Advances and applications in carbon related nanomaterials: From pure to doped structures including heteroatom layers

Organizers:

R. Arenal (LMA-U. Zaragoza and INMA, CSIC-U. Zaragoza, chairman), C. P. Ewels (Nantes U.), D. Golberg (Queensland University of Technology), V. Meunier (Pennsylvania State University), A. Rubio (U. País Vasco - Fritz Haber Institut - Max Plank Gesellschaft)

Significant advances have been recently made in the science of nano-carbon materials (nanotubes, graphene, nanodiamonds, fullerenes, nanoporous, cyclic nanotube rings (CPPs) and ribbons...). These developments do not only pertain to fundamental/basic studies but have also yielded tremendous progress in the development of technological applications. Following the steady growth and maturity of the field of nano-carbon research, which now includes significant industrial contributions, it becomes increasingly important for these communities to assemble and focus on scientific challenges.

The presence of dopants and surface modification in the otherwise pure carbon materials opens the possibility of tuning their properties (electronic, optoelectronic) and in some cases in a controlled way. In addition, other layered inorganic materials, such as boron nitride, WS₂, MoS₂ are becoming increasingly important, due to properties absent in their pure carbon counterparts. This field of research is very dynamic and involves multidisciplinary areas ranging from chemistry, physics, materials science, and other prominent ones as biology and medicine due to the functional aspects of these nanomaterials. Thus, the impact of this field covers a significant number of potential applications as improved (bio)sensors, interconnectors (electronic), optoelectronic devices.

Following the success of the first three editions organized in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023 and 2025, HeteroNanoCarb27 will provide a unique forum for researchers, scientists, and engineers from different countries worldwide who are actively involved in the research on issues to disseminate their latest research results and development achievements. In addition to the exciting scientific and technological themes, the conference offers a platform to promote and encourage interaction among researchers for collaboration. To allow researchers from various stages of their career to take advantage of this event, the technical program will consist of a combination of invited, contributed oral, and poster presentations.

Program Outline

Synthesis of pure and doped carbon-based nanomaterials (graphene, nanotubes, nanodiamonds, fullerenes) and heteroatomic ones (BN, WS₂, MoS₂)
Growth/formation mechanisms of these nanomaterials
Advanced characterization/spectroscopic studies (Raman, EELS, TEM, XPS, STS & other techniques)
Spectroscopic (Raman, EELS, STS, IR) studies of these nano-objects
Composite and hybrid carbon-based nanomaterials
Nanoporous carbon materials (synthesis, applications)
Transport, electronic, optoelectronic properties
Mechanical, chemical and electromechanical properties of these nano-systems
Functionalization, surface modification, and chemistry of nanomaterials
Processing and Applications
Multiscale modeling and computation in the above areas

Previous Years

For information about previous meetings, please see the websites for: HeteroNanoCarb 2013, HeteroNanoCarb 2015, HeteroNanoCarb 2017, HeteroNanoCarb 2019, HeteroNanoCarb 2023 and HeteroNanoCarb 2025.

Organising Committee

Chair

Dr. Raul Arenal
Laboratorio de Microscopias Avanzadas (LMA), Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragon (INMA), CSIC-Universidad de Zaragoza. ARAID Senior Researcher.
arenal@unizar.es

Co-Chairs

Dr. Chris P. Ewels
Institut des Materiaux Jean Rouxel CNRS UMR6502, Université de Nantes, France
chris.ewels@cnrs-imn.fr

Prof. Dmitri Golberg
Professor & Australian Laureate Fellow, School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Science & Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
dmitry.golberg@qut.edu.au

Prof. Vincent Meunier
Professor & Department Head, College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
vincent.meunier@psu.edu

Prof. Angel Rubio
Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group and ETSF, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain. Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany
angel.rubio@ehu.es

Advisory Committee

Sofie Cambré (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Jean Christope Charlier (University of Louvain, Belgium)
Alan Dalton (University of Sussex, UK)
Yury Gogotsi (Drexel University, USA)
Silvia Giordani (Dublin City University, Ireland)
Dr. Dieter Gruen (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
Arkady V Krasheninnikov (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany)
Wolfgang Maser (ICB, CSIC, Spain)
Marc Monthioux (CEMES, CNRS, Toulouse, France)
Elena Obraztsova (A:M: Prokhorov General Physics Inst. RAS, Russia)
Thomas Pichler (University of Vienna, Austria)
Kazu Suenaga (Osaka University, Japan)
Reshef Tenne (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Prof. Odile Stephan (U. Paris-Saclay, France)
Dr. Nikos Tagmatarchis (NHRF, Athens, Greece)
Prof. Mauricio Terrones (Penn State U., USA)

Invited Speakers

Prof. Elena Besley (University of Nottingham, UK)
Prof. Cinzia Casiraghi (University of Manchester, UK)
Prof. Thomas Heine (T.U. of Dresden, Germany)
Prof. Mark Hersam (Northwestern University, USA)
Prof. Catherine Journet-Gautier (university of Lyon 1, France)
Dr. Carla de Tomas (King's College of London, UK)
Prof. Fedor Jelezko (Ulm U., Germany)
Prof. Pascal Ruffieux (EMPA, Switzerland)
Prof. Sofie Cambré (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Prof. Alan Dalton (University of Sussex, UK)
Prof. Silvia Giordani (Dublin City University, Ireland)
Prof. Yury Gogotsi (Drexel University, USA)
Prof. Arkady V Krasheninnikov (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Germany)
Prof. Wolfgang Maser (ICB, CSIC, Spain)
Dr. Marc Monthioux (CEMES, CNRS, Toulouse, France)
Prof. Elena Obraztsova (A:M: Prokhorov General Physics Inst. RAS, Russia)
Prof. Thomas Pichler (University of Vienna, Austria)
Prof. Kazu Suenaga (Osaka University, Japan)
Prof. Reshef Tenne (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
Dr. Nikos Tagmatarchis (NHRF, Athens, Greece)
Prof. Mauricio Terrones (Penn State U., USA)

Call for participation

Abstract submission should be done through here.

* Abstracts files should be 1 page abstract in .pdf format
* The use of graphics in the abstract is optional.
* A complete editable abstract example and guidelines could be downloaded here.
* You have to be registered before abstract submission

Abstract deadline: September 25
Decisions on abstracts will be notified on: September 30

Registration fee information

The registration fee for this conference is:

Regular fee: 575 eur.
PhD and Postdoc fee: 495 eur.

The registration fee includes:

- Organised bus transportation (reserve seat in advance) from and to Barcelona city and airport
- One coffee break with pastries a day
- Book of abstracts (electronic copy)
- Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night: reception buffets will be included
- Social - gala dinner (Thursday)
- Use of the Centro de Ciencias facilities
- Technical assistance and secretarial support

*Cancellation Policy*
A 30 euro charge will be applied for cancellations made up to 10 days before the conference start date.
A no refund policy will be applied to cancellations made after this date.

Bus transportation

The center provides free buses:
From Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 686, Metro: L3 Palau Reial at 15:00h (Note that the bus stops opposite University of Barcelona, Facultat de Física i Química)

From Barcelona airport ('El Prat', Terminal T2A: on leaving exit, turn left and you will find a police building called 'Mossos d'Esquadra'.
Cross the road using the zebra crossing and turn left. The bus will stop there) at 15:30h.

Return buses:
From Benasque to Barcelona airport and then university, departure at 9:00h.
The trip by bus to Barcelona takes 4-5h. approximately. The trip by car only takes 3h 30m.

Bus trajectories and dates:
- Barcelona-Benasque, Jan 11.
- Benasque-Barcelona, Jan 15.