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The scope of the school, which takes place in Dubrovnik, Croatia from September 2 to7, 2012, is the education of young researchers in the synthesis, characterization and manipulation of nanomaterials and nanostructures, to encourage the exchange of ideas and collaboration among nanoscience and nanotechnology, and to define future objectives. All aspects of synthesis and characterizations, as well as computational and theoretical approaches to the investigation of the structure, dynamics and properties of nanomaterials will be discussed during the session.

The school will bring together the most relevant international experts, who will present their latest research and advances in the fields of synthesis and characterization in nanoscience. Besides the formal program, the school provides young researchers and students with a unique opportunity to interact with world recognized experts during social and informal activities in order to encourage the exchange of ideas and collaboration among nanoscience and nanotechnology research groups and to define future objectives. Through poster presentations, the young scientists will also have an opportunity to get to know each other, share their knowledge and exchange ideas concerning their research projects.

For guidelines to submit an abstract / poster, please see http://www.ason.info/registration

Further information: http://www.ason.info

The registration fee for participants is €600, which covers admission to the lectures, accommodation in double room from September 2 to 7, all lunches, an excursion and a gala banquet.
The registration fee for accompanied persons is 430€, which covers accommodation in double room from September 2 to 7, all lunches, coffee breaks, excursion and banquet.
Fees paid after July 1st will be increased by 10 percent!

The invited lecturers include (see http://www.ason.info/invited-lecturers):

	Prof. Harold Kroto Nobel Laureate Florida State University, USA "Science - Lost in Translation?" "Carbon in Nano- and Outer Space"
	Prof. Lászlo Fórró Institute of Physics of Complex Matter Switzerland "Nanomaterials and their applications"
	Dr. Maurizio Ferrari Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies, Italy "Glass Ceramics: fabrication, assessment, and photonic applications"
	Prof. Niyazi Serdar Sariciftci Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria "Organic –Inorganic Nanostructures for Solar Energy Conversion" "Charge Carrier Transport in Organic Photovoltaic Devices"
	Prof. Vacláv Holý Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic "X-ray based method for investigation of nanostructures" "Semiconductor nanostructures seen by x-rays - a journey through direct and reciprocal spaces"
	Prof. Meyya Meyyappan Center for Nanotechnology, NASA Ames Research Center, USA "Nanomaterials: Growth and Characterization" "Nanomaterials: Application Development"
	Prof. Reshef Tenne Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel "Inorganic nanotubes and fullerene-like nanoparticles: historical perspective; structural principles and chemical insights" "Inorganic nanotubes and fullerene-like nanoparticles: the growth mechanisms, properties and applications"
	Dr. Alla Zak Holon Institute of Technology, Israel "Synthesis of Pure Phase WS2 Multiwall Nanotubes and their Influence on Polymer Properties"
	Dr. Eeva Viinikka National Nanotechnology Cluster Programme, Culminatum Innovation Ltd Oy, Finland "The best practices of commercializing nanotechnology – example case Finland"
	Prof. Michael Zharnikov University of Heidelberg, Germany "Chemical Lithography and Nanofabrication with monomolecular templates" "Design of non-disruptive, free-standing monomolecular membranes for biological applications"
	Dr. Marijan Gotić Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia "Wet-chemistry synthesis of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles"
	Dr. Iva Bogdanović-Radović Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia "Ion beams - a tool for nanoparticle design and shaping"
	Dr. Heiko Wolf IBM Research GmbH, Switzerland "Getting materials into place and shape – Alternative assembly and nanopatterning methods "Templated self-assembly and integration of complex structures"
	Prof. Ashok K. Vaseashta IASC/ICWI/NUARI and U.S. Dept. of State, Washington, DC, USA "Nanomaterials based Sensing and Trace Detection"
	Prof. (Em.) Aharon Gedanken Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel "Novel Methods (Sonochemistry, Microwave dielectric heating, Sonoelectrochemistry, and RAPET) for the Fabrication of Nanomaterials and Their Applications"