1) Nanostructured Materials
- Semiconductor
- Ceramic
- Metallic
- Polymeric
- Composites
- Biomaterials
- 2D materials
2) Nanostructure classes
- Quantum dots, quantum wires, and quantum wells
- Nanotubes and nanorods
- Graphene layers
- Nanoparticles and nanoprecipitates
- Nanomembranes
- Nanoporous material
- Multilayers and superlattices
3) Nano-materials for Advanced Electronics
- Substrate fabrication issues for planar (UTB-SOI) and non-planar (FINS, Nanowires) device structures
- Advanced doping methods
- Dopant activation and diffusion issues in electronic nanomaterials
- Defect engineering
- Simulation and modeling of the above listed effects
4) Nanocharacterization
- Nanometrology
- Near field microscopy
- Advanced transmission electron microscopy techniques
- Local spectroscopy
- Tomography
- Optical spectroscopy
- Elasticity, relaxation processes
- Defects, impurities, and transport mechanisms
5) Properties
- Electronic and optical
- Nanomagnetism
- Size dependent properties
- Transport
- Mechanical
- Structure, microstructure, morphology
6) Applications
- Nanosensors
- Nanomagnetics
- Nanocircuits
- Nanophotonics
- Molecular devices
- Nanodevice fabrication technology
- Photonic and photovoltaic devices
- Chemical and biological sensors
- Multifunctional spin devices
- Magnetic random access memories (MRAM)
- Nano-bio-medicine
- Biology
- Energy and environment
- Water treatment
- Water splitting
