Topics

Paper on all aspects coupling advanced Materials, microscopy and Energy both fundamentals and applied, will be welcome.

Session 1: Advanced Materials and Energy

• Nanomaterials
• Carbon nanotube and graphene
• Materials for Industrial Applications
• Materials for Medical Applications
• Materials for Environment Protection
• Materials for solar energy
• Advanced Optical Materials
• Thermoelectric materials and their applications
• Magnetic Materials
• Materials for Energy Storage
• Energy applications of  nanomaterials
• Thermal power
• Additive manufacturing

Session 2: Advanced Microscopy Techniques

• Electron-Microscopy of Materials and Nanomaterials.
• Processing Methods and Advances in Characterization Techniques.
• Surfaces properties
• Gaseous Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Structural and Chemical Characterizations.

Session 3: Mineralogy and Mineral Resources

• Treatment and use of mineral resources.
• Phosphate materials and applications
• Metals, ceramics, glasses, composite materials, fibers, nanostructured materials.
• Mineral/ore characterization-process mineralogy.
• Metallic/non-metallic minerals beneficiation.
• Energy efficiency in mineral processing.

Session 4: Modelling and Numerical Simulations

• Modelling and scientific computing
• Simulations in material science
• Model development and computational techniques
• Modelling of materials and nanomaterials.
• Modelling in the energy fields
• Methods and software for simulations in research and engineering.