INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to ICQNM 2012. The submission deadline is set to April 20, 2012. In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== ICQNM 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS ICQNM 2012: The Sixth International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies August 19-24, 2012 - Rome, Italy General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ICQNM12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPICQNM12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitICQNM12.html Submission deadline: April 20, 2012 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html ICQNM 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) 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 ==================== ----------------------------- IARIA Publicity Board