The 5th International Online Conference on Nanomaterials
The 5th International Online Conference on Nanomaterials
Part of the International Conference on Nanomaterials Sciences series
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer Time
30 June 2025
31 July 2025
14 September 2025
Nanomaterials, Nanophysics, Nanoelectronics, Nanosensing, Nanoplasmonics
Announcements:
The abstract submission is closed.
Thank you for submitting your abstract to the IOCN2025.
The abstract acceptance notification will be sent by 31 July 2025.
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Welcome from the Chairs
- Nanomedicine and Bionanotechnology;
- Nanoenergies and Nanocatalysis;
- Nanophotonic, Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices;
- Modeling and Simulation of Nanostructures and Nanodevices;
- Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology;
- Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Nanomaterials.
We look forward to your contributions.
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Program Overview
| 22 September - Morning | 23 September - Morning | 24 September - Morning |
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Session 6. Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Nanomaterials (Part 1) |
Session 1. Nanomedicine and Bionanotechnology |
Session 2. Nanoenergies and Nanocatalysis Session 3. Nanophotonic, Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices |
| 22 September - Afternoon | 23 September - Afternoon | 24 September - Afternoon |
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Session 6. Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Nanomaterials (Part 2) |
Session 5. Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology |
Session 4. Modeling and Simulation of Nanostructures and Nanodevices Flash Poster Session |
IOCN 2025 Program (DAY 1)
Session 6. Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Nanomaterials (Morning Session)
Date: 22 September 2025 (Monday)
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 09:00-09:10 | Prof. Dr. Guanying Chen Conference Chair |
Welcome from the Conference Chair |
| 09:10-09:20 | Dr. Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:20-09:40 |
Prof. Cristina Pachiu |
Laser-Induced Forward Transfer of Graphene NanoWalls for Flexible Electronics |
| 09:40-10:00 |
Dr. Alexandra Mocanu |
Polymer Photonic Crystals: Developments in Synthesis, Characterization, and Emerging Application |
| 10:00-10:15 | Sopheap Sam Selected Oral Presenter |
Evaluation of Thermal Transport of GaN Thin Films Using Raman Spectroscopy |
| 10:15-10:30 |
Ahlam Alamri |
Nanozymes Approach Based on the Peroxidase-Mimicking Activity of Carbon Dots |
| 10:30-10:45 | Qingshan Zhao Selected Oral Presenter |
Design and Construction of High-Efficiency Heavy-Oil-Based Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation |
| 10:45-11:00 | Grzegorz Cieślak Selected Oral Presenter |
Diamond nanoparticles as a dispersion phase in Ni-P/diamond composite coatings produced by chemical reduction |
| 11:00-11:15 | Sahil Kumar Selected Oral Presenter |
Enhanced Structural, Dielectric, and Optical Properties of Gd-Doped Bismuth Ferrite/rGO Composites |
| 11:15-11:30 | Syeda Maira Hamid Selected Oral Presenter |
Developing Nanomaterials to Improve Crop Resilience Under Drought, Salinity, and Extreme Temperature |
| 11:30-11:45 |
Blessing Rikhotso |
Development of Optimized Buckingham Potentials for Accurate Molecular Dynamic Simulations of Stishovite Silicon Dioxide Using the Niipfit Program |
| 11:45-12:00 |
Marco Sanna Angotzi |
Magnetic Variations in Nanoakageneite as Indicators of Arsenate Adsorption |
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12:00-14:00 |
BREAK |
Session 6. Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Nanomaterials (Afternoon Session)
Date: 22 September 2025 (Monday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
IOCN 2025 Program (DAY 2)
Session 1. Nanomedicine and Bionanotechnology
Date: 23 September 2025 (Tuesday)
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 09:00-09:10 | Prof. Dr. Maria Pilar Vinardell Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:10-09:35 |
Dr. Suxin Li |
Immunotherapy with a STING |
| 09:35-10:00 |
Dr. Zifu Li |
Mechano-nanooncology |
| 10:00-10:25 | Dr. Jialun Duan Keynote Speaker |
Nanoplatform Strategies for Sustained Treatment of Refractory Tumors |
| 10:25-10:40 |
Mariana Antunes |
Co-encapsulation of phytocompounds in liposomes for enhanced wound healing: development and physicochemical characterization |
| 10:40-10:55 | Guillermo Plaza-Palomo Selected Oral Presenter |
Silicasomes as multimodular nanovehicles for solid tumor delivery |
| 10:55-11:10 | Valerii B. Orel Selected Oral Presenter |
Quantitative analysis of magnetic nanoparticle clusters in a breast phantom with tumor cells under a static magnetic field |
| 11:10-11:25 |
Suman Saha |
Vesicle-Associated Membrane Proteins ( VAMPs)-3 and 7, Crucial Membrane Proteins Instrumental In Constitutive And Regulated Secretion In Cells, Are Not Involved In Exocytosis Of PLGA Nanoparticles |
| 11:25-11:40 | Nádia B. Santos Selected Oral Presenter |
Development and characterization of novel plant-extract-loaded liposomes for dermopharmaceutical and cosmetic applications |
| 11:40-11:55 | Kaberi Pramanik Selected Oral Presenter |
Development of Enzyme-Free Biosensors Based on Silver Nanoparticles for Rapid and Stable Biomolecule Detection |
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11:55-14:00 |
BREAK |
Session 5: Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Date: 23 September 2025 (Tuesday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
IOCN 2025 Program (DAY 3)
Session 2: Nanoenergies and Nanocatalysis
Session 3. Nanophotonic, Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices
Date: 24 September 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 9:00 (CEST, Basel) | 03:00 (EDT, New York) | 15:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
| Time in CEST | Speaker | Title |
| 09:00-09:10 | Prof. Dr. Jian-Gan Wang Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 09:10-09:35 |
Prof. Yu Zhang |
Laser-Induced Forward Transfer of Graphene NanoWalls for Flexible Electronics |
| 09:35-09:50 |
Zhiyi Wu |
Rational design of efficient catalysts for photothermal CO2 hydrogenation |
| 09:50-10:05 | Fausto Secci Selected Oral Presenter |
Confinement of ultrasmall NiO nanoparticles into ordered and non-ordered mesoporous supports for CO2 methanation |
| 10:05-10:20 |
Ashique Kotta |
Green and Effective Strategy for Advancing Perovskite Solar Cell Technology |
| 10:20-10:35 | Francesca Coccia Selected Oral Presenter |
Polydopamine-stabilized Cu₂O/ZnO nanocomposites for sustainable photocatalytic reduction of maleic acid in water |
| 10:35-10:45 | Prof. Dr. Huanjun Chen Session Chair |
Welcome from the Session Chair |
| 10:45-11:10 | Prof. Lei Shao Keynote Speaker |
Chiral Plasmonic Nanoparticle-molecule Hybrids For Circularly Polarized OLEDs |
| 11:10-11:25 |
Shaoguang Zhao |
Utilizing SERS to reveal charge transfer mechanism in R6G/InSe optoelectronic synaptic device |
| 11:25-11:40 |
Grazia Giuseppina Politano |
Exploring Graphene Oxide Functional Layers to Boost Silicon-Based Nano-Optoelectronic Performance |
| 11:40-11:55 |
Anupama Satyarthi |
A Self-Shielded Optical Nanoantenna probe for Sub-Diffraction Confinement in Optical Trapping, Imaging, and Quantum sensing Applications |
| 11:55-12:10 | Alice Sciortino Selected Oral Presenter |
Unraveling the collective excitonic behaviour of gold nanocrystal superparticles via ultrafast pump-probe microscopy |
| 12:10-14:00 | BREAK |
Session 4: Modeling and Simulation of Nanostructures and Nanodevices
Date: 24 September 2025 (Wednesday)
Time: 14:00 (CEST, Basel) | 08:00 (EDT, New York) | 20:00 (CST Asia, Beijing)
Event Chairs
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Birmingham, UK
I hold a degree in Earth Sciences from the University of Athens (Greece) and a PhD in Geochemistry from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK). I consider my self to be a scientific hybrid with diverse interests. My current research focuses around the mechanisms involved in nanoscale processes in a biological and environmental context. I am interested in chemical species stability and transformations in the environment. I have studied extensively the reactivity and potential toxicity and fate of nanomaterials in the environment. I have pioneered the development of traceable stable-isotope labelled nanomaterials and is currently working on the development of analytical solutions for the improvement in speed and quality of identification of nanoscale objects in complex matrices.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Dr. Guanying Chen has been a professor at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), since 2013. He also serves as a research faculty at the Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics (ILPB), SUNY Buffalo, since 2011. His research interests focus on lanthanide-doped materials, upconversion, nanocrystals and crystals, biophotonics, and nanostructured solar cells. He has published more than 110 peer-reviewed papers in journals such as Chem. Rev., Chem. Soc. Rev., Acc. Chem. Res., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Adv. Mater., ACS Nano, etc. He has an H index of 58 and more than 16,000 total citations. He received the Top-Notch Young Investigator Award from the Department of the Central Committee of China in 2015, Young Changjiang Professor from Ministry of Education China in 2019, Top 100 National Excellent PhD Dissertation Nomination Award of China in 2011, and the Distinguished Young Investigator Career Award of HIT in 2015. He sits on editorial boards for six SCI journals, including Scientific Reports, Nanomaterials, Crystals, and the Journal of Rare Earths.
Session Chairs
Prof. Dr. Maria Pilar Vinardell
Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Dr. Maria Pilar Vinardell is a full Professor of Physiology at the Department of Biochemistry and Physiology and Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at University of Barcelona, Spain. Since the 1990s, her research has focused on the development of in vitro models to evaluate the safety of different compounds such as surfactants or antioxidants obtained from natural products. Her research experience on toxicological evaluation and the development of in vitro models has been recognized internationally with her appointment as member of the SCCS (Scientific Committee of Consumer Safety) of the European Commission from 2009 to 2013. During this period, she participated in the publication of a number of reports of the Committee, which have the relevance of constituting the guidelines for the European Commission to determine at the legislative level the maximum concentrations of cosmetic ingredients, as well as the list of products allowed or not for such applications in Europe.
Prof. Dr. Wan-Liang Lu
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China
Prof. Dr. Wan-Liang Lu is Deputy Chair of Department of Pharmaceutics, and Vice Director of School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Peking University. He serves as a reviewer for State Food and Drug Administration of China (SFDA), and is the editorial board for Chinese Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (English version), Chinese Pharmaceutical Journal and the referee for international peer-reviewed journals related to cancer research and pharmaceutical sciences. He was a prize-winner for the Natural Science Award of China Education Ministry (1st prize) in 2009, etc. He has published 110 research papers on drug delivery and pharmacokinetics, and more than 10 book chapters. His teaching courses involve pharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics for undergraduates or graduates at Peking University. He received his PhD in pharmaceutics from China Pharmaceutical University. He was appointed Research Scientist at National University of Singapore (NUS)/National University Hospital (NUH), Johns Hopkins Singapore International Medical Centre, and Visiting Researcher at Toyama Medical & Pharmaceutical University.
Dr. Bogdan Stefan Vasile
Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Dr. Bogdan Stefan VASILE received his MSc degree in Composite Materials in 2008 and his PhD Award in Chemical Engineering in 2011 from the University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Romania. His PhD research activities have focused on the synthesis and characterization of zirconia and alumina nanopowders and nanocomposites. From 2008 has been Scientific Researcher at University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials. His research interests involve the unconventional chemical synthesis, characterisation and multipurpose applications of advanced micro and nanomaterials. His main specialisation is in the field of Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM), Energy dispersive X-Ray analysis (EDX), Energy Filtered Transmission Electron Microscopy (EFTEM) and Energy Electron Loss Spectroscopy (EELS).
Prof. Dr. Jian-Gan Wang
Center for Nano Energy Materials, School of Materials Sciences and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
Prof. Dr. Jian-Gan Wang is an Professor of School of Materials Science and Engineering of Northwestern Polytechnical University. He earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2013 and Professor Wang’s research focuses on the design and construction of efficient energy storage (lithium/nickel/zinc secondary batteries, supercapacitors) and conversion (electrocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis) materials and devices, as well as their application research. He has collaborated extensively with both national and international research institutions, contributing significantly to the field through a robust scientific output. His academic record includes: Over 140 peer-reviewed publications, more than 11,000 citations, 3 published books and one book chapter, demonstrating a strong link between research and industrial application. Beyond his academic and research activities, he is a Section Board Member for section Energy and Catalysis for Journal Nanomaterials.
Prof. Dr. Huanjun Chen
School of Electronics and Information Technology (School of Microelectronics), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Professor Huanjun Chen is a leading researcher in nanophotonics, polariton physics, and optoelectronic materials and devices at School of Electronics and Information Technology (School of Microelectronics), Sun Yat-sen University, China. Professor Chen received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2010, and both his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Sun Yat-sen University in Physics and Optical Engineering, respectively. His research focus are on Nanophotonics and nano-optoelectronics, polariton physics and optoelectronic devices, terahertz and mid- to far-infrared detection materials and technologies. He has conducted comprehensive research spanning material preparation, physical effects, and device applications, particularly in polariton structures, 2D crystals, and their terahertz/IR device integrations. Also, Prof. Dr. Huanjun Chen is the Section Editor in Chief for Section Nanophotonics Materials and Devices at Journal Nanomaterials.
Prof. Dr. Sotirios Baskoutas
Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
Prof. Dr. Sotirios Baskoutas is a Full Professor in the Department of Materials Science at the University of Patras, Greece, with over three decades of academic and research experience in the fields of theoretical and experimental nanomaterials. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Patras and has conducted postdoctoral research across Europe, including at the Max Planck Institute (Germany), INT Karlsruhe (Germany), and “La Sapienza” University of Rome (Italy). Dr. Baskoutas’s research bridges computational modeling and experimental synthesis, focusing on the electronic and optical properties of semiconductor nanostructures and nanomaterials for applications in energy, biology, and optoelectronics. He has supervised multiple Ph.D. and MSc students and has served as Chair of the Department of Materials Science (2015–2020) and Vice Dean of the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Patras. Dr. Baskoutas is a prolific author with over 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals, amassing more than 5000 citations. He has led or contributed to over 20 international research projects, including HORIZON 2020, and has collaborated extensively across institutions in Germany, Canada, Hungary, Armenia, and Poland. Also, Prof. Dr. Huanjun Chen is the Section Editor in Chief for Section Theory and Simulation of Nanostructures.
Prof. Dr. Marco Stoller
Department of Chemical Engineering, University Sapienza of Rome, Rome, Italy
Prof. Dr. Marco Stoller is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, where he has been actively involved in teaching and research for over two decades. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Sapienza University in 2004 and Professor Stoller’s research focuses on advanced process engineering with special attention to: Membrane technologies: including fouling mitigation and process control systems; Nanotechnologies: such as the intensified production of nanoparticles and the synthesis of nanomaterials via sol-gel and wet-chemical methods; Wastewater treatment: development of innovative treatment processes combining membrane and nanotechnologies. He has collaborated extensively with both national and international research institutions, contributing significantly to the field through a robust scientific output. His academic record includes: Over 115 peer-reviewed publications, more than 3,000 citations, one internationally published book and three book chapters; Eight registered patents, demonstrating a strong link between research and industrial application. Beyond his academic and research activities, he is assistant editor for section Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Journal Nanomaterials.
Prof. Dr. Jose L. Arias Mediano
Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Prof. Dr. Jose L. Arias Mediano received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Technology from the University of Granada in 2003. He is currently a professor of Pharmaceutical Technology, Drug Delivery, and Biopharmacy and Pharmacokinetics, at the Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology in the University of Granada, Spain. He has also worked during the years 2007 and 2008 as Associate Researcher of UMR CNRS 8612 “Physico-chimie, Pharmacotechnie et Biopharmacie” under the direction of Prof. Patrick Couvreur at the Université Paris-Sud, France. He is the co-inventor of 6 patents and has published 85 peer-reviewed research articles in international journals, 26 book chapters, and 8 books. His research group is actively involved in the development of colloidal drug delivery systems against severe diseases (cancer, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases, etc.). His area of specialization includes a focus on the formulation of advanced drug nanocarriers on the basis of passive and active targeting strategies (mainly magnetic-sensitive nanoplatforms). More recently, he has commenced work on engineering strategies for the preparation of theranostic nanoparticles.
Dr. Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu
National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Marseille, France
Dr. Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu is a Scientific researcher at National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Marseille, France. Since 2005, his research interests cover aspects related to laser and plasma processing of materials, particularly for developing thin films and nanostructures, with applications in microelectronics, photonics, and electrical engineering. The research of Dr. Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu covers various aspects of materials sciences, due to his background in chemistry, physics, and engineering. He has also co-organized several conferences and symposia, including one of the EMRS 2021 Spring Meeting, has delivered over 100 lectures and speeches at national/international meetings in over 15 countries, and is a member and chairperson of various international conferences, a member of various expert committees and juries and an editor of journals. Dr. Catalin-Daniel Constantinescu has also coordinated several regional, national, and international research projects, including a European infrastructure project proposal – RIANA and several training events (for example with Laserlab-Europe and PhotonHub Europe).
Event Committee Members
School of Natural Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK
Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Biomedical Nanoengineering Laboratory, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece
Department of Material Engineering, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China
Department of Chemical and NanoEngineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Analytical Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Department of Mathematics and Physics Ennio de Giorgi, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain
Institute for microelectronics and microsystems (IMM), Catania, Italy
Superconducting and Other Innovative Materials and Devices Institute—National Research Council (SPIN-CNR), Fisciano, Italy
State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization, College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Department of Earth Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China,
Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
Department of Innovation Engineering, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy
National Energy Technology Laboratory, United States Department of Energy, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Department of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
The Directorate of Research, Development and Innovation Management (DMCDI), The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Bordeaux Imaging Center, PIE, CGFB, UMS3420 CNRS-Université-US4 INSERM, Bordeaux cedex, France
Emerging Methods, Aquatic Contaminant Research Division, Environment Canada, Montréal, Canada
Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology, Minho University, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, Portugal
Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering—Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials (LSRE-LCM), Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Institute for Electric Light Sources, School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Missouri–Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA
National Centre for Scientific Research, Marseille, France
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
Department of Chemistry “Giacomo Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Italy
Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
Keynote Speakers
Department of Industrial Engineering, University Salerno, Fisciano, Italy
School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan, China
School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Invited Speakers
Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Greece
Department of Computer Systems, Technical Institutes of Karbala, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq,
LP3 laboratory - UMR 7341 CNRS AMU, Campus de Luminy, Marseille, France
National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies—IMT Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania,
LP3 laboratory - UMR 7341 CNRS AMU Campus de Luminy Marseille, France
Russian-Armenian University, Yerevan, Armenia
National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies (IMT Bucharest), Ilfov, Romania,
National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, Bucharest, Romania
National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies (IMT Bucharest), Ilfov, Romania
Sessions
S2. Nanoenergies and Nanocatalysis
S3. Nanophotonic, Nanoelectronics, Nanosensors and Devices
S4. Modeling and Simulation of Nanostructures and Nanodevices
S5. Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
S6. Synthesis, Characterization, and Properties of Nanomaterials
Registration
The registration for The 5th International Online Conference on Nanomaterials will be free of charge! The registration includes attendance to all conference sessions.
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 14 September 2025.
Instructions for Authors
Important Deadlines
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 15 June 2025 30 June 2025
2. Announcement of oral and poster abstract results: 18 July 2025 31 July 2025. You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Certificates of Participation are available in your logged-in area of Sciforum.net, under “My Certificates” after the conference.
1. The abstract structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 250–300 words in length.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session. Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
Poster should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
- File format: PDF (.pdf).
- Size in pixel: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3).
You can use our free template to create your poster. The poster template can be downloaded HERE.
All posters will be permanently exhibited online in the Poster Gallery.
We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgments" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgments" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Publication Opportunities
1. Nanomaterials Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue: Selected Papers from the 5th International Online Conference on Nanomaterials (IOCN 2025) , published in Nanomaterials (ISSN: 2079-4991, Impact Factor: 4.3), with a 20% discount on the publication fee.
Please note if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 5th International Online Conference on Nanomaterials in the Materials Proceedings (ISSN: 2673-4605) if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCN 2025 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Proceedings submission deadline: 26 October 2025.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
- Title;
- Full author names;
- Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
- Abstract;
- Keywords;
- Introduction;
- Methods;
- Results and Discussion;
- Conclusions;
- Acknowledgements;
- References.
IOCN 2025 Proceedings Paper Template
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce that the conference will provide 6 awards including Best Oral Presentation Awards and Best Poster Awards.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
The Best Oral Presentation Awards are given to the paper judged to make the most significant oral contribution to the conference.
The Best Poster Awards are given to the submission judged to make the most significant and interesting poster for the conference.
There will be six winners selected for these awards. The winner will receive a certificate and 200 CHF each.
Sponsors and Partners
For information regarding sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, please click here.
Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Ana-Maria Prodan
Ms. Wren Liu
Mr. Steven Li
Email: iocn2025@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
