Nanotechnology is being applied today in a multitude of environments for the solution of many world challenges. None are more important than the need for more and cleaner energy, for the utilization of outer space by mankind, and for the overlap of those two areas.
The Second International Symposium on Nanotechnology, Energy and Space (NES-2011) addresses research and development in the intersection of nanotechnology, energy and space. The symposium will be devoted to the 50th anniversary of the space flight of Yuri Gagarin. Specific topics for presentation and discussion will focus on the application of nanotechnology to the solution of materials challenges in the areas of energy harvesting, energy transmission and energy utilization, both in the terrestrial and space environments. Topics will include:
Nanotechnology impacts on the utilization of space
Vacuum Gas Dynamics, Molecular Beams and Molecular Collisions
Space Vehicles Aerodynamics
Generation of ultra-high vacuum in low earth orbit space
Development of vacuum solutions for the solar industry
(wafer-based and thin film technology)
Nanostructured solar cells
Solar Cell for Space Application
Nano-fuel cell concepts
Thermophotovoltaics
Nanostructured energy transmission
Energy storage with nanostructures
Space applications of nanostructured energy concepts
Progress in III-V and GeSi Quantum Dot Solar Cell
The Second International Symposium NES-2011 will be held August 3-5, 2011 in the town of Chernogolovka near Moscow, Russia on the base of the Institute of Microelectronics Technology of the, Russian Academy of Sciences - one of the leading institutes in the field of microelectronics in Russia. The Symposium is the continuation of the first highly successful First Symposium held in Houston, Texas on October 25-28, 2009 jointly sponsored by the Institute of Semiconductor Physics, the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ISP SB RAS), and the Center for Advanced Materials (CAM) at the University of Houston. This Symposium NES-2011 is intended to be an open discussion, highly interactive meeting with Plenary Lectures supported by Contributed Presentations.
Excursions are planned during the Symposium to the Korolev Mission Control Centre and to the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Star Sity.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION- Contributed Presentations:
One page Abstracts are invited for submission of Contributed Presentations for the Symposium. Contributed Presentations are to be 15 min in lengths. Abstracts are to be in English, 12 point font, Microsoft Word format, and limited to 500 words including figures (figure = 100words).
Abstracts should be sent to Program-Committee:
Dr. Alexandr Nikiforov - Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics
Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science Prosp. Lavrentieva-13, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
E-mail:
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: JULY 11, 2011
Symposium Organizing Committee:
Alex Ignatiev Co-Chairman, University of Houston ()
Anatoly Vyatkin Co-Chairman, Institute of Microelectronics Technology and High Purity Materials, Russian ()
Oleg Pchelyakov Co-Chairman, Institute of Semiconductor Physics, SB RAS Novosibirsk ()
Zhores Alferov Russian Academy of Science, Sankt-Petersburg
Alexander Aseev Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk
Vasily Fomin Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Novosibirsk
Alexander Orlikovsky Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow
Roald Sagdeev University of Maryland
Alexander Losyukov RUSNANO, Moscow
Viacheslav Andreev Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Science Sankt-Petersburg
Sergei Krikalev Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center Star Sity
Sergei Avdeev Russian Space Agency
Alexander Ivanov TSNIIMASH, Korolev
Dmitry Khokhlov Lomonosov Moscow State University
Ivan Ivonin Tomsk State University
Gennadiy Belyakov Reshetnev Siberian State Aerospace University, Krasnoyarsk
Peter S. Kop'ev Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Sankt-Petersburg
Valery Vladimirov Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, SB RAS
Nikolay Kushnarev Open joint-stock company Transnational R&D holding “Promtrastinvest”
Vladimir Skorodelov NPO “MOLNIYA” Moscow
George Abby Rice University
Wade Adams Rice University
Sheila Bailey NASA Glenn Research Center
Nuraly Bekturganov Kazakhstan National Science and Technology Holding SAMGHAU
Serekbol Tokmoldin Kazakhstan Institute of Physics and Technology
Larry Bell University of Houston
Alexandre Freundlich University of Houston
Mohamed Henini University of Nottingham
William Larsen NASA – Kennedy Space Center
John Mankins Managed Energy Technologies
Samson Milshtein University of Massachusetts
Unil Perera Georgia State University
Ryne Rafaelle National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
Jerry Sanders NASA-Johnson Space Center
Ronald Sega Colorado State University
Anvar Zakhidov University of Texas-Dallas
Local Arrangements and Program Committee in Novosibirsk:
Oleg Pchelyakov
Alexandr Nikiforov
Larisa Ilina
Alexandr Kalameytcev
Edvard Skubnevsky
Local Arrangements and Program Committee in Moscow:
Anatoly Vyatkin, deputy director of the Institute of Microelectronics Technology, Russian Academy of Sciences, phon: +7 (49652) 440-75 Fax: +7 (49652) 442-25, E-mail: , Address: Institutskaya street 6, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432, Russia.
Alexander Orlikovsky – director of the Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow.
Dmitry Khokhlov - Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow
Nikolai Yarykin, Institute of Microelectronics Technology RAS, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region
Local Arrangements and Program Committee in Houston:
Alex Ignatiev, director of the Center for Advanced Materials University of Houston
Sophya Tabarovsky - City of Houston Mayor's International Affairs & Development Council (MIADC) member
LOCAL ACCOMMODATION & PRELIMINARY REGISTRATION
Participants of the Symposium may stay at the hotel in Chernogolovka. The Local Organizing
Committee will book a block of rooms and distribute them among the participants. Due to the limited
hotel capacity in Chernogolovka, the participants are strongly encouraged to fill up the PRELIMINARY
REGISTRATION form and send it to the address of Local Committee AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
The PRELININARY REGISTRATION form should be sent to the Local Committee:
E-mail:
Please note that the NES-2011 Symposium web-site is launched (http://purple.iptm.ru/NES-2011/index.htm).