ICQNM 2013 - The Seventh International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies ICQNM 2013

All tracks/topics are open to both research and industry contributions.
Tracks:
QTECH: Quantum technologies
Quantum information; Quantum communication; Quantum computation; Quantum teleportation; Quantum cryptography; Quantum key distribution; Quantum communication infrastructure; Quantum entanglement; Quantum simulation tools
QSEC: Quantum security
Quantum cryptographic systems; Quantum key distribution primitives; Security of QKD protocols; Privacy and authentication in QKD based networks; Quantum Cryptographic error-correcting codes; Quantum cheating; Attacking QKD devices; Quantum correlations; Current limitations of QKD based communication; Reasoning about QKD security; Security frameworks for QKD environments; QKD based networks security vulnerabilities; Applications of QKD systems
NTECH: Nano technologies
Nano materials and nanostructures; Nano devices and electronics; Nano lithography and manufacturing; Nano fluidics and robotics; Nano architectures and computation models; Reliability of nano devices, circuits and systems; Modeling and simulation of nano devices; Design methodologies and tools for nano circuits and systems; Nano tribometry; Testing of nano circuits and systems; Nano tools; Integrated nano systems; Standards
MTECH: Micro technologies
Micro modeling and design; Micro fabricated sensors; Micro/Nano fluidic devices; Biomolecular machines; Micro propulsion systems; Fuel cells and energy storage devices; Fluidic and optical structures; Micro materials and micro systems; System integration - macro/micro/nano systems; Micro factory and micro assembly; Microscale control and micro manipulation; Reliability of micro devices, circuits and systems (microreliability, microsafety); Near-field microscopy; Instrumentation micro systems (actuators, transducers, etc.); Non-destructive evaluation (acoustic, thermal, etc.); Micro-instruments; Scanning probe microscopy
APPDOM: Application nano/micro domains
Nano/micro materials (materials, 3-D microstructuring, nano/micro scale thermal radiation); Nano medicine (drug delivery; Nano particles i.e., viruses; proteins); Bio-nanostructures (nano-tubes, nano-particles); Microsystems, micro fluidics (including nano-fluidics, modeling; fabrication and application); Micro instrumentation / implantable micro-devices (miniaturized bio-electronic systems etc.); Micro imaging; Nano measurements (optical interference); Nano biotechnology; Aerospace and automotive; Molecular manufacturing; Nanotech networking event; Quantum Nano metrology; Defense and homeland security; Energy saving and optimal consumption; Aerospace applications; Data-storage techniques; Self-healing materials; Defense applications; Safety; Environmental; Education & training
MATERIALS: Nano and micro materials and properties
Interconnect materials, technologies, and applications; Materials and technologies for package-level thermal management; Nano films; Porous and pin-fin surfaces; Electrospun polymer fibers; Polymer/Clay nano composites; Optofluidics; Silicon nanowires; Wide band-gap dielectrics; Mechanical and thermal properties; Specifics on evaporation and condensation; Crystallization; Elasticity and performance; Adhesion measurements
FLUIDICS: Microfluidics and nanofluidics
Micro thermal technologies; Separation technologies; Detection technologies (optical and electro chemical); Fluid mechanics and modeling; Microfluidics (DNA, lab-on-a-chip, lithography, etc.); Fluidics design and assembly; Hybrid devices, microfluidic packaging; Digital microfluidics; Capillary electrophoresis; Microfluidic fuel cells; Cell soring and handling; Single cell analysis; Polymeric composites; Molecular dynamics; Multi-phase nanofluidics; Nano-properties and magnetic fields; Magnetic nanofluids; Transport in nanofluids
SUPER: Superconductivity, materials and applications
Types of superconductivity; Superconductor classification; Supercurrents and superconductors; d-wave superconductors; Superconductor-ferromagnet bilayer structures; Spin screening effect in superconductors; Antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations; Spin relaxation; Thermal expansion; Doping and temperature dependence; Interlayer spacing; Two-dimensional superfluid density; Band renormalization; Fermi surface reconstruction; Specific heat oscillations; Superconducting quantum interference; n-dimensional nanoscale patterns; Ferromagnet thin film heterostructures; Superfluid film; Superfluid stiffness; Iron-based superconductors; Anisotropic pressure derivatives
NBR: Nano and bio robotics
Autonomous and teleoperated nano-manufacturing systems; Microscope nano-probes, optical tweezers, and dielectrophoresis; Carbon nano-tubes and biological objects (DNA, RNA, cell, tissue, etc.); Biologically inspired miniature space robots and micro-/nano-systems; Nano-particles and nano-wires; Micro-/nano-electromechanical systems; Performance models of nano- and bio-robots; Dynamics and kinematics of bio-nano robots; Molecular kinematics; Limitations of nano-robot colonies; Nano-robots and nano-assembly; Nano-robots control design; Computational nano-robotics; Nano-robotics simulation; Nano-robotics communications techniques; Evolutionary nano-robots; Cellular robotics and micro/nano robotics systems; Viral proteins motors; Protein-based nano-motors and nano-robots; Biomolecular components interfaces (DNA joints and carbon-nanotube rigid links); Nano-robots in nano-medicine; Surgical micro-robots inside the human body; Nano-robotics and biomedical applications; Medical nano-robots feasibility