H - 1D and 2D Nanostructures: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
Main organizer
André Santarosa Ferlauto - UFMG (ferlauto@fisica.ufmg.br)
Co-organizers
Rodrigo Gribel Lacerda - UFMG (rlacerda@fisica.ufmg.br)
Description
This symposium will cover works related to 1D and 2D nanostructures such as nanotubes, nanowires, nanoribbons, nanosheets (lamellar materials), graphene. It is open to interdisciplinary research based on the chemistry, physics, biological sciences, and material science and engineering.
Theme
Nanostructures can be classified according to the number of dimensions in macroscopic scale, being the rest in nanometric scale. One dimensional nanostructures such as nanowires and nanotubes can be considered ideal systems for studying the effects of size reduction and quantum confinement on transport properties. On the other hand, two dimensions nanostructures, which had been previously extensively explored by the microelectronics industry, have gained a lot of scientific interest in the past few years due to the production of graphene sheets. This material is revealing several interesting properties and potential for application.
Due to the tendency of continuous reduction on the size of electronic devices, 1D and 2D nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes, graphene, semiconductor nanowires appear as strong candidates to be the building blocks for the fabrication of such devices. The combination of high surface area with efficient electronic transport has been stimulating the utilization of 1D and 2D nanostructures in a number of devices such as chemical and bio sensors, and energy conversion and storage (solar cells, ultracapacitors, etc). Moreover, these nanostructures are widely applied as fillers in nanocomposites.
This symposium intent to emcopass the fields of “nanocarbons” such as carbon nanotubes and graphene, and several other classa of 1D and 2D nanostructures such as nanowires and nanorods of semiconductor materials, and lamellar materials. The covered areas include (but are not limited to): production, studies of properties, and applications. One important area that will also be considered is the toxicity and environmental impact studies.
Topics
- Production, processing, and characterization of 1D nanostructures
- Production, processing, and characterization of 1D nanostructures
- Electronic, opto-electronic, and electrochemical devices (sensors, solar cells, photoelectrochemical cells, photocatalysis, etc)
- Biomedical and agricultural applications
- Nanocomposites
- Electronic, mechanical and thermal properties
- Toxicity and environmental impact
Invited speakers
Prof. Alexandre Rocha (UFABC)
"Realistic simulations of electronic transport at the nanoscale: from gas sensors to spintronics"
Prof. Aldo J. G. Zarbin (UFPR)
"Multi-functional materials obtained from the interactions between carbon nanotubes, metal nanoparticles and conjugated polymers"
Dr. Edisson Morgado Jr.(PETROBRAS S.A. / CENPES)
"1-D nanostructured titanates produced via alkaline hydrothermal route"
Prof. Gisela Umbuzeiro (FT-Unicamp)
"Modulation of eco/genotoxicity of environmental pollutants by carbon nanotubes"
Prof. Luiz Gustavo Cançado (UFMG)
"Spatially resolved Raman spectroscopy of carbon nanotubes and graphene"
Dr. Ming Zheng (NIST - USA)
"Sorting Carbon Nanotubes by DNA"
Scientific Committee
Andrea Latge (UFF-RJ)
Antonio Gomes Souza Filho (UFC-CE)
Edson Roberto Leite (UFSCAR-SP)
Fernando Alvarez (Unicamp-SP)
Fernando Lazaro Freire Jr. (PUC-RJ)
Glaura G. Silva (UFMG-MG)
Marcos Pimenta (UFMG-MG)
Monica A. Cotta (Unicamp-SP)
Oswaldo L. Alves (Unicamp-SP)
Ricardo Wagner Nunes (UFMG-MG)
Solange Fagan (Unifra-RS)
