NATO Advanced Study Institute

(CBP.EAP.ASI 983868)

Nanotechnological Basis for Advanced Sensors

Sozopol, Bulgaria, 30.05 - 11.06.2010

PROGRAMME

Day 1 (30.05.2010, Sunday) Arrival and registration 12:30 Buffet 19:00 Welcome Party

Day 2 (31.05.2010, Monday)

Morning Session Chair: C. Popov

9:00-9:30 Opening session J.P. Reithmaier, P. Paunovic, P. Petkov, C. Popov

9:30-10:30 Introduction to Sensors and Biosensors W. Kulisch Abstr.No.1-1

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 Nanocomposite-based wear sensor materials for in-situ process control in cutting applications

S. Ulrich Abstr.No. 4.3 - 5

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session Chair: S. Ulrich

15:30-16:00 Coffee refreshment

16:00-17:00 Optical properties of thin chalcogenide films from ternary Ge-Se-In system for sensor applications

P. Petkov Abstr.No. 4.1 - 1

17:00-17:30 Effect of boron and indium on the atomic structure of Ge17Se68BB15 and Ge17Se68In15 glasses

I. Kaban Abstr.No. 4.1 - 14

17:45 Guided walking tour through the Old Sozopol

19:30 Dinner

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Day 3 (01.06.2010, Tuesday)

Morning Session Chair: P. Morgen

8:30-9:30 Characterisation of surfaces for biosensing applications

G. Ceccone Abstr.No. 3 - 1

9:30-10:30 Carbon nanotubes - Properties and application

A. Dimitrov Abstr.No. 4.4 - 1

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 Carbon nanotubes - Production, purification and characterization

A. Dimitrov Abstr.No. 4.4 - 1

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session Chair: G. Ceccone

15:30-16:00 Coffee refreshment

16:00-17:00 Controlled surface chemistry of semiconductor nanoparticles for advanced chemical gas sensors – Fundamentals

M.-I. Baraton Abstr.No. 5.3 - 1

17:00-17:15 Break

17:15-18:15 Controlled surface chemistry of semiconductor nanoparticles for advanced chemical gas sensors –Applications

M.-I. Baraton Abstr.No. 5.3 - 1

19:15 Dinner

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Day 4 (02.06.2010, Wednesday)

Morning Session Chair: P. Petkov

8:30-9:30 Surface structuring and biosensing G. Ceccone Abstr.No. 2 - 3

9:30-10:30 CBRNE detection -- Nanomaterials based point and stand-off Sensor Technologies – Part I

A. Vaseashta Abstr.No. 1 - 2

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 CBRNE detection -- Nanomaterials based point and stand-off Sensor Technologies – Part II

A. Vaseashta Abstr.No. 1 - 2

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session: Poster Session I Chair: P. Paunovic

15:30-16:00 Coffee refreshment

16:00-17:45 Poster Session I - Fabrication of Materials for Advanced Sensors (Session F) – oral presentations

17:45-18:00 Break

18:00-19:00 Poster Session I - Fabrication of Materials for Advanced Sensors (Session F) – poster presentations

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19:15 Dinner

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Day 5 (03.06.2010, Thursday)

Morning Session Chair: A. Vaseashta

8:30-9:00 Nanosensors applied to Cultural Heritage G. Gentile Abstr.No. 5.5 - 2

9:00-9:30 Emerging technology monitoring, assessment, and foresight for Science & Technology investment decision support

J. Alvelo Abstr.No. 1 - 3

9:30-10:30 Nanocomposite sensors for food packaging – Part I

M. Avella Abstr.No. 5.5 - 1

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 Nanocomposite sensors for food packaging – Part II

M. Avella Abstr.No. 5.5 - 1

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session Chair: A. Stepanov

15:30-16:00 Coffee refreshment

16:00-17:00 Nanostructured semiconductor lasers for optical sensor applications – Part I

J.P. Reithmaier Abstr.No. 5.1 - 1

17:00-17:15 Break

17:15-18:15 Nanostructured semiconductor lasers for optical sensor applications –Part II

J.P. Reithmaier Abstr.No. 5.1 - 1

18:15-18:45 Recent developments in shape memory technology

M. Frotscher Abstr.No. 5.5 - 3

19:15 Dinner

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Day 6 (04.06.2010, Friday)

Morning Session Chair: J.P. Reithmaier

8:30-9:00 Nanocomposites based on PCL/MWCNT for application in nanosensors

A. Grozdanov Abstr.No. 4.4 - 2

9:00-9:30 Graphene: Properties and Applications C. Valles Abstr.No. 4.4 - 3

9:30-10:30 Advanced optical sensors for gas trace detection – Part I

I.N. Mihailescu, C. Ristoscu

Abstr.No. 5.3 - 2

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 Advanced optical sensors for gas trace detection – Part II

I.N. Mihailescu, C. Ristoscu

Abstr.No. 5.3 - 2

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session Chair: M.-I. Baraton

15:30-16:00 Coffee refreshment

16:00-17:00 Nanostructured semiconductor lasers for optical sensor applications –Part III

J.P. Reithmaier Abstr.No. 5.1 - 1

17:00-17:15 Break

17:15-18:15 Thermally induced nanostructures in rare-earth doped glass ceramics for X-ray sensor applications

D. Tonchev Abstr.No. 4.1 - 13

19:15 Tasting of Bulgarian wines and Dinner

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Day 7 (05.06.2010, Saturday)

Excursion by buses to Pomorie (around 60 km from Sozopol) Pomorie is located on a narrow rock peninsula, jutted out 3.5 km into the Black sea, 20 km far from Bourgas and 18 km far from Sunny Beach. The town was found in the IV Century BC near the salt lake called by the ancient Thracians "holy" because of its medical properties. In its twenty-five century history Pomorie (till 1934 - Anchialo) has had a turbulent and inconstant history - a Greek colony, tsivitas magna, after that a flourishing town in the Roman Empire, which had a right to coin its own money, a first-rate fortress of the First Bulgarian State, witness of the Akheloy Battle in 917 between Bulgaria and Byzantine, plundered and destroyed by a fire in 1366 by Amedey Savoy Earl; main supplier of salt, wine, brandy for the Ottoman Empire, a town that had met thousands of guests from near and far places. Among the most interesting sights of Pomorie are: the Antique beehive tomb from the time of the late Roman domination on this land (II - III Century AD), "Sveti Georgi" ("Saint George") active monastery - monument of the Bulgarian national revival architecture withe icons from XVIII and XIX Century, the small church of "Preobrajenie Christovo" ("Transfiguration") from 1764, and the church of "Sveta Bogoroditsa" (The Holy Virgin), as well as the Museum of Salt.

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Day 8 (06.06.2010, Sunday)

Morning Session Chair: D. Tonchev

8:30-9:30 Hydrogen gas sensors on yttrium based nanoparticles

A. Stepanov Abstr.No. 5.3 - 8

9:30-10:30 Nanostructured materials as sensors: The potentials of various nanotemplates (nanoporous-, nanonodular-, nano-tubular-, and nanopillared) for uses as sensors and catalyst supports

P. Morgen Abstr.No. 4.4 - 5

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 Nanostructured ZnO thin films – Properties and application

D. Malinovska Abstr.No. 4.2-1

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session: Poster Session II Chair: P. Petkov

15:30-16:00 Coffee refreshment

16:00-17:45 Poster session II - Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Sensors – Chalcogenides and Oxides (Session M) - oral presentations

17:45-18:00 Break

18:00-19:00 Poster session II - Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Sensors – Chalcogenides and Oxides (Session M) - poster presentations

19:15 Dinner

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Day 9 (07.06.2010, Monday)

Morning Session Chair: D. Malinovska

8:30-9:30 Hydrogen detection and economy: The role of nano-scaled support material for electrocatalysts aimed for water electrolysis

P. Paunovic Abstr.No. 5.2 - 1

9:30-10:30 Tellurium thin films in Sensor Technology – Part I

D. Tsiulyanu Abstr.No. 5.3 - 4

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 Tellurium thin films in Sensor Technology – Part II

D. Tsiulyanu Abstr.No. 5.3 - 4

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session Chair: I. Kaban

15:30-16:00 Coffee refreshment

16:00-17:00 Electricity generated by the sun – The challenge of the 21st century

D. Malinovska Abstr.No. 5.2 - 2

17:00-17:15 Break

17:15-17:45 Fabrication of porous and dense ceramics from transitional nano alumina

E. Fidancevska Abstr.No. 4.2 - 5

17:45-18:15 Detection of structural units of nanocrystalline diamond surface using surface-enhanced Raman scattering

M. Veres Abstr.No. 3 - 3

19:15 Dinner

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Day 10 (08.06.2010, Tuesday)

Morning Session Chair: D. Tsiulyanu

8:30-9:30 Nonlinear-optical sensors on metal nanoparticles synthesized by ion implantation

A. Stepanov Abstr.No. 2 - 7

9:30-10:30 New atomically controlled growth methods for ultrathin films for various types of sensors integrated on Si; single-and multilayered structures

P. Morgen Abstr.No. 2 - 1

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:30 Multicomponent chalcogenide glasses – advanced membrane materials for chemical sensors and nanosensors

S. Boycheva Abstr.No. 4.1 - 7

11:30-12:00 Optical characterization of very thin films for nanotechnological basis of sensors

P. Sharlandjiev Abstr.No. 3 - 4

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session Chair: E. Fidancevska

15:30-16:00 Coffee refreshment

16:00-17:00 Chemical aspects of metal oxide gas sensing

A. Gaskov Abstr.No. 5.3 - 3

17:00-17:15 Break

17:15-18:15 Wet chemical synthesis of nanostructured semiconductor metal oxides

A. Gaskov Abstr.No. 4.2 - 3

19:15 Dinner

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Day 11 (09.06.2010, Wednesday)

Morning Session Chair: M. Jelinek

8:30-9:30 Nanocrystalline diamond films for biosensor applications

C. Popov Abstr.No. 4.3 - 1

9:30-10:00 Electrochemical biosensing using Nanotechnology

C. Baier Abstr.No. 3 - 2

10:00-10:30 Biomolecules on diamond: surface functionalisation and characterisation

H. Sternschulte Abstr.No. 4.3 - 2

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:30 The use and modification of nanocrystalline diamond surfaces in the investigation of dsRBD protein domains on the single molecule level

C. Hammann Abstr.No. 4.3 - 4

11:30-12:00 Coordinated nanobiosensors for applications in monitoring cells’ activity

M.D. Apostolova Abstr.No. 5.4 - 2

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session: Poster Session III Chair: C. Popov

15:30-16:00 Coffee refreshment

16:00-17:45 Poster session III - Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Sensors – Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites (Session N) – oral presentations

17:45-18:00 Break

18:00-19:00 Poster session III - Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Sensors – Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites (Session N) – poster presentations

19:15 Dinner

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Day 12 (10.06.2010, Thursday)

Morning Session Chair: C. Hammann

8:30-9:00 Conductive gas sensors prepared using PLD

M. Jelinek Abstr.No. 5.3 - 6

9:00-9:30 Nanovoids in glasses and polymers probed by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy

T. Kavetskyy Abstr.No. 3 - 5

9:30-10:30 Nanotechnology-based label-free biosensors

W. Kulisch Abstr.No. 5.4 - 1

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:30 Excimer laser-induced deposition of nanostructured materials

R. Fajgar Abstr.No. 2 - 15

12:15 Lunch

Afternoon Session and Closing Remarks Chair: C. Popov

15:30-16:00 Coffee refreshment

16:00-16:30 Complex studies at regional GAW-WMO high mountain station at Mt. Moussala (Bulgaria, 2925 m a.s.l.)

C. Angelov Abstr.No. 5.3 - 10

16:30-17:00 Electrochemical sensors for the detection of hydrogen fabricated by PLD and sol-gel chemistry

G. Mousdis Abstr.No. 5.3 - 9

17:00-17:30 Closing remarks J.P. Reithmaier, P. Paunovic, P. Petkov, C. Popov

18:30 Farewell party

Day 13 (11.06.2010, Friday) Departure

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Poster sessions: I. Fabrication of Materials for Advanced Sensors (Session F) F1. ZnxCd1-xSe single layers prepared by thermal vacuum evaporation: AFM and XRD characterization I. Bineva1, D. Nesheva1, B. Pejova2, Z. Aneva1, Z. Levi1 1Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria 2Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Saints Cyril and Methodius University, POB 162, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia F2. Modification of nanosilica surface by methyl methacrylate silane coupling agents I. Telegeev, E. Voronin, E. Pakhlov Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine F3. Microstructures produced by chemical etching of finely scratched silicon Eugen Harea Institute of Applied Physics, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau, MD- 2028, Moldova F4. Long and short term changes of the exchange bias field in MnIr/CoFe bilayers after ion bombardment with 10keV He ions Christoph Schmidt, Jörn Burbank, Niklas Stein, Florian Ahrend, Tanja Weis, Dieter Engel, and Arno Ehresmann Department of Physics, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany F5. Deposition and remote control of superparamagnetic nanobeads on magnetically patterned thin films D. Lengemann, T. Weis, A. Albrecht, J. Langfahl-Klabes, D. Engel, A. Ehresmann Institute of Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Nanostructure Science and Technology (CINSaT), Kassel University, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, D-34132 Kassel, Germany F6. Laser ablative deposition of polymer films: a promise for sensor fabrication Jadranka Blazevska-Gilev1, Jaroslav Kupčík2, Jan Šubrt3, Josef Pola2

1Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University Ss Cyril and Methodius, 1001 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 2Laboratory of Laser Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Rozvojova Str. 135, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 16502 Prague, Czech Republic 3Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 25068 Řež, Czech Republic

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F7. Polymer cholesteric liquid crystal flakes as new candidates for display and sensor applications Anka Trajkovska Petkoska University St. Clement of Ohrid-Bitola, Faculty of Technology and Technical Sciences, Petre Prlichkov 42, 1400 Veles, R. Macedonia F8. Multilayer films and capsules of sodium carboxymethylcellulose and polyhexamethylenguanidine hydrochloride N.V. Guzenko, A.L. Gabchak, E.M. Pakhlov Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Gen. Naumov Str. 17, 03164 Kyiv, Ukraine F9. Micromachined tunable Fabry-Pérot-filter integrated into miniaturized spectrometer for low-cost applications C. Woidt1, O. Setyawati1,2, A. Albrecht1, M. Engenhorst1, V. Daneker1, T. Woit1,2, S. Wittzack1, F. Köhler1, H.H. Mai1, M. Bartels1, and H. Hillmer1

1Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics (INA), University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany 2Opsolution Nanophotonics GmbH, Kassel, Germany F10. Comparation of photocatalytic activity of TiO2 anatase prepared by sol-gel technique and chemical vapor deposition onto aromatic compound naphthalene in a gas phase Mirko Marinkovski1, Goran Nachevski1, Radmila Tomovska2, Perica Paunovic1, and Radek Fajgar3

1Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University St. Cyril and Methodius, Ruger Boskovik 16, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 2Institute for Polymer Materials, POLYMAT, The University of the Basque Country, 20080 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Spain 3Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojova 135, 165 00 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic F11. Structural vibrational study and ab initio calculations of Ag-doped As50Se50 bulk molecular glasses O. Kostadinova1,2, T. Petkova3, V.Ilcheva3, A. Chrissanthopoulos1,4, P.Petkov5 and S. N. Yannopoulos1

1Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature Chemical Processes, P.O Box 1414, Patras, GR-25504, Greece 2Laboratory of Advanced Materials Research, Department of Silicate Technology, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria 3Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 4Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Patras, GR-25504, Greece 5Laboratory of Thin Film Technology, Department of Physics, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria

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F12. Surface development of (As2S3)1–x (AgI)x thin films for gas sensor application K. Kolev1, T. Petkova1, C. Popov2, P. Petkov3

1Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria 2Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics (INA), University of Kassel, Germany 3Laboratory of Thin Film Technology, Department of Physics, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy-Sofia, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria F13. Protein based biosensors synthesized by laser assisted methods: physico-chemical characterization and immunofluorescence studies F. Sima1, E. Axente1, C. Ristoscu1, I. N. Mihailescu1, T. Kononenko2, M. Socol3, I. Enculescu3, L. E. Sima4, S. M. Petrescu4

1National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania 2Natural Sciences Center, General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia 3National Institute of Materials Physics, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania 4Institute of Biochemistry, Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 296, Bucharest, Romania F14. Synthesis and phase composition of Fe/Mn containing nanocrystals in glasses from the system Na2O/MnO/SiO2/Fe2O3Ruzha Harizanova1, Vikram S. Ranghuwanshi2, Dragomir Tatchev2,3, Ivailo Gugov1, Armin Hoell2, Christian Rüssel4

1University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 8 Kl. Ohridski blvd, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria 2Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, D-14109 Berlin, Germany 3Institute for Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G.Bonchev Str. Bl. 11, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

4Otto Schott Institute, Friedrich Schiller University, Fraunhoferstr. 6, 07743 Jena, Germany II. Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Sensors – Chalcogenides and Oxides (Session M) M1. New chalcohalide glasses from the GeSe2-Ag2Se-AgI system for nanostructured sensors G. Vassilev1, V. Vassilev1, S. Boycheva2, K. Petkov3

1University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Metallurgy of Non-Ferrous Metals and Semiconductor Technologies, 8 Kl. Ohridsky Blvd., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria 2Technical University of Sofia, Department of Thermal and Nuclear Engineering, 8 Kl. Ohridsky Blvd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria 3Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses, Acad. G. Bonchev str, bl. 109, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria

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M2. Thin As-Se-Sb films as potential medium for optics and sensor application V. Ilcheva1, V.Boev1, T.Petkova1, P.Petkov2, E.Petkov2, G.Socol3, I.N.Mihailescu3

1Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems, BAS, Acad. G. Bonchev bl.10, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria 2Department of Physics, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 8 Kl. Ohridski blvd., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria 3Laser-Surface-Plasma Interactions Laboratory, Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiations Physics, PO Box MG-54, Bucharest-Magurele, RO-77125, Romania M3. Optical properties of amorphous (GeSe5)100-xTlx thin films for sensor applications Emil Petkov, Palmen Petkov and Yordanka Trifonova University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 8 Kl. Ohridski blvd, 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria M4. Switching phenomenon in Ag doped GeS4 for application in gas detection I. Stratan and D. Tsiulyanu Department of Physics, Technical University of Moldova M5. Light Induced Phenomena in amorphous nanostructured As2Se3:Sn and Sb2Se3:Sn thin films D.V .Harea Center of Optoelectronics of the Institute of Applied Physics, Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Str. Academiei 5, MD-2028 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova M6. Chalcogenide glass thin films synthesized by pulsed laser deposition for sensing applications Cristian N. Mihailescu1, Tamara Petkova2, Ion N. Mihailescu1, Cyril Popov3, Gabriel Socol1, Vania Ilcheva1, Carmen Ristoscu1

1National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiations Physics, PO Box MG-36, Magurele, Ilfov, RO-77125, Romania 2Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria 3Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett Str. 40, 34132, Kassel, Germany M7. IR impurity absorption in GeS2-In2S3-AgI chalcohalide glasses Taras Kavetskyy1,2, Nataliya Pavlyukh1, Wei Wang3, Jing Ren3, Guorong Chen3

1Solid State Microelectronics Laboratory, Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University, 24 I. Franko Str., 82100 Drohobych, Ukraine 2Institute of Materials, Scientific Research Company “Carat”, 202 Stryjska Str., 79031 Lviv, Ukraine 3Key Laboratory of Ultrafine Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Sciences and Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, 200237 Shanghai, China

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M8. Antibacterial activity of ZnO nanostructured thin films on Pseudomonas putida Hristo Nichev1, Iliana Ivanova2, Alexander Lucanov3, Doriana Dimova-Malinovska1, Orlin Angelov1, Ceco Dushkin3, Valdek Mikli4

1Central Laboratory of Solar Energy and New Energy Sources, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 2Sofia University, Department of “Microbiology”, Sofia, Bulgaria 3Sofia University, Department of “Inorganic Chemistry”, Sofia, Bulgaria 4Centre for Materials Research, Tallinn Technical University, Tallinn, Estonia M9. Preparation and characterization of TiO2 based photocatalysts by chemical vapour deposition Goran Nacevski1, Mirko Marinkovski1, Radmila Tomovska2 and Radek Fajgar3

1Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University St. Cyril and Methodius, Ruger Boskovik 16, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia 2Institute for Polymer Materials, POLYMAT, The University of the Basque Country, 20080 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011, Bilbao, Spain 3Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojova 135, 165 00 Prague 6-Suchdol, Czech Republic M10. Vanadium bronzes properties comparing synthesized by different methods Albena Aleksandrova, Anton Momchilov, Branimir Banov Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. Georgi Bonchev Str., Block 10, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria M11. Porous mullite ceramics for advanced sensors R. Adziski1, E. Fidancevska1, J. Bossert2, M. Milosevski1

1Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Ruger Boskovic 16, Skopje, R. Macedonia 2Institute for Materials Science, Friedrich Schiller University, Lobdergraben 32, Jena, Germany M12. NO2 sensing using impedance spectroscopy of Te thin films O. Mocreac and D. Tsiulyanu Department of Physics, Technical University of Moldova M13. Kinetic studies on the electrochemical deposition of Ce3+/Ce4+ oxides I. Valov1, D. Guergova2, D. Stoychev2

1Institute of Solid State Research, Electronic Materials (IEM), Research Centre Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany 2Rostislaw Kaischew Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, “Acad. G. Bonchev”str, bl. 11, Sofia, Bulgaria

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III. Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Sensors – Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites (Session N) N1. Surface functionalization of oxygen plasma treated ultrananocrystalline diamond/amorphous carbon composite films H. Koch1, C. Popov1, W. Kulisch2, G. Ceccone3, R. Merz4, B. Merz4, G. Spassov5, J.P. Reithmaier1

1Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics, University of Kassel, Germany 2Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Kassel, Germany 3 European Commission Joint research Centre, Ispra, Italy 4Centre for the Analysis of Materials and Surfaces,University of Kaiserslautern, Germany 5Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria N2. Structure and properties of glasses and ceramics in the system Bi2O3-TiO2-SiO2-Nd2O3 Stanislav Slavov1, Elena Kashchieva1, Yanko Dimitriev2, Ahmed Afify2

1Department of Physics, 2Department of Silicate Technology, University of Chemical Technology & Metallurgy, 8 Kl. Ohridsky Blvd., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria N3. Growth of SiC carbide nanowhiskers over powdered SiC Rajnish Dhiman, Per Morgen Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230, Odense M Denmark N4. Field Enhancement from plasmonic gold nanostructures on templates of anodized aluminum for sensor-applications Peter Nielsen1,2, Jonas Beermann1, Ole Albrektsen1, Søren Hassing1, Per Morgen2 and Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi1

1Institute of Sensors, Signals and Electrotechnics (SENSE), University of Southern Denmark, Niels Bohrs Allé 1, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark 2Department of Physics and Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark

N5. Boosting sensitivity and selectivity of optical waveguide gas sensors by surface coating with noble metal nanoclusters N. Serban, E. Axente, C. N. Mihailescu, G. Socol, C. Ristoscu, I. N. Mihailescu National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiations Physics, PO Box MG-36, Magurele, Ilfov, RO-77125, Romania N6. InAs/InAlGaAs quantum dots formed on InP (100) surfaces as new semiconductor material for future THz emitters Christian Gilfert1, Emil-Mihai Pavelescu2, Johann Peter Reithmaier1

1Technische Physik, Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics, University of Kassel, 34132 Kassel, Germany 2National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies, 077190 Bucharest, Romania

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N7. Synthesis of tailored gold nanoparticles by laser ablation in liquids with time-delayed femtosecond pulses for biosensing applications E. Axente1, M. Barberoglou2, P. G. Kuzmin3, E. Magoulakis2, P. A. Loukakos2, E. Stratakis2, G. A. Shafeev3, C. Fotakis2 and I. N. Mihailescu1

1Lasers Department, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma, and Radiation Physics, P.O. Box MG 36, RO-77125, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania

2Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research & Technology—Hellas, (IESL-FORTH) P.O. Box 1527, Heraklion 711 10, Greece 3Wave Research Center of A.M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 38, Vavilov Street, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation N8. Photocatalytic oxidation of toluene on TiO2 modified nanoparticles Franjo Jović, Vesna Tomašić Department of Reaction Engineering and Catalysis, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Savska cesta 16., HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia N9. Piezoelectric crystal sensor for ammonia detection T. Hristova-Vasileva1, K. Petkov2, V. Vassilev1, A. Arnaudov3

1University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Department of Metallurgy of Non-Ferrous Metals and Semiconductor Technologies, 8 Kl. Ohridsky Blvd., 1756 Sofia, Bulgaria 2Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses, Acad. G. Bonchev str, bl. 109, Sofia 1113, Bulgaria 3Piezoquartz Ltd., 5, 5-555 str., Sofia, Bulgaria N10. Application of the nano-sized micelles based on star-shaped copolymers for drug delivery Lyudmila Ivanova1, Iliyan Kolev1, Mariana Gerova2, Boris Shivachev3, Ognyan Petrov3, Margarita D. Apostolova1

1Medical and Biological Research Lab., “Rumen Tsanev” Institute of Molecular Biology-Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 2Department of Applied organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria 3Central Laboratory for Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria N11. Nanotopography’s and/or functional groups’ impacts on periodontal ligament cell growth H. T. Şaşmazel1, S. Manolache2, M. Gümüşderelioğlu3

1Atılım University, Department of Materials Engineering, Incek, Gölbaşı, 06836, Ankara, Turkey 2Wisconsin/Madison University, Center for Plasma-Aided Manufacturing Unit (CPAM), Wisconsin, USA 3Hacettepe University, Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering Departments, Beytepe, 06800, Ankara, Turkey

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N12. Synthesis of PLGA-PEG block copolymers with a different architecture Iliyan Kolev1, Lyudmila Ivanova1, Boris Shivachev2, Margarita D. Apostolova1

1Medical and Biological Research Lab., “Rumen Tsanev” Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria 2Central Laboratory for Mineralogy and Crystallography, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria N13. New insight into the sensor abilities of chalcohalide-AgI films as active material B. Monchev1, T. Petkova1, C. Popov2, P. Petkov3

1Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES), Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria 2Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics (INA), University of Kassel, Germany 3Laboratory of Thin Film Technology (LTFT), Department of Physics, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy-Sofia, Bulgaria

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LECTURERS Doriana Dimova-Malinovska Central Laboratory of Solar Energy and New Energy Sources Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria doriana@phys.bas.bg Plamen Petkov University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Dept. of Physics, TFT Lab, Sofia Bulgaria plamen.petkov@abv.bg Per Morgen University of Southern Denmark, Odense Denmark per@ifk.sdu.dk Marie-Isabelle Baraton University of Limoges France m-isabelle.baraton@unilim.fr Wilhelm Kulisch University of Kassel Dept. of Mathematics and Natural Sciences Germany wilhelm.kulisch@yahoo.de Cyril Popov University of Kassel Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics Germany popov@ina.uni-kassel.de Johann Peter Reithmaier University of Kassel Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics Germany jpreith@ina.uni-kassel.de Maurizio Avella ICTP, National Research Council Italy mave@ictp.cnr.it

Giacomo Ceccone European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra Italy giacomo.ceccone@jrc.ec.europa.eu Aleksandar Dimitrov University “Sts. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje FYR Macedonia aco@tmf.ukim.edu.mk Perica Paunovic University “Sts. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje FYR Macedonia pericap@tmf.ukim.edu.mk Dumitru Tsiulyanu Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau Moldova tsiu@molddata.md Ion Mihailescu National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Bucharest-Magurele Romania ion.mihailescu@inflpr.ro Aleksandre M. Gaskov Moscow State University Russian Federation gaskov@inorg.chem.msu.ru Andrey Stepanov Kazan Physical-Technical Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Kazan Russian Federation aanstep@gmail.com Ashok Vaseashta Institute for Advanced Sciences Convergence, VA USA prof.vaseashta@nanoknowledge.info

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ASI PARTICIPANTS Albena Alexandrova Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria a_alex@mail.bg Margarita Apostolova Institute of Molecular Biology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria margo@obzor.bio21.bas.bg Irina Bineva Institute of Solid State Physics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria irka@issp.bas.bg Sylvia Boycheva Technical University, Department of Thermal and Nuclear Engineering, Sofia Bulgaria sboycheva@tu-sofia.bg Desislava Guergova Institute of Physical Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria guergova@mail.bg Ruzha Harizanova University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia Bulgaria ruza_harizanova@yahoo.com Temenuga Hristova-Vasileva University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia Bulgaria teddie_22@abv.bg Vania Ilcheva Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria

vania_ilcheva@yahoo.com Liudmila Ivanova Institute of Molecular Biology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria lucy@bio21.bas.bg Iliyan Kolev Institute of Molecular Biology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria amygdaline@yahoo.com Kolyo Kolev Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria kolyo_kolev@mail.bg Ofeliya Kostadinova University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia Bulgaria ofeliya.kostadinova@gmail.com Christo Nichev Central Laboratory of Solar Energy and New Energy Sources Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia Bulgaria nitschev@abv.bg Emil Petkov University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia Bulgaria creepingdeath@abv.bg Stanislav Slavov University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia Bulgaria

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Gergo Vassilev University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia Bulgaria gergo_vassilev@abv.bg Dan Tonchev University of Saskatchewan Dept. of Electrical Engineering Canada Dan.Tonchev@usask.ca Franjo Jovic University of Zagreb Department of Reaction Engineering and Catalysis Croatia fjovic@fkit.hr Radek Fajgar Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague Czech Republic fajgar@icpf.cas.cz Miroslav Jelinek Institute of Physics Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague Czech Republic jelinek@fzu.cz Peter Nielsen University of Southern Denmark, Odense Denmark pnie@sense.sdu.dk Rajnish Dhiman University of Southern Denmark, Odense Denmark rdhiman@ifk.sdu.dk; rdhiman81@gmail.com Florian Ahrend University of Kassel, Experimental Physics IV Germany florian.ahrend@physik.uni-kassel.de

Claudia Baier Technical University Munich Dept. of Physics Germany cbaier@ph.tum.de Matthias Frotscher Ruhr University Bochum Dept. of Materials Science Germany Christian Gilfert Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics Technological Physics, University of Kassel Germany gilfert@ina.uni-kassel.de Christian Hammann Technical University Darmstadt Faculty of Biology Germany hammann@bio.tu-darmstadt.de Ivan Kaban IFW Dresden, Institute for Complex Materials Germany i.kaban@ifw-dresden.de Hermann Koch Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics Technological Physics, University of Kassel Germany herm71024@gmx.de Daniel Lengemann University of Kassel, Experimental Physics IV Germany lengemann@physik.uni-kassel.de Boris Monchev Ruhr-University of Bochum Germany boris_monchev@yahoo.com

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Blagovesta Popova University of Goettingen Germany blaga_popova@yahoo.de Hadwig Sternschulte Technical University Munich nanoTUM Germany hadwig.sternschulte@ph.tum.de Sven Ulrich Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institute for Materials Research I Germany sven.ulrich@kit.edu Carsten Woidt Institute of Nanostructure Technologies and Analytics Technological Electronics, University of Kassel Germany woidt@ina.uni-kassel.de George Mousdis Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens Greece gmousdis@eie.gr Miklos Veres Research Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics, Budapest Hungary vm@szfki.hu Gennaro Gentile Institute of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers National Research Council, ICTP-CNR, Pozzuoli Italy gennaro.gentile@ictp.cnr.it Ranko Adziski Faculty of Technology & Metallurgy University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje

FYR Macedonia ranko@tmf.ukim.edu.mk Jadranka Blazevska-Gilev Faculty of Technology & Metallurgy University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje FYR Macedonia jadranka@tmf.ukim.edu.mk Anita Grozdanov Faculty of Technology & Metallurgy University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje FYR Macedonia anita@tmf.ukim.edu.mk Emilija Fidancesvka Faculty of Technology & Metallurgy University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje FYR Macedonia emilijaf@tmf.ukim.edu.mk Mirko Marinkovski Faculty of Technology & Metallurgy University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje FYR Macedonia mirko@tmf.ukim.edu.mk Goran Naccevski Faculty of Technology & Metallurgy University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje FYR Macedonia nacevski@tmf.ukim.edu.mk Anka Trajkovska Petkoska University St. Clement of Ohrid, Bitola FYR Macedonia anka.trajkovska@uklo.edu.mk Diana Harea Institute of Applied Physics Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau Moldova dyanaharea@yahoo.com

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Evghenii Harea Institute of Applied Physics Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Chisinau Moldova evg2000@mail.md Olga Mocreac Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau Moldova doleaster@gmail.com Ion Stratan Technical University of Moldova, Chisinau Moldova ionstratan@gmail.com Emanuel Axente National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics Bucharest-Magurele Romania emanuel.axente@inflpr.ro Cristian Mihailescu National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics Bucharest-Magurele Romania cristi.mihailescu@inflpr.ro Carmen Ristoscu National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics Bucharest-Magurele Romania carmen.ristoscu@inflpr.ro Natalia Serban National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics Bucharest-Magurele Romania natalia.serban@inflpr.ro Felix Sima National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics Bucharest-Magurele

Romania felix.sima@inflpr.ro Radmila Tomovska University of Basque Country Institute for Polymeric Materials, San Sebastian Spain radmila_tomovska@ehu.es Cristina Valles Instituto de carboquimica, Zaragoza Spain cristina_v@icb.csic.es Hilal Türkoğlu Şaşmazel Atilim University, Ankara Turkey htsasmazel@atilim.edu.tr Nataliia Guzenko Institute of Surface Chemistry Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kiev Ukraine gnatalija@mail.ru Taras Kavetskyy Drohobych State University Ukraine kavetskyy@yahoo.com Nataliya Pavlyukh Solid State Microelctronics Lab. Drohobych State University Ukraine Igor Telegeev Institute of Surface Chemistry Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Kiev Ukraine itelegeev@ukr.net Jose Alvelo Norwich University Applied Research Institutes, VA, USA jalvelo@norwich.edu

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