AppliedSurfaceScience318(2014)1
ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirect
Applied
Surface
Science
j o ur na l ho me pa g e :w w w . e l s e v i e r . c o m / l o c a t e / a p s u s c
Editorial
NANOTR9:
9th
Nanoscience
and
Nanotechnology
Conference
The conference series NanoTR is the major conference on nanoscience and nanotechnology in Turkey. It brings together leadingscientistsand engineersinnanotechnologytoexchange informationontheirlatestresearchprogress.Anexhibitionofthe companiesworkingintherelatedfieldisalsoorganizedasapart oftheevent.Withintensiveinternationalparticipation,NanoTR conferenceserieshasspreadoutsidethenationalborderandhas becomeaninternationaleventinthisfield.Amonginternational contributions,awideinterestfromthecountriesaroundTurkey shouldbeemphasized.9thintheserieswasorganizedbyAtatürk University in Erzurum-Turkey on June 24–28, 2013with more than900scientists,researchers,privatesectorrepresentativesfrom aroundtheworld.Conferenceprogramincluded6plenary speak-ers,35invitedspeakers(18ofthemwerefromoutsidethecountry), 116oralpresentations,and340posterpresentations.Inadditionto 6plenarysessions,17oraland4postersessionscreatedverylively discussionforumscoveringavastrangeofcurrentandemerging sciencesfromnano-materials,nanoscience,nanofabrication, nano-engineering,nano-electronics,nano-biotechnology,toethicaland socialissuesofnanoscienceandnanotechnology.Also,panel dis-cussionsaboutindustrialapplications,tutorialsessionshavebeen organizedforstudents,new-comersandcompanyemployees.
Someofthetopics discussedduring theconferenceis listed below:
-Nanomaterials,Nanoparticles,Nanocrystals,Nanotransparent materials,Molecularandsupra-molecularmaterials,Nanotubes, Nanorods,Nanocomposites.
-Nanomembranes,Electro-chemicalmaterials.
-Nano medicine, Operated dispersion systems, Regenerative medicine,DiagnosisandImaging.
-Nanoelectronics,Spintronics,Nanomagneticstructures,Organic andhybridelectronics,Nano-optics,Nano-optoelectronics,Nano photonics.
-Graphene.
-Nanofabrication,Nano-lithography.
-Nano-characterization,Nano-imaging,Nanoscopy.
-Nano-mechanics,Nanoelectro-mechanicsystems(NEMS),Nano robotics,Nanotribology,Nanofluids,Nanoactuators,Nano sen-sors.
-Ethicsandsocialattitude,Nanosecurity,environmentaleffects, andriskevaluation,Regulatingconfiguration,National nanotech-nologypolicies,Intellectualproperty,Educationandeducational needs.
WebelieveandhopethatNanoTRserieswillcontinuewitha growinginterestinthefuture.
GuestEditorsforNanoTR9Specialissue:
Prof.Dr.Ras¸itTuran, MiddleEastTechnical University,Ankara, Turkey.
Prof.Dr.ÜmitDemir,AtatürkUniversity,Erzurum,Turkey. Prof.Dr.O˘guzGülseren,BilkentUniversity,Ankara,Turkey. Prof.Dr.KalmanVarga,VanderbiltUniversity,Vanderbilt,USA.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.10.031
