C - I Virtual Centre for Nanotechnology Brazil-Mexico (CBMNano) Symposium
Main Organizer
Valtencir Zucolotto, IFSC - USP (zuco@if.sc.usp.br)
Co-Organizers
Aldo José Gorgatti Zarbin, Department of Chemistry - UFPR (aldo@quimica.ufpr.br )
Description
The symposium welcomes all researchers in the field of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Brazilian and Mexican researchers, in particular, are invited to participate in the symposium as a way of identifying partners and potential collaborative projects between Brazil and Mexico, following the collaborative research program launched in 2009 by Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil (MCT) and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas do México (CONACYT).
Research on Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (N&N) has benefited from breakthrough technologies, including the development of new/hybrid materials and possibility of nanoscale manipulation. The development of new nanotechnological tools, in particular, has brought tremendous advances in materials science with novel materials being produced with unique properties. Research in this field is inherently multidisciplinary, and efforts have focused primarily on the development of new materials, in which control over specific, improved properties may be achieved at the molecular level. This Symposium was conceived to cover all the topics related with the design, synthesis, characterization and processing of nanomaterials for technological applications.
Topics
The symposium Will cover all topics related to Nanoscience and nanotechnology, including:
- N&N for Biofuel applications;
- N&N for solar cells and photovoltaics;
- Synthesis and functionalization of Nanomaterials, including nanoparticles, fullerenes, nanotubes, etc.
- Characterization of Nanomaterials, especially related to Electron Transmission Microscopy (TEM);
- Nanomaterials for Biotechnology applications;
- N&N for environment and food applications.
Invited Speakers
Mexico
1. Dr. Romeo de Coss, Diseño de Materiales Nanoestructurados, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional ( decoss@mda.cinvestav.mx)
2. Dr. Daniel Glossman, Nanotecnología Aplicada a Energía, Centro de Investigación en Materiales (daniel.glossman@cimav.edu.mx)
3. Dr. Elmer de la Rosa, Nanoelectronica, Centro de Investigación en Óptica (elder@cio.mx)
4. Dr. Andrey Simakov, Nanotecnología y Medio Ambiente, Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología de Ensenada, UNAM (andrey@cnyn.unam.mx)
5. Dr. Rafael Vazquez Duhalt, Instituto de Biotecnología de la Universidad Nacional Autonoma de México, (vazqduh@bitunam.mx)
Brazil
1. Dr. Frank Crespilho (Universidade Federal do ABC)
2. Dr. Laudemir Varanda (Universidade de São Paulo)
3. Dra. Daniela Zanchet (Laboratório Nacional de Luz Sincroton)
4. Dra. Adriana Raffin Pohlmann (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
5. Dra. Henriette Monteiro Cordeiro de Azeredo (Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical, CNPAT)
Scientific committee
Brazil
Ado Jório - UFMG
André Galembeck - CETENE/UFPE
Antonio Gomes Souza Filho - UFCE
Rubens Bernardes Filho - EMBRAPA
Solange Fagan - UNIFRA
Silvia Guterres - UFRGS
Mexico
Jesus Gonsalez - CIMAV
Elder de La Rosa - CIO
Sergio Fuentes - UNAM
Vicente Garibay - IMP
Daniel Glossmann - CIMAV
Emanuel Haro - UAM
