About VCAN 2020

“International Virtual Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Applications” - VCAN 2020 with a special emphasis on Flexible Electronic Devices aims to bring together Indian and International communities (students, scientists, engineers and stakeholders from academia, government laboratories, industry and other organisations) working in the field of nanoscale science and technology to discuss new and exciting advances in the field. Amidst of this pandemic situation, this virtual event will bridge researchers across the globe to a single platform to exchange scientific ideas and knowledge. The conference covers broad theme on this area to accommodate wide range of interests and to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration/interaction in both academia and industry. The conference will also provide an ideal environment to develop new collaborations and opportunities to meet the experts working on various areas of this field.

Themes

  • Flexible Electronic Devices for Energy, Sensors, Health care
  • Synthesis and Fabrication of Advanced 0D/1D/2D Nanostructures
  • Thin Film Deposition Techniques
  • Advanced Nanomaterials characterization
  • Molecular Nanoscience, Catalysis and Applications
  • Nanomaterials for
    • Energy harvesting, Storage and Conversion
    • Environment (Water purification, Adsorbents, CO2 remediation)
    • Sensors
    • Food, Agriculture and Health care
  • Hydrogen Energy using Nanostructured materials
  • Magnetic Nanomaterials and applications
  • Biomedical-related devices and methods at the micro- and nano-scale
  • Nanocoatings
  • Nanofluids
  • Nanophotonics and Plasmonics
  • Nanoelectronics: Fabrication/ modelling and simulation

Highlights of VCAN 2020

  • Special Lecture by Nobel Laureate
  • Lectures from renowned speakers
  • Speakers from 15 countries
  • RSC "Nanoscale Advances" Oral Presentation Awards
  • ACS Journals Oral Presentation Awards
  • CNR-VIT Young Researcher Awards
  • A special session on Research and Funding Opportunities under the EU's Horizon 2020 Programme
  • A special session on Royal Society of Chemistry: Supporting Chemical Sciences in India
  • Oral Presentation opportunities
  • Publications in Scopus Indexed Journals
  • Free Registration

About VIT

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) was established in 1984 as Vellore Engineering College by the Honourable Chancellor Dr. G. Viswanathan with the aim of providing quality higher education on par with international standards. VIT is recently recognized as Institution of Eminence (IOE) by Government of India. Having fully committed to its Vision - "Transforming life through excellence in education and research", VIT is focussing on quality teaching-learning process, research and innovation, which would make the institute distinct from others. Currently VIT has 4 campuses – in Vellore, Chennai, Amaravati (AP) and Bhopal (MP). The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the MHRD, Government of India, has identified VIT as the best Private Engineering Institution in India for 4 years in a row (NIRF-2016 2017, 2018 and 2019 rankings). VIT is Ranked No.1 Private Institution for Innovation (ARIIA 2019 award) by Govt. of India. VIT is the first and only in India to get 4 star rating from QS, the world universities ranking organization. VIT achieved 18th position among the engineering institutions in India by NIRF 2019, Govt. of India. In addition to this, the consortium of industries, FICCI conferred VIT with the “Excellence in Faculty award. VIT has consistently received “A” grade in the past three cycles of NAAC accreditation. In addition, VIT also has received the coveted ABET accreditation, which is widely recognized throughout the world. VIT has already been ranked by the major International rankings such as QS World University Ranking, QS BRICS University Ranking, QS Asia University Ranking, THE World University Ranking, THE Asia University Ranking, THE Emerging Economies University Ranking and US News Ranking. VIT is the first Institution in India to get 4 star rating by QS. VIT has A Grade accreditation from NAAC, Government of India. Further, 14 of its Engineering programmes have ABET- (USA) accreditation.

About CNR

The Centre for Nanotechnology Research (CNR) at VIT, Vellore was established in June 2008 and its faculties are actively engaged in teaching courses for the “M. Tech Nanotechnology” programme and undertaking research projects for M.Tech. and Ph.D. Scholars. VIT provided a generous support in setting up state-of-art Nanomaterial characterization and synthesis facilities for the Nanotechnology Lab. The M.Tech. Nanotechnology programme also received financial support from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi towards further enhancing infrastructure facilities of the Nanotechnology Laboratory and offering student fellowships and contingency grant for their research projects during the course. The centre has received funds from various funding agencies like DST, DRDO, IEEE etc. Our research is focused on various niche areas of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in line with the global needs and to cater the same, the centre is equipped with a team of inter-disciplinary faculty members. The centre has published more than 200 research articles in International Journals. The Centre for Nanotechnology Research is mainly focussed on Flexible Electronic Devices for Energy, Sensors and Health care. The centre has recently extended its facilities for external researchers on a consultancy basis. For further details:https://vit.ac.in/centers/cnr