th Symposium 7: 6 2:30 PM (ICACC‐S7‐003‐2012) Nanostructure and International Symposium Nanoheterojuction for High‐Efficiency on Nanostructured Photocatalytic and Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting (Invited) Materials and Liejin Guo*, Shaohua Shen, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China Nanocomposites 3:00 PM Break Monday, January 23, 2012 Nanomaterials for Nanomaterials for Photocatalysis, Solar Photocatalysis, Solar Hydrogen and Hydrogen and Thermoelectrics I Thermoelectrics II 1:30 PM‐3:20 PM 3:20 PM‐6:00 PM Room: Coquina Salon B Room: Coquina Salon B Session Chair(s): Palani Balaya, Gongxuan Lu Session Chair(s): Alberto Vomiero, Yi‐Bing Cheng 1:30 PM (ICACC‐S7‐001‐2012) Mesoporous Titanium 3:20 PM Oxide Spheres for High Efficiency Dye (ICACC‐S7‐004‐2012) Nanostructural Control Sensitized Solar Cells (Invited) in Conjugated Polymer/Metal Oxide Yi‐Bing Cheng*, Fuzhi Huang, Monash Nanohybrid Solar Cells (Invited) University, Australia; Dehong Chen, The Yasuhiro Tachibana*, Ali Azarifar, Satoshi University of Melbourne, Australia; Yang Chen, Makuta, RMIT University, Australia; Jun Terao, Monash University, Australia; Lu Cao, The Kyoto University, Japan; Shu Seki, Osaka University of Melbourne, Australia; Xiaoli University, Japan Zhang, Monash University, Australia; Rachel Caruso, The University of Melbourne, Australia 3:50 PM (ICACC‐S7‐005‐2012) Energy Conversion using 2:00 PM Nano‐structured Solar Cells (Invited) (ICACC‐S7‐002‐2012) Engineered metal oxide Satyanarayana R Gajjela, Wong Kim Hai, photoanodes for highly efficient excitonic Krishnamoorthy Ananthanarayanan, Palani solar cells (Invited) Balaya*, National University of Singapore, Alberto Vomiero*, Isabella Concina, CNR Singapore IDASC, Italy; Antonio Braga, Vardan Galstyan, Brescia University, Italy; Nafiseh Memarian, 4:10 PM CNR IDASC, Italy; Guido Faglia, Giorgio (ICACC‐S7‐006‐2012) High Efficient Visible Sberveglieri, Brescia University, Italy Light Hyrogen Evolution over Dye‐sensitized

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Reduced Graphene Oxide Photocatalyst Gongxuan Lu*, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical 8:00 AM Physics, CAS, China (ICACC‐S7‐011‐2012) Toughening in Graphene Ceramic Composites (Invited) 4:40 PM Luke S Walker, Victoria R Marotto, University (ICACC‐S7‐007‐2012) Surface doping of W6+ of Arizona, USA; Mohammad A Rafiee, Nikhil for enhanced photoelectrochemical water Koratkar, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, splitting over α‐Fe2O3 nanorod photoanodes USA; Erica L Corral*, University of Arizona, USA Shaohua Shen*, Jiangang Jiang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China; Coleman X Kronawitter, 8:30 AM Samuel S Mao, Lawrence Berkeley National (ICACC‐S7‐012‐2012) Lateral Growth of ZnO Laboratory, USA; Liejin Guo, Xi'an Jiaotong Nanorods in Solution and Their Application University, China for High Performance Field Effect Transistors (Invited) 5:00 PM Yoon‐Bong Hahn*, Yong Kyu Park, Han Seok (ICACC‐S7‐008‐2012) In‐situ Boron Nitride Choi, Jin Hwan Kim, Chonbuk National Nanotubes Growth on Commercial Silicon University, Republic of Korea Carbide Fiber Tows Janet B Hurst*, Ching‐cheh Hung, NASA GRC, 9:00 AM USA (ICACC‐S7‐013‐2012) Effects of the pulsation reactor process on the material properties of 5:20 PM nanoscaled ZrO2 (ICACC‐S7‐009‐2012) Perovskite Nanosheets Lars Leidolph*, IBU‐tec advanced materials AG, Produced by Chemical Exfoliation Germany Jian Liu, Jiawanjun Shi, Victoria Knox, Scott Misture*, Alfred University, USA 9:20 AM (ICACC‐S7‐014‐2012) Properties of organic 5:40 PM semiconductor‐metal oxide nanowire (ICACC‐S7‐010‐2012) Preparation of CdS composite transistors sensitized TiO2 mesoporous submicrotubes Cheng Sun*, Nripan Mathews, Lydia H Wong, and enhanced photocatalytic properties for Subodh G Mhaisalkar, Nanyang Technological hydrogen production University, Singapore Yubin Chen*, Jinwen Shi, Liejin Guo, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power 9:40 AM Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China Break

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Synthesis and Industrial Nanodevices and Industrial Development of Application Nanoparticles 8:00 AM‐10:00 AM 10:00 AM‐12:00 PM Room: Coquina Salon B Room: Coquina Salon B Session Chair(s): Anna Lahde, Erica Corral Session Chair(s): Erica Corral, Yoon‐Bong Hahn

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10:00 AM Industrial Application of (ICACC‐S7‐015‐2012) Synthesis of silicon‐ Nanomaterials and One carbon nanoceramics with high temperature aerosol reactor (Invited) Dimensional Structures Anna Lähde*, Mirella Miettinen, University of 1:30 PM‐3:20 PM Eastern Finland, Finland; Max Johansson, Room: Coquina Salon B University of Åbo, Finland; Sari Suvanto, Session Chair(s): Ulf Jansson, Jyh‐Ming Ting Joakim Riikonen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland; Unto Tapper, Technical Research 1:30 PM Center of Finland, Finland; Tapani T Pakkanen, (ICACC‐S7‐019‐2012) Nanostructured Coatings Veli‐Pekka Lehto, Jorma Jokiniemi, University by Cluster Beam Deposition: Method and of Eastern Finland, Finland Applications (Invited) Emanuele Barborini*, Simone Vinati, Roberta 10:30 AM Carbone, Tethis spa, Italy (ICACC‐S7‐016‐2012) Highly Specific Nanoparticles from gas phase synthesis ‐ An 2:00 PM Economic Route towards Sustainable Energy (ICACC‐S7‐020‐2012) Copper (II) Technology (Invited) heteroarylalkenolates: From Molecule to Tim P Huelser, Hartmut Wiggers*, Christof Material. Schulz, Institute of Energy and Environmental Irina Giebelhaus*, Thomas Fischer, University Technology, Germany of Cologne, Germany; Elena Varechkina, Marina Rumyantseva, Alexander Gaskov, 11:00 AM Moscow State University, Russian Federation; (ICACC‐S7‐017‐2012) Phase evolution studies Wieland Tyrra, Sanjay Mathur, University of and ferroelectric properties of Lead Zirconate Cologne, Germany Titanate (PZT) nanopowder and films thereof (Invited) 2:20 PM R. P Tandon*, University of Delhi, India (ICACC‐S7‐021‐2012) Use of Copper Nanoparticles to Enhance Thermal 11:30 AM Performance of Solar Heat Transfer Fluids (ICACC‐S7‐018‐2012) Nanostructured Oxides Sreeram Cingarapu*, Elena V Timofeeva, from Natural Minerals for Industrial Michael R Moravek, Michael J Nawrocki, applications (Invited) Dileep Singh, Thomas Fischer, Sanjay Mathur, V. Rajendran*, P. Manivasakan, P. R Rauta, N. Argonne National Laboratory, USA R Dhineshbabu, K S Rangasamy College of Technology, India 2:40 PM (ICACC‐S7‐022‐2012) Development of nanowire based solar cell on multilayer transparent conducting films Diptiranjan Sahu*, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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3:00 PM Tashkent University of Information, Break Uzbekistan; Ivan V Yakyschenko, Sumy State University, Ukraine; Vadim V Grudnitskii, Nanostructured Kharkov National University, Ukraine

Membranes, Functional 4:30 PM (ICACC‐S7‐026‐2012) P‐type conductivity of Coatings and Mg‐doped CuAlO2 (Invited) Nanocomposites Eun Dong Kim*, Min Soo Kim, Min Wook Oh, Sang Cheol Kim, Korea Electrotechnology 3:20 PM‐6:00 PM Research Institute, Republic of Korea Room: Coquina Salon B

Session Chair(s): Emanuele Barborini, Tim Van 4:50 PM Gestel (ICACC‐S7‐027‐2012) Investigation on hybrid

composite membrane consisting ammonium 3:20 PM phosphate and their characterization (ICACC‐S7‐023‐2012) Design of Uma Thanganathan*, Fengxiang Yin, Okayama Multifunctional Carbide‐based University, Japan Nanocomposite Coatings (Invited)

Ulf Jansson*, Uppsala University, Sweden 5:10 PM

(ICACC‐S7‐028‐2012) Synthesis of 3:50 PM Nanostructured Oxidizers for Controlling the (ICACC‐S7‐024‐2012) Synthesis and Explosive Reactivity of Nanoenergetic Electrochemical Performance of SiOC‐Carbon Materials Nanotube Composite Nanowire Coatings Soo Kim, Ji Young Ahn*, Yang Do Kim, Pusan Romil Bhandavat*, Gurpreet Singh, Kansas National University, Republic of Korea State University, USA

4:10 PM Wednesday, January 25, 2012 (ICACC‐S7‐025‐2012) Superhard Nanotubes, Nanowires and Nanostructured Coatings Ti‐Hf‐Si‐N, Their Structure and Properties Other One‐dimensional Alexander D Pogrebnjak*, Sumy State University, Ukraine; Anatolii P Shpak, Institute Structures for Metal Physics G.V.Kurdyumov NAS of 8:00 AM‐10:00 AM Ukraine, Ukraine; Vyacheslav M Beresnev, Room: Coquina Salon B Kharkov National University, Ukraine; Fadey F Session Chair(s): Aleksander Gurlo, Jason Komarov, Belarus State University, Belarus; Graetz Petr Konarski, Tele‐Radio Research Institute, Poland; Vladimir V Uglov, Belarus State 8:00 AM University, Belarus; Mikhail V Kaverin, Sumy (ICACC‐S7‐029‐2012) Exploring organic‐ State University, Ukraine; Dmitrii A Kolesnikov, inorganic interfaces in silica‐based Belgorod State University, Russian Federation; nanomaterials by a combined spectroscopic Nemat A Makhmudov, Samarkand Branch of and modelling approach (Invited)

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Florence Babonneau*, N. Folliet, T. Azaïs, C. 10:00 AM Gervais, LCMCP / UPMC‐Paris6 & CNRS, (ICACC‐S7‐033‐2012) Preparation of n‐ and p‐ France; F. Tielens, Université Pierre et Marie type metal oxide nanowires and Curie and CNRS, France; C. Bonhomme, LCMCP nanostructures for chemical sensing (Invited) / UPMC‐Paris6 & CNRS, France Elisabetta Comini*, Guido Faglia, Matteo Ferroni, Andrea Ponzoni, Dario Zappa, Giorgio 8:30 AM Sberveglieri, Brescia University CNR‐IDASC, (ICACC‐S7‐030‐2012) Use of Nanotubular Italy Electrodes in Electrochemical Applications (Invited) 10:30 AM B. Saruhan*, Y. Gönüllü, S. Özkan, German (ICACC‐S7‐034‐2012) Selective Chemical Aerospace Center, Germany Vapor Deposition for Enhanced Gas Sensing Applications 9:00 AM Thomas Fischer*, Irina Giebelhaus, Sanjay (ICACC‐S7‐031‐2012) Investigation of Optical Mathur, University of Cologne, Germany and Electronic Properties of Mn Doped ZnO Nanowires and Devices 10:50 AM Rajiv Ramanujam Prabhakar*, Nripan (ICACC‐S7‐035‐2012) Catalysts, Membranes Mathews, Girish Karthik Kr, Stevin Snellius and Sensors for the Hydrogen Economy: Pramana, Jinesh Kochupurackal, NTU, Design, Synthesis and Characterization Singapore; Binni Varghese, Chorng haur Sow, (Invited) NUS, Singapore; Subodh Mhaisalkar, NTU, Aleksander Gurlo*, Mahdi Seifollahi Bazarjani, Singapore Ralf Riedel, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany 9:20 AM (ICACC‐S7‐032‐2012) Recent advances in 11:20 AM membrane development for CO2 free fossil (ICACC‐S7‐036‐2012) Nano‐scale lithium power plants batteries for in operando electron microscopy Tim Van Gestel*, Stefan Baumann, Mariya studies (Invited) Ivanova, Wilhelm Meulenberg, Hans Peter Jason Graetz*, Feng Wang, Dongli Zeng, Buchkremer, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Brookhaven Natl Lab, USA; Thomas McGilvray, Germany University of California San Diego, USA; Nancy Dudney, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA; 9:40 AM Ying S Meng, University of California San Break Diego, USA; Yimei Zhu, Brookhaven Natl Lab, USA Nanostructured Materials 11:40 AM and Their Application (ICACC‐S7‐037‐2012) A Simple Greener Route 10:00 AM‐12:10 PM to Metal Chalcogenide Nanoparticles (Invited) Room: Coquina Salon B N. Revaprasadu*, M. N Mntungwa, P. V S. R. Session Chair(s): Florence Babonneau, Bilge Rajasekhar, O. A Nejo, A. A Nejo, University of Saruhan‐Brings Zululand, South Africa

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3:00 PM Bio‐active Nanomaterials Break and Nanostructured Materials for Bio‐medical Synthesis and Applications Characterization 1:30 PM‐3:20 PM Techniques for Room: Coquina Salon B Session Chair(s): Sonia Estrade, Cheng Sun Nanostructures 3:20 PM‐6:00 PM 1:30 PM Room: Coquina Salon B (ICACC‐S7‐038‐2012) Optimizing Iron Oxide Session Chair(s): Eun Dong Kim, Dirk Burdinski Nanoparticles as Diagnostic Tracers for Magnetic Particle Imaging (Invited) 3:20 PM Dirk Burdinski*, Cologne University of Applied (ICACC‐S7‐042‐2012) Advanced Transmission Sciences, Germany; Carmen Bohlender, Nicole Electron Microscopy Solutions for Haex, Holger Grüll, Philips Research, Nanoscience Problems Netherlands Sonia Estrade*, José M Rebled, Lluís Yedra, Alberto Eljarrat, Lluís López Conesa, Francesca 2:00 PM Peiró, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain (ICACC‐S7‐039‐2012) Water‐soluble and Biocompatible Superparamagnetic Magnetite 3:50 PM Nanoparticles for Enhanced Magnetic (ICACC‐S7‐043‐2012) Electrical Resonance Imaging (MRI) characterization of individual metal‐oxide Lisong Xiao*, University of Cologne, Germany; nanowires using AC impedance spectroscopy Dermot F Brougham, Eoin K Fox, Dublin City Girish Karthik Karra Raveendran*, Jinesh University, Ireland; Fabian Kiessling, University Kochupurackal, Huang Yizhong, Subodh G Hospital Aachen‐RWTH, Germany; Neus Feliu, Mhaisalkar, Nanyang Technological University, Bengt Fadeel, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden; Singapore Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Germany 4:10 PM (ICACC‐S7‐044‐2012) Mobility Edge in High‐ 2:20 PM Performance Transistors Based on Aligned Tin (ICACC‐S7‐040‐2012) Application of Oxide Nanonets (Invited) Nanomaterials in Drug Targeting (Invited) Cheng Sun*, Nripan Mathews, Lydia H Wong, Nagia Nagib Afifi*, German University in Cairo, Subodh G Mhaisalkar, Nanyang Technological Egypt University, Singapore

2:40 PM 4:30 PM (ICACC‐S7‐041‐2012) Biological application of (ICACC‐S7‐045‐2012) Low temperature (< 150 nanomaterials: Benefits versus risk deg C) synthesis of TiO2 photoanodes for use Ola Heikal*, German University in Cairo, Egypt in plastic substrate flexible dye‐sensitized solar cells (Invited)

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Jyh‐Ming Ting*, Chiung‐Wen Hsu, National admixed ZnO Nanoparticles (NPs) their Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Structural and Optical Characterization Jai Singh*, P. Kumar, R. S Tiwari, O. N 5:00 PM Srivastava, B H U, India (ICACC‐S7‐046‐2012) Electrospinning of Nanocomposite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue (ICACC‐S7‐P074‐2012) Physical‐Chemical, Engineering: Emitting Electrode Polarity and Mechanical, Thermal, and Radiation Charge Retention Resistance of Hard and Super‐Hard Nano‐ Ho‐Wang Tong, Min Wang*, The University of Structured Coatings Hong Kong, Hong Kong Alexander D Pogrebnjak*, Sumy Institute for Surface Modification, Ukraine; Mannab 5:20 PM Tashmetov, Institute of Nuclear Physics, NAS (ICACC‐S7‐047‐2012) Nanoparticle Toxicity for of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan; Maxim Il'yashenko, Mycobacteria in Biofilms and the Planktonic Sumy State University, Ukraine; Nemat State Makhmudov, Samarkand Branch of Tashkent Ian Nettleship*, Curtis Larimer, Mohammad State University of Information, Uzbekistan; Shyful Islam, Anil Ojha, University of Vyacheslav Beresnev, Kharkov National Pittsburgh, USA University, Ukraine; Andrii Shypylenko, Sumy State University, Ukraine; Igor Kulik, Mikhail 5:40 PM Kaverin, Sumy Institute for Surface (ICACC‐S7‐048‐2012) Antimicrobial properties Modification, Ukraine; Vyacheslav Baidak, of copper and silver loaded silica Artem Dem'yanenko, Sumy State University, nanomaterials Ukraine Swadeshmukul Santra*, Pavithra Maniprasad, Roseline Menezes, University of Central (ICACC‐S7‐P075‐2012) Real‐Time Oxidation Florida, USA Kinetics of Dielectric‐Embedded Ag Nanoparticles: Revealing Physicochemical Symposium 7: Poster Properties via In Situ Optical Microspectroscopy Session Katherine McAlpine*, Jose A Jimenez, Mariana 5:00 PM‐7:30 PM Sendova, New College of Florida, USA Room: Exhibition Hall, Ocean Center (ICACC‐S7‐P076‐2012) Insitu Synthesis of (ICACC‐S7‐P072‐2012) Evolution of structure, Multi‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes/ Al2O3 microstructure and hyperfine properties of Nanocomposite With Non‐metallic ZrO2 nanocrystalline FeAl powders Catalyst by Chemical Vapor Deposition Zineb Hamlati*, University of Blida, Algeria; Ajay Kumar*, Jeffry Karpf, Datye Amit, Kuang‐ Abderrahim Guittoum, Nuclear Research Hsi Wu, Florida International University, USA Center of Algiers, Algeria; Said Bergheul, University of Blida, Algeria; Mohamed Azzaz, (ICACC‐S7‐P077‐2012) Synthesis and U.S.T.H.B, Algeria Characterization of Boron/Nitrogen Incorporated Diamond‐Like‐Carbon Thin Films (ICACC‐S7‐P073‐2012) Low Temperature Linlin Zhang*, Qiaoqin Yang, Yuanshi Li, Yongji Solution based Synthesis of ZnO and Ag Tang, Chunzi Zhang, Lezhi Yang, University of 7

Saskatchewan, Canada University of Cologne, Germany

(ICACC‐S7‐P078‐2012) Photocatalytic (ICACC‐S7‐P084‐2012) Fabrication and degradation of waste liquid from biomass Characterization of a Novel Nanostructured gasification in supercritical water with Solar Diode Sensor simultaneous hydrogen production Alaa El Din Gad*, Martin Hoffmann, Hao Shen, Wendong Tang*, Dengwei Jing, Simao Guo, Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Jiarong Yin, Liejin Guo, State Key Laboratory of Germany Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, China (ICACC‐S7‐P085‐2012) Novel Precursor (ICACC‐S7‐P079‐2012) Graphitic Carbon Libraries for Gas Phase Synthesis of Nitride Doped with Silicon for Improved Functional Metal Oxide Coatings and Visible‐light‐Driven Photocatalysis Nanostructures Po Wu*, Jinwen Shi, Liejin Guo, Xi'an Jiaotong Lisa Brueckmann*, Corinna Hegemann, University, China Johannes Schlaefer, Irina Giebelhaus, Gregor Fornalczyk, Linus Appel, Wieland Tyrra, Stefan (ICACC‐S7‐P080‐2012) Remarkable Stucky, Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, enhancement of photocatalytic hydrogen Germany evolution over Cd0.5Zn0.5S by bismuth‐ doping (ICACC‐S7‐P086‐2012) Metal Oxide Shaoqin Peng, Ran An, Yuexiang Li*, Nanchang Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications University, China; Gongxuan Lu, Shuben Li, Laura Wortmann*, Lisong Xiao, Osman Arslan, Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Academy of Science,Lanzhou, China Germany

(ICACC‐S7‐P081‐2012) Fabrication of CdS‐ZnO (ICACC‐S7‐P087‐2012) Preparation of Fe‐ core/shell Nanofibers by Electrospinning and MgAl2O4‐CNT composite powders and Their Photocatalytic Activity investigation of ion replacement in spinel Wei Yan*, Guori Yang, Xi'an Jiaotong lattice University, China Mehran Bolourian Kashi, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Islamic (ICACC‐S7‐P082‐2012) Structural, Optical and Republic of Iran; Roya Aghababazadeh, Photoelectrochemical Characterization of Institute for Color Science and Technology, Hydrogen Plasma Treated TiO2 Thin Films Islamic Republic of Iran; Alireza Mirhabibi*, Andreas Mettenboerger*, Aadesh P Singh, Hossein Arabi, Iran University of Science and Peter Golus, Nurguel Tosun, Sanjay Mathur, Technology, Islamic Republic of Iran University of Cologne, Germany (ICACC‐S7‐P088‐2012) Structural and Optical (ICACC‐S7‐P083‐2012) One‐dimensional Studies of ZnO & Mg doped ZnO Nanowires heterostructures based on SnO2@Nb2O5 and Jai Singh*, R. S Tiwari, O. N Srivastava, B H U, SnO2@Fe2O3 core‐shell architectures and India functional applications Raquel Fiz*, Thomas Fischer, Martin (ICACC‐S7‐P089‐2012) Strengthening Effect of Hoffmann, Aadesh P Singh, Sanjay Mathur, Kaolinite on Porous Kaolinite‐Silica

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Nanocomposites (ICACC‐S7‐P095‐2012) Chemical Vapor Kathy Lu*, Wenle Li, John Walz, Virginia Tech, Deposition Growth of Carbon Nanotubes on USA Carbon Fiber Walter McKinley*, Kuang‐Hsi Wu, Florida (ICACC‐S7‐P090‐2012) Preparation of novel International University, USA; Amit Datye, SiC nanostructures by arc plasma heat University of Tennessee, USA; Michael Gomes, treatment method Jeffrey Karpf, Aliaksander Zaretski, Florida Bijan Bihari Nayak, B. K Mishra*, IMMT, India International University, USA

(ICACC‐S7‐P091‐2012) Nanostructured Zr‐ (ICACC‐S7‐P096‐2012) Titania Suspension for doped Hematite Thin Films for Fabrication of Micron Feature Arrays via Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Template‐assisted Approach Praveen Kumar*, Poonam Sharma, Rohit Kathy Lu*, Yongxuan Liang, Virginia Tech, USA Shrivastav, Sahab Dass, Vibha R Satsangi, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, India (ICACC‐S7‐P097‐2012) Enhanced Properties of Multiferroic Nanocomposite Materials (ICACC‐S7‐P092‐2012) Enhanced Justin Starr, Jennifer S Andrew*, University of Photoelectrochemical Response of Doped Florida, USA BaTiO3 for Solar Hydrogen Generation: Experiments and First‐Principles Analysis (ICACC‐S7‐P098‐2012) Laser‐Induced Sahab Dass, Sumant Upadhyay*, Jaya Enhanced Plasmonic Response in Ag Shrivastava, Anjana Solanki, Surbhi Choudhary, Nanocomposite Glasses Monitored in Real Nirupama Singh, Vidhika Sharma, Pushpendra Time via In Situ Optical Microspectroscopy Kumar, Deemed University, India; Vibha R Jose A Jimenez*, University of North Florida, Satsangi, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, USA; Mariana Sendova, New College of Florida, Deemed University, India; Rohit Shrivastav, USA Deemed University, India; Umesh V Waghmare, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Thursday, January 26, 2012 Advanced Scientific Research, India Synthesis, (ICACC‐S7‐P093‐2012) Solubility of NiO in Pechini‐derived ZrO2 Examined with SQUID Functionalization, Magnetometry Processing and Self‐ Joshua T White, Ivar E Reimanis, Colorado School of Mines, USA; James R O'Brien, assembly of Nanoparticles I Quantum Design, Incorporated, USA; Amy 8:00 AM‐10:00 AM Morrissey*, Colorado School of Mines, USA Room: Coquina Salon B Session Chair(s): Gunnar Westin, Kathy Lu (ICACC‐S7‐P094‐2012) Optimisation of Spray Freeze Dried Nanozirconia Granules 8:00 AM Yifei Zhang*, Jon Binner, Chris Rielly, Bala (ICACC‐S7‐049‐2012) ZnO nanoparticle‐based Vaidhyanathan, Loughborough University, surface templating United Kingdom Kathy Lu*, Bo Chen, Kelly Ramsburg, Virginia Tech, USA

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10:00 AM 8:20 AM (ICACC‐S7‐053‐2012) Mechanism‐Based (ICACC‐S7‐050‐2012) Thin complex oxide, Design of Precursors for the Deposition of composite and metal coatings through Inorganic Films and Nanoparticles (Invited) solution processes (Invited) Lisa McElwee‐White*, David Wei, Timothy J Gunnar Westin*, Uppsala University, Sweden; Anderson, University of Florida, USA Kjell Jansson, Stockholm University, Sweden; Annika Pohl, Uppsala University, Sweden 10:30 AM (ICACC‐S7‐054‐2012) Plasma‐enabled, 8:50 AM environment‐friendly nanomaterials (ICACC‐S7‐051‐2012) Hot wire and spark synthesis: from precursor‐free silicon pyrolysis as simple new routes to silicon nanowires to catalyst‐free vertical nanotubes nanoparticle synthesis (Invited) and graphenes (Invited) Manfred Rudolf Scriba*, CSIR, South Africa; Kostya Ostrikov*, CSIRO Materials Science and David T Britton, Margit Harting, University of Engineering, Australia Cape Town, South Africa 11:00 AM 9:20 AM (ICACC‐S7‐055‐2012) CNT based (ICACC‐S7‐052‐2012) Materials modelling for nanocomposite strain sensor for structural electrochemical applications (Invited) health monitoring Tommi T. Jaervi*, Leonhard Mayrhofer, Lars Ashok K Singh*, Defence Instutute of Pastewka, Michael Moseler, Fraunhofer Advanced Technology, India Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM, Germany; Thomas Kaib, Sima Kaib‐ 11:20 AM Haddadpour, Stefanie Dehnen, Philipps‐ (ICACC‐S7‐056‐2012) Microwave Assisted University Marburg, Germany; H. F Andersen, Synthesis of Si(B)CN‐MWCNT Free‐Standing Kai‐Christian Möller, Fraunhofer Institute for Paper for High Temperature Applications Silicate Research (ISC), Germany Romil Bhandavat*, Gurpreet Singh, William Kuhn, Kansas State University, USA; Elisabeth 9:40 AM Mansfield, National Institute of Standards and Break Technology, USA

Synthesis, 11:40 AM (ICACC‐S7‐057‐2012) Carbon nanotube ‐ Functionalization, Nanocrystalline diamond composite coatings: processing conditions and growth mechanism Processing and Self‐ Sugeetha Vasudevan*, Janet Rankin, Brown assembly of Nanoparticles University, USA; Barbara Walden, Trinity college, USA; Brian W Sheldon, Brown II University, USA 10:00 AM‐12:00 PM Room: Coquina Salon B Session Chair(s): Kathy Lu, Ashok Singh

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