self-Assembled System of Semiconductor and Virus Like Nanoparticles.- Thermal Stability and Optical Activity of Erbium Doped Chalcogenide Glasses for Photonics.- XRD Study of Pulsed Laser Deposited AIN Films with Nanosized Crystallites.- Functionalization of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes (MWCNTS).- Sonochemical Synthesis of Inorganic Nanoparticles.- Novel Transparent Molecular Crystals of Carbon.- Hydrogen Microsensor Based on NiO Thin Films.- Design and Characterization of Styrene-Based Proton Exchange Membranes.- Strontium-Substituted Hydroxyapatite Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition.- Growing Thin Films of Charge Density Wave System Rb0.3MoO3 by Pulsed Laser Deposition.- Single Cell Detection with Driven Magnetic Beads.- Antimicrobial Properties of Titanium Nanoparticles.- CsHSO4/Nanooxide Polymer Membranes for Fuel Cell.- IV and CV Characteristics of Multifunctional Ilmenite-Hematite 0.67FeTiO3-0.33Fe2O3.- Electrodeposition of Bi1?xSbx Nanowires as an Advanced Material for Thermoelectric Applications.- A Solid State Nano-Generator: Concept, Design and Theoretical Estimations.- Applications of Statistical Physics to Mixing in Microchannels: Entropy and Multifractals.- Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Supported Pd and PtPd Catalysts for DMFCs.-Theoretical Study of the Adsorbed Small Molecule on Twisted Nanotubes by Atomic Scale Simulations.- The Defect Structure of Copper Indium Disulfide.