Day 1 (27th April 2010) Registration 8.00-8.30 8.30-9.00 9.00-10.00 10.00-10.30 10.30-10.50 10.50-11.10 11.10-11.30 Inauguration of the Conference and Conferring of the Chair of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to Prof. C.N.R Rao, FRS (School of Chemical Sciences Auditorium) Inaugural Key note talk by Prof. Dr. C. N. R. Rao FRS Topic : Graphene and beyond School of Chemical Sciences Auditorium, Mahatma Gandhi University Coffee break (School of Environmental Sciences, SEC,) All delegates have to walk to SEC for coffee and for the other sessions Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Synthesis of Nanomaterials - I (Chairpersons : Andrzej W. Pacek, UK & G. Renaud, France) Polymer Nanocomposites - I ( Chairpersons : Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Russia & Frank Hubenthal, Germany) Optical Properties/ Applications – I ( Chairpersons : Vinay Kumar, South Africa & James H. Dickerson, USA) Functional Polymer Films Hosting Iron Oxide Nanoparticles 10.30-10.50 A. K. Meikap, India Rashi Mathur India Synthesis and Characterization of Biotinylated Magnetic Nanoparticles 10.30-10.50 Amitabha De, India N. Kalaiselvi, India On the synthesis and characterization of nanometric LiMnO2 and LiMn0.5Ni0.5O2 Maria A. G. Soler, Brazil 11.10-11.30 Synthesis, Characterization and Electrical Transport of Polyaniline and Carbon Nanotube Composite Conducting Pedot And Its Nanocomposites: Transport & Magnetic Properties, Application As Electrochemical Capacitor Interfacial Reactions in the Solid state: How they work at the Atomic Acale Paolo Ghigna, Italy 1 10.30-10.50 G.A. Mun , Russia Image Reproduction Systems on Nanotechnology Base 10.50-11.10 G. Subramania, USA Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals for Nanoscale Light Control 11.10-11.30 Alan Man Ching Ng, Hong Kong ZnO nanomaterials: growth and applications cathodes 11.30-11.50 S. Berger, Israel 11.50-12.10 P. Pramanik, India 12.10-12.30 12.30-12.50 12.50-13.10 P. Mazzoldi, Italy Philip Iam Keong SOU, Kong Hong H. Karami, Iran Piezoelectric and pyroelectric ceramic nano-composites 11.30-11.50 P.A Mahanwar, India Soft Chemistry for nano-Materials 11.50-12.10 Tessy Theres Baby, India Growth of Metal Nanoclusters in Dielectric Matrices: Synthesis by Ion Implantation, Optical Properties, Application in the field of Nanophotonics, Magnetism and Gas Sensing Molecular-BeamEpitaxy grown Iron-Related Nanostructures Synthesis and Characterization of Al2O3-ZnO Nanocomposite 12.10-12.30 12.30-12.40 Niranjan Patra, Italy Effect of Carbon NanoPlatelet Chains and its Concentration on the Properties of Poly (Ether- Ether –Ketone) (Peek) Composite Synthesis, Thermal and Electrical Properties of Fe2O3 Mgnetic nanoparticles dispersed on multi-walled carbon nanotubes based nanofluid Poly (Methyl Methacrylate) nano composites filled with TiO2 Nanocrystals Poly (vinyl alcohol)nanosilica interaction in Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, aqueous gel illustrated India through room temperature gelhysteresis study Preparation and characterization of new Nanostructured Materials / Devices (Chairpersons : Ibrahim S. Ahmed, Egypt & JinSeong Jung , Korea) 2 11.30-11.50 N.E. Walsöe de Reca, Argentina 11.50-12.10 O.M Ntwaeaborwa, South Africa "Nanostructured Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications for IT-SOFC Fuel Cells and Gas Sensors" Enhanced photoluminescence of rare-earth activators in sol-gel derived SiO2 by energy transfer from ZnO nanoparticles and coactivators 12.10-12.30 P. Kumbhakar, India Observation of Enhancement in Photoluminescence Emission and Threephoton Absorption in Doped ZnS Nanoparticles 12.30-12.50 Dimple P. Dutta, India Rare-earth doped Nano Phosphors for White light emitting deep UV LEDs 12.50-13.10 Shreyas S. Pitale, South Africa Investigations on the Electron Stimulated Surface Chemical Behaviour and Cathodoluminescence of Zinc Aluminate Nanophosphors for Field Emission Display Applications 12.40-12.50 Stefan Mátéfi-Tempfli, Belgium 12.50-13.00 Hiroki Kondo, Japan 13.00-13.10 Chanramani Singh, India 13.10-14.10 Template synthesized nanostructures on solid and flexible substrates for bio-interfaces and sensing applications Controlled synthesis of carbon nanowalls for new functional devices Structure, electrical piezoelectric properties of lead-free BaTiO2 nanoceramics synthesized by highenergy ball milling Lunch Break Characterization - I ( Chairpersons : Anna Tampieri, Italy & Ajayan Vinu, Japan) 14.10-14.30 Hirendra N. Ghosh, India Ultrafast Charge Carrier Dynamics in Quantum Dot CoreShell Nanostructure Materials 14.30-14.50 Jae Yong Song, South Korea Fabrication and Size-Dependent Physical Properties 14.10-14.30 14.30-14.50 Thin Films - I (Chairpersons: H.-G. Boyen, Belgium & Rolf Heumann, Germany ) Detection of Chemical Warfare Agent simulants using nanostructured L A Patil, India semiconducting metal oxide thin films prepared from ultrasonic spray pyrolysis technique Electro-Assisted Mathieu Etienne, France Generation of SilicaBased Hybrid 3 Nano for Medicine – I ( Chairpersons : Shaaker Hajati Denmark & Amaresh Mishra, Germany ) 14.10-14.30 Sreeram KJ, India Designed Synthesis of Nanoparticles for Therapeutic Applications 14.30-14.50 Ewa Borowiak-Palen, Poland Application of Carbon Nanotubes Capped with Molecular Nanospheres of Various White-tin Nanowires 14.50-15.10 15.10-15.30 15.30-15.50 Crystal Defects and Cr3+-substitution Effects in Nanocrystalline K.B. Modi, India CoCrxFe2-xO4 (x = 0 - 2.0) studied by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy Membranes – I (Chairpersons : A. M. Badawi, Egypt & Stefan Mátéfi-Tempfli, Belgium) Jin-Seong Jung , Korea Fabrication and Characterization Properties Of Metallic Nanostructures In Anodic Alumina Membrane Usha K Aravind, India Optical sensing ability of Ovalbumin Immobilized polyelectrolyte nanolayers Mesoporous Thin films 14.50-15.10 15.10-15.30 15.30-15.50 R.R. Deshmukh, India Nano-structured Bromine Containing, Tunable High Refractive index films by Pulsed Plasma Polymerization Srinibas Satapathy, India Preparation and Characterization of LiTaO3 (LT)/Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Nanocomposite films for Pyroelectric Detector Application Studies on Mg: ZnO Dilute Magnetic Semiconducting Thin Films Prepared by Chemical Methods T. A. Vijayan, India 15.50-16.00 as a Stimuli-Responsive Controlled-Release Delivery System Based 14.50-15.10 15.10-15.30 15.30-15.50 J. Jakubowicz, Poland M. Kikuchi, Japan Mostafa Khajeh, Iran Ti-based Nanobiomaterials for Hard Tissue Implant Applications Bone-Mimicking Material: Hydroxyapatite/Collagen Nanocomposite Silver nanoparticles for the determination of manganese in biological samples Coffee break Nanoporous Materials ( Chairpersons : Dragan Mihailovic, Slovenia & Angel Costela, Spain) Sensors - I ( Chairpersons : Rüdiger Kniep, Germany & Hisashi Kajiura, Japan) 4 Synthesis of Nanomaterials - II ( Chairpersons : S. Berger, Israel & Dušan Galusek, Slovakia) 16.00-16.20 16.20-16.40 16.40-17.00 17.00-17.20 17.20-17.40 Ajayan Vinu, Japan Structural Control of Nanoporous Carbon Nitrides and their Applications Micro-and Nanowires: Fabrication by Dmitri Zagorskiy, Replication of Russia Porous polymer matrixes and some properties Nanofluid & Applications ( Chairpersons : M.C. Carotta Italy & V.S.K. Chakravadhanula, Germany) Processable aqueous dispersion of M. Behera, India fullerene C60: A nanofluid 16.00-16.20 16.20-16.40 Sanjay Upadhyay, India G.N. Chaudhari, India Bimetallic Nanoparticles Modified Electrode for the Enzyme Inhibition Based Biosensors for the Detection of Organophosphorous Compounds Nanocrystalline Pervoskite type La0.6Co0.4Mn0.5Ni0.5O3 Based H2S Gas Sensor 16.00-16.20 16.20-16.40 Synthesis of Nanomaterials - III ( Chairpersons : S. Mall, USA & Darja Lisjak, Slovenia) 16.40-17.00 Ibetombi Soibama, India Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoferrites 16.40-17.00 Corinne Chanéac, France Design of metal oxide nanoparticles using soft 17.00-17.20 Self-assembly and UV mediated re-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles 17.20-17.30 John Philip, India Some Interesting Applications of Nanofluids 17.00-17.20 Ravi Naik Jarapala, India Development of carbon micro/nanofibers based adsorbents 17.20-17.40 E. Majkova, , Slovakia 17.30-17.40 5 Zaheer Khan India Jiangong Li, China Simple Approach for the Synthesis of MnO2 Nanostructures and their Applications as Catalysts Microwave Absorption Properties of Fe/SiO2 Nanocomposite Polymer Nanocomposites - II (Chairpersons : Ning Wang, Hong Kong & Davide Calestani, ITALY) Interfacial Interactions in PP/MMT/PP-g-MA and Zulima Martin, Spain PP/MMT/SEBS Nanocomposites Novel and Facile Method for Surface Modification of Montomorillonite N. G. Shimpi, India (MMT) and its Property Investigation on Silicone –Nanocomposites T. Prabhakaran, India Magnetoelectric Studies on Ni-doped BiFeO3 Nanocomposite Seena Joseph, India Development of high performance nanocomposites of polyethersulphon (PES) with nanosilica and nanoalumina 17.40-18.40 Brain Storming Discussion on India/EU/ Rest of the World Joint Research Programme (Under FP7 Frame Work) 18.40-19.10 Poster Session 1 Subhasree Banerjee, India Photolumenescent Silica Nanostructures 2 Achamma George, India Doped ZnO Nanocrystals for near-UV converted Solid State Lighting Applications 3 D. S. Schmool, Portugal Static and dynamic properties of exchange – spring systems with perpendicular anisotropy 4 Nayan Roy & Samiran Mandal, India “Green chemical” synthesis of Au and Ag nanoparticles by Indian propolis and its chemical constituents” 5 D. S. Schmool, Portugal Mössbauer effect studies on ferromagnetic nanoparticles of FexOy@SiO2 6 Y. S. Negi1, India Preparation and Characterization of Corn Cob Based Nanoparticles 7 Guoqiang Xie , Japan Characterization of Interface Nanostructure in Ni-based Metallic Glassy Composites Produced by Spark Plasma Sintering 8 Guoqiang Xie, Japan Formation and Characterization of Nanocrystal Structure Induced by Electron or He Ion Irradiation Cu-Zr-Ti Metallic Glass 9 Rashi Mathur, , India Chemical Synthesis of ZnS passivated CdSe quantum dots for Optical Imaging 10 T. Prasada Rao, India Effects of thickness and heat treatment on the structural, electrical and optical properties of nano structured GZO thin films for optoelectronic application 11 Muhammad Naeem Ashiq, Pakistan Synthesis, magnetic, Electrical and Dielectric Properties of Substituted M-type Strontium Hexaferrite Nanomaterials 12 M. Sasani Ghamsari, Iran Green Strategy for Preparation of Semiconductor Nanomaterials 13 Mohan Raja, Saudi Arabia Carbon Nanotubes Based Flexible Transparent Conducting Films for Display Applications 15 Arundhati Sengupta, India Dielectric properties in CrO2 modified c-ZrO2 of ferromagnetic nanocomposite 16 Chandan Ghanty, India Synthesis And Characterisation of 0.25Li2MnO3-0.75Li(Mn0.375Ni0.375Co0.25)O2 as a Cathode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries 17 Somenath.Ghatak, India Electrical Transport Properties of Ni1-xBixFe2O3 Nanoparticles Synthesized by simple Wet Chemical Route 18 Mohan Raja, Saudi Arabia Carbon Nanotubes Based Flexible Transparent Conducting Films for Display Applications 19 B.P. Chandra, India Squeezing Light out of Nanoparticles 6 20 K. Mukherjee, India CO Gas Sensors Based on Semiconducting ZnO Nanostructures 21 G.Chakraborty, India Soft Chemical Synthesis and Electrical Transport Properties Of Cd+2 Doped Nickel Ferrite Nanoparticles 22 Nuja J, Suchand Sandeep C.S, Reji Philip and Nandakumar K, India Optical Study On Nanosized Sr0.5ba0.5nb2o6 Ceramics 23 Vincent Mathew, India Reduction of short channel effects in Nanoscale MOSFETs with high–dielectrics 24 Vinayan.B.P, India Hydrogen Storage Studies Of Nitrogen Doped Graphene Nanoplatelets 25 Rongming Wang, China Synthesis and Characterization of Magnetic Nanomaterials 26 Yingchun Zhu, China Nanodomain-Switched Signal-Responsive Drug Release System 27 Ming Zhang, India Synthesis and Photocatalytic Activity of Mn-doped ZnS Nanorods from Single-Source Precursors 28 G. W. Yang, India Laser Ablation in Liquid: From Nanocrystals Synthesis to Nanostructures Fabrication 29 Yimin Cui, India Metal Induced Synthesis of Ultrathin Silicon Nanowires 30 M.L. Zheludkevich, Portugal Nanotechnology as a way to self-healing coatings 31 Jin-Ming WU, China Photocatalytic Active Titania with Various Nanostructures via Ti-H2O2 Interactions 32 X.H. Xie, China Composite Battery Materials from Explosives 33 A.R. Phani, India Nanostructured materials by cost effective sol-gel technique for various industrial applications 34 Nandakumar Kalarikkal Structural and optical properties of nanostructured Sm3+ modified Sr2CeO4 blue phosphor 35 Nandakumar Kalarikkal & Jeevan Job Thomas, India Magnetic and AC Electrical Conductivity Studies of Nickel-Cobalt Nanoferrites Prepared by Low Temperature Sol-Gel Method 36 Chinping Chen, China Magnetic properties of Ni nanochains: finite size effect, magnetization reversal, and surface magnetic states 37 T.Thilagavathi, India SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANO ZnO PARTICALS BY HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS 38 Eglantina Benavente E. Chile Synthesis and characterization of nanocompositesZnO/ carboxylic acids 39 P. Kannan, India Organophosphorus liquid Crystalline Thermosets Based Natural and Nanocomposites 7 40 S. K. Sharma, Brazil Tuning the exchange bias field in mixed arrangement of NiO core-shell nanoparticles and pinning Ni micrometric particles 41 Raju Thomas, India Nanoindentation and Morphological studies on Epoxy/CTBN system 42 Marimuthu Nidhin Influence of alginate template on the size, shape and morphology of magnetite nanoparticles 43 Usha K Aravind Riboflavin loaded layer-by-layer nanofilms: Interaction with BSA 44 Usha K Aravind Tunable protein adsorption of CHI/PSS nanolayers 45 P. Kannan, India Organophosphorus liquid Crystalline Thermosets Based Natural and Nanocomposites 46 Jiangong Li, China Microwave Absorption Properties of Fe/SiO2 Nanocomposite 47 Sony George Bifunctional Lanthanides Incorporated Zinc Oxide Nano Composites 48 Shiji Krishnan1 and Nandakumar Kalarikkal1 Synthesis and structural characterization of rod-like YCrO3 nanoparticles 49 N.N. Binitha, India A Facile Sol Gel Method of Preparation for N-Doped TiO2 Photocatalyst 50 Poornima Vijayan Synthesi and characterization of Epoxy Nanocomposites Reinforced with Silicon Carbide Nano Fibers 51 Ajesh K.Zachariah Effect of Organically Modified Nanoclay on the Morphological, Rheological and Mechanical Behavior in Chlorobutyl Rubber Nanocomposites 19.10-20.00 20.00-22.00 Cultural Programme (Hotel Windsor Castle, Kottayam) Dinner (Hotel Windsor Castle, Kottayam) 8 Day 2 (28th April 2010) 8.30-8.40 8.40-8.50 8.50-9.10 9.10-9.30 Hall 1 Hall 2 Hall 3 Nano for Medicine - II (Chairpersons : Hassan Karami, Iran & Behdad Ahmadi, Iran & ) Synthesis of Nanomaterials - IV (Chairpersons : V.A.Harutyunyan, Armenia & E. Majkova, , Slovakia) Characterization - II (Chairpersons: Dmitri Zagorskiy, Russia & M. Kikuchi, Japan) Eldho Elias& Sabu Thomas, India Eldho & Laly Pothen, India Simone Sprio, Italy Anna Tampieri, Italy Development of New polymer scaffold for tissue engineering Cellulose nanocomposites for Biomedical Application Biomorphic transformations to obtain hierarchically organized bone scaffolds from native ligneous structures Functionalised biomimetic hybrid composites for tissue repair 8.30-8.50 8.50-9.10 9.10-9.30 9.30-9.50 Simon R. Hall, UK S.T. Aruna, India S.H. Sonawane, India Naznin Ara Begum, India 9 Biopolymer Mediated Syntheses of Complex Oxide Nanowires 8.30-8.50 Solution combustion synthesis of nanomaterials 8.50-9.10 N. LAKSHMI, India G. Renaud, France Spin Glass Behavior in Nano Sized Cu Co Zn Fe O 0.25 0.25 0.25 2 4 Ferrite: A Magnetic and Mössbauer study Substrate-Enhanced Supercooling in AuSi Eutectic Droplets Sonochemistry Approach for Functional Nanolatex Synthesis 9.10-9.30 A.P. Srivastava India Structural and Soft Magnetic Properties Correlation in Modified FINEMET Alloy Composition Fe68.5Nb3Si18.5B9Cu1 using Positron Lifetime Spectroscopy In search of “green chemical” methods for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles with tailor-made structural properties 9.30-9.50 R. Nithya, India Sol-gel synthesis and characterization of Calcium Pyro Phosphate Ceramics 9.30-9.50 Nguyen Tk Thanh, UK Design, synthesis, characterisation of novel magnetic nanoparticles for biomedical applications 9.50-10.00 Coffee break Thin Films - II (Chairpersons : Paolo Ghigna, Italy & Maria A. G. Soler, Brazil) 10.00-10.20 10.20-10.40 Membranes - II (Chairpersons : O.M Ntwaeaborwa, South Africa & Naznin Ara Begum, India) Sujit Kumar Bera, India Photoluminescence and Raman Studies of nanocrystalline Si thin films prepared by dc magnetron sputtering 10.00-10.20 James H. Dickerson, USA Electrophoretic Deposition of Nanoparticle Films: Recent Developments and New Directions 10.20-10.40 A. K. Arora, India Characterization of nanostructures using Raman spectroscopy Androula G. Nassiopoulou, Greece 10.00-10.20 Pranab Sarkar, India Computational modeling and simulation of semiconductor nanoparticles 10.20-10.40 Òscar Iglesias, Spain Simulation and modeling of magnetic nanoparticles Optical Properties/Application - II (Chairpersons : Pavel Kim, Russia, G. Kedarnath & India) Characterization - III (Chairpersons : Philip Iam Keong SOU, Kong Kong & O. Pagès, France) 10.40-11.00 Aleš Iglič,, Slovenia Interaction between likecharged membrane surfaces mediated by charged nanoparticles Nanostructures on Si By Electrochemistry And Their Applications Modeling and Simulation (Chairpersons : J. Jakubowicz, Poland & Amitabha De, India) 10.40-11.00 Shah Raj Ali, India 10 Synthesis of Nickel Hexacyanoferrate Nanoparticles and their Application in Voltammetric Determination of Morphine Drug Synthesis of Nanomaterials - V (Chairpersons: Zulima Martin, Spain & G.A. Mun , Russia) 10.40-11.00 Dennis .C., India Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles Produced by Laser Ablation Technique in Aqueous Monomer Solution 11.00-11.20 11.20-11.40 11.40-12.00 Jun Takeda, Japan Real-Time TimeFrequency TwoDimensional Imaging of Ultrafast ExcitedState Dynamics in Light-Harvesting Nano- and Biomaterials Andrzej W. Pacek, UK Morphology and Rheology of Aqueous Suspensions of NanoParticles Haruyuki Inui, Japan Nano-scale characterization of structural and functional transitionmetal silicides by scanning transmission electron microscopy 11.00-11.20 11.20-11.40 11.40-12.00 Polymer Nanocomposites - III (Chairpersons : J. A. Reyes-Esqueda, Mexico & D. S. Schmool, Portugal) 12.00-12.20 A. N. Jyothi , India Starch based Bionanocomposites: Synthesis, property aspects and applications Ullas Gurudas , USA Nonlinear Optical Characterization of Materials for Optical Applications A. M. Badawi, Egypt Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron for Effective TNT Explosive Wastewater Treatment Young-Uk Kwon, Korea Synthesis and Applications of Mesoporous Thin Films with Ordered Pores M. Kakati, India A Supersonic Thermal Plasma Jet Assisted Reactor for Synthesis of High Temperature Ceramic Nanoparticles M. Samy El-Shall, USA Size- and Shape-Controlled Nanoparticles and Nanocatalysis on Novel Supports 11.40-11.50 Prasanta Dhak, India Synthesis, Structure and Electrical Properties Study of Nanocrystalline Ba0.8Cu0.2Ti0.8(AlK)0.2O3 Ferroelectric Ceramics Prepared By Chemical Route 11.50-12.00 Meera A.P, India Preparation of Rubber nanocomposites: non-liner visco elastic properties 11.00-11.20 11.20-11.40 Hybrid Nanomaterials (Chairpersons : Alexey A. Zezin, Russia & Ibetombi Soibama, India ) 12.00-12.20 Eugenia FagadarCosma, Romania 11 Porphyrin Derivatives at the Interface with Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Nanomaterials Magnetic Nanocomposites (Chairpersons : Corinne Chanéac, France & L A Patil, India) 12.00-12.20 Tatiana Makarova, Sweden Nanomagnetism in Otherwise Nonmagnetic Materials 12.20-12.40 12.40-13.00 Rüdiger Kniep, Germany Soundeswaran, Japan Embryonic states of fluorapatite-gelatinenanocomposites and their shape development to hierarchical mesostructures: Experiment and Theory Growth and characterization of Core-Multi ShellGaAs Nanowire array Solar cell 12.20-12.40 12.40-13.00 Huiling Duan, China Mechanics of Corrugated Surfaces 12.20-12.40 Toyoko Imae, Taiwan Fabrication of Metal Particles with Unique Shapes A.A. Prasanna, India Anomalous change in electrical resistivity in martensite to austenite transition in Ni2MnSn nanocrystallites of Heusler alloys 12.40-13.00 Sophie Neveu, France Microfluidic synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles 13.00-14.00 Lunch break 14.00-14.20 14.20-14.40 Hamdy Farag, , Japan D. Geetha, India Effect of Molybdenum Disulfide layer Curvature on the Catalytic Properties for Hydrodesulfurization Reaction Preparation and Characterization of Nanoscale Titanium Oxide Under Solvothermal Process Nano for Medicine - III Nano for Electronics and Application (Chairpersons: Alan Man Ching Ng, Hong kong & M.D. Glinchuk, Ukraine) Synthesis of Nanomaterials - VI (Chairpersons: Mostafa Khajeh, Iran & N.E. Walsöe de Reca, Argentina) 14.00-14.20 14.20-14.40 H.-G. Boyen Belgium Metal/Molecule Multilayers - A New Design Tool for Molecular Electronics I.E.Suleimenov, Kazakstan, Russia Nonorobots based on Interpolymer Complexes and their Advance Applications in 12 (Chairpersons: G. González & Chile, P.J. Kervalishvili, Georgia) 14.00-14.20 B.Subramanian, India 14.20-14.40 N. Subbarami Reddy, India Biocompatibility studies and corrosion behavior in SBF on Magnetron sputtered Titanium based compounds for Bio implants Novel Gelatin-Hydrogel Silver Nanocomposites for Antimicrobial Applications Nanoelectronics 14.40-15.00 P.Pazhanisamy, India Synthesis and Characterization of Poly (Ncyclohexylacrylamideco8-Quinolinylacrylate) copolymers 14.40-15.00 M. V. Madhava Rao, Taiwan Electroluminescent Characteristics of Polymer and Quantum Dots Nanocomposite Light Emitting Devices 14.40-15.00 T. Prasada Rao, India 15.20-18.30 Coffee break Conference Group Photo Session at the School of Environmental Sciences Lobby Boating 18.30-21.30 Conference Banquet at Kumarakom Lake Resort (Kottayam Club) 15.00-15.10 15.10-15.20 13 A Potentiometric Based Glucose Detection by Using 600 nm Thick ZnO thin films Day 3 (29th April 2010) Hall 1 Hall 2 Nano for Energy & Conversion /Cells - I (Chairpersons: Simone Sprio, Italy & Òscar Iglesias, Spain) Nano for Medicine - IV (Chairpersons : Sophie Neveu, France & Nelcy D. S. Mohallem, Brazil 8.30-8.50 B. B. Kale, India 8.50-9.10 Amaresh Mishra, Germany 9.10-9.30 K Karunamurthy, India. 9.30-9.50 J.K. Dongre, India Nanostructured materials for Solar light induced hydrogen generation Developments in Thiophene-Based Materials for Solar Energy Conversion PCM BASED THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM CONTAINING CuO NANOPARTICLES Nanostructures for Solar Cells 8.30-8.50 8.50-9.10 9.10-9.30 9.30-9.50 P.P.Lizymol, India Rolf Heumann, Germany Samit Kumar Nandi, India Debasish Sarkar, India 14 Hall 3 Inorganic Organic Hybrid Light Cure Dental RESTORATIVE Materials; Steps from Lab to Patient The use of sizedefined DNAfunctionalized calcium phosphate nanoparticles for transfection: implications for intracellular signalling in health and disease? Application of Bioceramic and bioactive glass in orthopaedic surgical challenges Quantum Dot for Drug Delivery Characterization - IV (Chairpersons : Androula G. Nassiopoulou, Greece & Tatiana Makarova, Sweden) 8.30-8.50 8.50-9.10 9.10-9.30 9.30-9.50 R. Ghosh, India Shaaker Hajati, Denmark Wetting characteristics of ZnO nanowire arrays prepared by solvothermal technique X-ray Photoelectron Tomography (XPET); New improvements and Outlook V.A.Harutyunyan, Armenia ELECTROOPTICAL TRANSITIONS IN SEMICONDUCTOR NANOLAYERS W. L. Pei, Japan Study on magnetization Switching Behaviors of CoPt Nano-Dot on Patterned Film 9.50-10.00 10.00-10.20 10.20-10.40 10.40-11.00 11.00-11.20 Coffee break Polymer Nanocomposites - IV (Chairpersons : I.E.Suleimenov, Kazakstan, Russia & H.-G. Boyen Belgium) Synthesis and Swelling behavior of Poly (Ncyclohexylacrylamide P.Pazhanisamy, India co – Acrylamide / AMPS Na) Nanocomposite Hydrogels Pavel Kim, Russia Behdad Ahmadi, Iran Artificial Muscles on Nanotechnology Base Scratch resistance improvement of a polyurethane transparent coating via nano filler: An optical and mechanical study Characterization - V (Chairpersons : Eglantina Benavente E. Chile & Nguyen Tk Thanh, UK) Comparison of Textural and Morphological Nelcy Della Santina Characteristics of Mohallem, Brazil Metallic Oxide Nanoparticles Produced Synthesis of Nanomaterials - VII (Chairpersons : Toyoko Imae, Taiwan & Anna Tampieri, Italy) 10.00-10.20 10.20-10.40 10.40-11.00 11.00-11.20 Nelcy D. S. Mohallem Brazil Nanocomposite Thin Films of Ag/TiO2 Deposited onto 316L Stainless Steel Synthesis of antimony and bismuth selenide G. Kedarnath, India nanostructures using single source molecular precursors Preparation of Magnetically Separable Fe2O3@TiO2 coreshell and C. Karunakaran, India ZnFe2O4@TiO2 Heterocore-Shell Nanoparticles for Photocatalytic Remediation Metal Nanoparticles (Chairpersons: Ullas Gurudas , USA & M. Samy El-Shall, USA) Darja Lisjak, Slovenia 15 Interactions between ferrite nanoparticles in liquid Nano for Environment (Chairpersons : Eugenia Fagadar-Cosma, Romania & S. K. Sharma, Brazil) 10.00-10.20 Binitha N N, India Nitrogen Doped TiO2: A Promising Photocatalyst for Pollutant Degradation under Visible Light 10.20-10.40 Anna. A. Zyryanovaa, Russia Educational electronic resource "Nanotechnology and Nanoscience" 10.40-11.00 Tapan Gangly, India Application of Semiconductor Nanoparticles in Developing Artificial light Energy Conversion Devices Nanocomposites – I (Chairpersons: S.H.Sonawane, India & Shah Raj Ali, India) 11.00-11.20 K. Mohana Raju, India Development of Chitosan-PVA films with antimicrobial silvernanoparticles By Different Synthesis Routes 11.20-11.40 11.40-12.00 12.00-12.20 12.20-12.40 12.40-13.00 Ning Wang, Hong Kong O. Pagès, France P.J. Kervalishvili Georgia 1D Nanomaterials: growth, structure and property characterization Vibrational Properties of Alloys : A Unified Picture at the Mesoscopic Scale within a Simple Percolation Paradigm Nanotechnology of solid Substances with Controlled Dissorders: The Way of Material Science and Technology Development Amol Muley, Hong Kong Local Oxidation of Zinc by Atomic force Microscopy D. S. Schmool, Portugal Spin dynamic studies in ferromagnetic nanoparticles 11.20-11.40 11.40-12.00 12.00-12.20 Alexey A. Zezin, Russia Manjeet Singha, India M.D. Glinchuk, Ukraine Generation of Metal Nanostructures by Radiation-Induced Reduction of Metal Ions in Polyelectrolyte Metal Complexes PVP stabilized silver nanoparticles: LSPR behavior Inherent Piezomagnetic, Piezoelectric and Linear Magnetoelectric Effects in Nanosystems Nanowires (Chairpersons: Tapan Gangly, India & M. Kikuchi, Japan) 12.20-12.40 Dragan Mihailovic, Slovenia 12.40-13.00 Yimin Cui, China 16 First steps in selfassembled molecular electronics with MoSI molecular wires Synthesis of Nanowires and 11.20-11.40 11.40-12.00 J. A. Reyes-Esqueda, Mexico Nonlinear Optical Response and totally Integrated near Field Enhancement from Ion-Implanted and Anisotropycontrolled Metallic Nanocomposites S. Mall, USA Electrically Conductive Nanocomposites for Structural Applications 12.00-12.20 Vasundhara Singh, India 12.20-12.40 Angel Costela, Spain 12.40-13.00 Sunil Bhardwaj, India Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanocomposites Based on Exchanged Na-Montmorillonite Clay as Recyclable and Recoverable Catalysts in Organic Synthesis Solid-State Scatty Lasers Based on Nanohybrid POSS Composites Carbon Nanotubes from Natural Precursors and their Lithium intercalation properties Nanoroads 13.00-14.00 Lunch break Thin Films - III (Chairpersons : N. Subbarami Reddy, India & Hamdy Farag, , Japan) 14.00-14.20 14.20-14.40 14.40-15.00 15.00-15.10 R H Bari India. Effect of Cu /Bi ratio on Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Nanostructured Copper Bismuth Diselenide thin films from a solution growth technique V.S.K. Chakravadhanula, Germany Synthesis and Characterization of Functional MetalPolymer and MetalOxide Nanocomposite Thin films D.K. Avasthi, India Synthesis and engineering of noble metal based nanocomposite thin film Marcelo Machado Viana, Brazil Nanocomposite Thin Films of Ag/TiO2 deposited onto 316L stainless steel Nanocomposites - II ( Chairpersons : Jae Yong Song, South Korea & G.A. Mun , Russia) 14.00-14.20 14.20-14.40 14.40-15.00 15.00-15.20 G. B. Talapatra, India A.I. Romanenko, Russia Basudeb Karmakar, India Viacheslav M. Russia Prokhorov*, 17 Langmuir-Blodgett Technique: A Useful Tool to Study Protein Lipid Interaction Influence of Interaction of Surface Atoms of MWNTs and OLC Nanoparticles with Dielectric matrix in Nanocomposites on their Electrophysical Properties Nanometal-Glass Hybrid Nanocomposites: A Class of Novel Nanomaterials for Nanophotonic Applications Preparation and Characterization of Nanostructured Aluminium/Fullerite Composites (AFC) Sensors - II (Chairpersons : M. V. Madhava Rao, Taiwan & N.Subbarami Reddy) 14.00-14.20 14.20-14.40 14.40-15.00 15.00-15.20 A.Sen, India B.C. Yadav, India M.C. Carotta, Italy G. Neeraja Rani, India Nanostructured MOS Sensors: A Paradigm Shift in Gas Sensing Nanostructured Cobalt Oxide and Cobalt Titanate Thin Films as an Optical Humidity Sensor: A New Approach THE ROLE OF NANOSTRUCTURE IN GAS SENSING CO Gas Sensors Based on Semiconducting ZnO Nanostructures 15.10-15.20 B. Rajesh Kumar, India Studies On Nanomaterial Based Semiconducting Metal Oxide Thin Films For Gas Sensors - A Review 15.20-15.30 Coffee break Synthesis of Nanostructured materials and their Nanocomposites (Chairpersons : H.-G. Boyen ,Belgium& Mathieu Etienne, France) Nanocomposites - III (Chairpersons : Aleš Iglič,, Slovenia & Young-Uk Kwon, Korea) 15.30-15.50 15.50-16.10 16.10-16.30 16.30-16.50 B. Kalska-Szostko Poland Dušan Galusek, Slovakia G. González, , Chile M. Jaipal Reddy, India From few Atoms to Magnetic Nanocomposites Organosilicon polymers as the source of SiC in Al2O3/SiC nanocomposites Hybrid laminar Organic-inorganic Semiconducting Nanocomposites Nanocomposite Solid Polymer Electrolytes – Applications 15.30-15.50 15.50-16.10 16.10-16.30 16.30-16.50 Structural and thermal studies on PEO based polymer nanocomposite structure Subashini, India J. Manjanna, Japan Room-Temperature Ferromagnetism in Tansition Metal Ion Doped In2O3 and ZnO Nnoparticles Sanitha K.H, India Fabrication of magnetic polymer nanocomposite structures of PVP R. Guinebretière, France 18 Nanostructured Tin Oxide Based Materials Elaborated Through Sol-Gel Process Nano for Medicine - V ( Chairpersons: Ewa Borowiak-Palen, Poland & J. Jakubowicz, Poland ) 15.30-15.50 15.50-16.10 R. Anitha1*, India Antimicrobial activity of polymer caped Ag nanoclusters Rashi Mathur, India Synthesis of RGD conjugated Nanoparticle using novel route for specifically imaging Tumour Endothelium Thin Films - IV (Chairpersons : Haruyuki Inui, Japan & Mathieu Etienne, France) 16.10-16.20 Jasmine B. Biswal, India Preparation of antimony sulfide nanocrystallites using antimony thiosemicarbazone precursors 16.20-16.30 C. Sanjeeviraja, India 16.30-16.40 Ajay. V. Gole, India Microstructural Studies On Pulsed Laser Deposited (PLD) SnO2 Nanocrystalline Thin Films Preparation of nickel sulfide nanoparticles and thin films from nickel thiosemicarbazones complexes Nano for Energy & Conversion /Cells - II (Chairpersons: A.P. Srivastava, India & G. Subramania, USA) 16.40-16.50 Optical Properties /Applications - III (Chairpersons : P. Mazzoldi, Italy & N.E. Walsöe de Reca, Argentina) 16.50-17.10 Reji Philip, India Nonlinear Optical Properties of Nanomaterials Synthesis of Nanomaterials - VIII (Chairpersons : Paolo Ghigna, Italy & Simon R. Hall, UK) 16.50-17.10 Somobrata Acharya, India 19 Dimension Controlled Ultranarrow Inorganic Sheets Comparable to Three Layers of Graphene Hong- Ming Lin, Taiwan Novel Nano Hybrid Electrocatalysts for Direct Liquid Fuel Cells Characterization - VI (Chairpersons: : Jun Takeda, Japan & P.Pramanik, India ) 16.50-17.10 Guoqiang Xie, Japan Growth and Characterization of Metal Nano-sized Branched Structures and the Composites on Insulator Substrates by 17.10-17.30 17.30-17.50 17.50-18.10 18.10-18.30 Hisashi KAJIURA, Japan Carbon Nanomaterials Research for Applications Meera Ramrakhiani, India Preparation, Characterization and Electroluminescence Studies of Nanocrystalline and Nanocomposite Films for Display Devices Meera Ramrakhiani, India Vinay Kumar, South Africa Electroluminescence of cadmium selenide nanocrystals Luminescence and Electron Beam Induced Degradation of Alkaline Earth Sulfide Based Nanophosphors 17.10-17.30 17.30-17.50 17.50-18.10 18.10-18.30 Davide Calestani, Italy The study of growth mechanism as a key for large-scale vaporphase synthesis of ZnO nanostructures 17.10-17.30 Ashis Mallick, India R. Chandramohan, Quatar Fabrication of 3D colloidal crystal from polystyrene monodispersed spheres 17.30-17.50 G. Renaud, France R.M.Mehra, India Synthesis of Nanocrystalline ZnO Powder Via Sol-Gel Route and its Application to Dye Sensitized Solar Cells 17.50-18.10 Ibrahim S. Ahmed, Egypt R.R. Deshmukh, India Enteric Coatings on Nano/Micron sized Particles using Pulsed plasma polymerization 18.10-18.20 M. M. Kothawale, India 18.20-18.30 Anand Prakash, India 20 Electron-Beaminduced Deposition Tensile behaviour of ultrafine-grained and nanocrystalline Mg-3%Al studied at elevated temperatures Real Time In SITU Investigations of the Morphology, Organisation and Internal Structure of Growing Nanoparticles on Surfaces by Grazing Incidence Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering A Simple Route to Synthesize and Characterization Nano-Particles Transition Metal Oxides using Ovalbumin and Urea as a Fuels (Part III) Study Of Cation Distribution And Its Effect On Magnetic Properties Of NanoSize Ni1-xZnxFe2O4 Ferrites Prepared Using Novel Method Effect of organic solvents on size and shape of zinc oxide nano particles in solvothermal synthesis Magnetic Nanomaterials/Micro Nanostructured Blends (Chairpersons: Hirendra N. Ghosh, India & Huiling Duan, China) 18.30-18.50 18.50-19.10 19.10-19.20 E M Mohammed, India R. B. Tangasali, India Jyothish Kumar & Sabu Thomas, India Magnetic Nanomaterials in the field of Communication Nanomagnetism In Nanoparticle Mixed Metal Oxides. Micro nanostructured epoxy ABS blends: reaction induced phace separation Preparation and characterization of new Nanostructured Materials / Devices - II (Chairpersons: Corinne Chanéac, France & Debasish Sarkar, India ) Carbon Nanotubes (Chairpersons: G.N. Chaudhari, India, Shreyas S. Pitale, South Africa ) nanopowders: Synthesis and applications Nagaraju, India Role of the support on the activity of the catalysts in the synthesis of Multiwall carbonnaotubes( MCNTs) by CCVD 18.50-19.10 Pravin Jagdale, India Carbon Nano tube from Polyethylene by Chemical Vapour Deposition method 19.10-19.20 Ashish Kumar Mishra, India Multiwalled carbon nanotubes for carbon capture 18.30-18.50 Ekaterina Vasilyeva, Russia 18.50-19.10 Frank Hubenthal, Germany Synthesis, tailoring, and applications of noble metal nanoparticles Hiroki Kondo, Japan Controlled synthesis of carbon nanowalls for new functional devices 19.10-19.20 Concluding Session 19.20-19.50 21 18.30-18.50