MANA-URTV Joint Workshop at University Rome Tor Vergata

On October 13, 2009, the MANA-URTV Joint Workshop on Nanostructured Materials for Sustainable Development was held at Villa Mondragone, University of Rome Tor Vergata (URTV). The workshop has been organized by Professor Silvia Licoccia, NAST Centre for Nanoscience, Nanotechnology and Advanced Instrumentation, and Professor Enrico Traversa, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), NIMS.

MANA-URTV joint workshop at University of Rome Tor Vergata

Program
9:00-9:30Welcome Coffee
9:30–9:50Opening Remarks
Tetsuji Noda, Vice President, NIMS
Vittorio Rocco, President of the Faculty of Engineering
9:50–10:05 Presentation of NAST
Rodolfo Del Sole, Director, NAST
10:05–10:20 Presentation of MANA
Enrico Traversa, PI, MANA, NIMS
10:20-10:40 Hand-operating nanotechnology: Supramolecular tricks
Katsuhiko Ariga, PI, MANA, NIMS
10:40-11:00 Strategies to increase the operating temperature of PEMFCs: from nanocomposites to hybrids
Silvia Licoccia, University of Rome Tor Vergata
11:00–11:30 Coffee break
11:30-11:50 Conformationally-constrained peptides as new materials for transport of energy and electrons
Mariano Venanzi, University of Rome Tor Vergata
11:50-12:10 Detection of biomolecular recognition using bio-transistors
Yuji Miyahara, PI, MANA, NIMS
12:10-12:30 Nanoceria antagonizes apoptosis via ROS scavenging
Lina Ghibelli, University of Rome Tor Vergata
12:30–13:00 Welcome Addresses and MOU Signature
Renato Lauro, Rector, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Tetsuji Noda, President, NIMS
13:00–14:30 Lunch break
14:30-14:50 Exploration of new functional materials under high-pressure conditions
Eiji Takayama-Muromachi, PI, MANA, NIMS
14:50-15:10 Layer-by-layer pulsed laser deposition: a new tool for materials engineering
Giuseppe Balestrino, University of Rome Tor Vergata
15:10-15:30 Novel nanoporous materials and their multiple functions
Ajayan Vinu, Independent Scientist, MANA, NIMS
15:30-15:50 The nanofactory project
Pietro Morales, ENEA
15:50-16:10 Materials and processing for dye solar cell technology
Thomas Brown, University of Rome Tor Vergata
16:10-16:30 Exploring solvent-free citrate-nitrate auto-combustion for the synthesis of SOFC electrocatalysts
Francesca Deganello, Italian National Research Council
16:30-16:50 Fabrication of innovative ceramics through advanced fine particle processing
Yoshio Sakka, PI, MANA, NIMS
16:50-17:10YSZ–based gas sensors for high temperature applications
Elisabetta Di Bartolomeo, University of Rome Tor Vergata
17:10-17:30Closing Remarks

On this occasion, a comprehensive collaborative agreement has been signed by the Rector of URTV, Professor Renato Lauro, in the presence of the NIMS Vice President, Professor Tetsuji Noda.

Contact
Enrico Traversa
Email: Enrico Traversa's email
Tel: +81-29-860-4891
Principal Investigator
International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)