MATERIALI NANOFASICI is a bi-annual National Conference organized since 1994 under the patronage of CNR, ENEA, Università di Cagliari and Università di Bologna.

The national community interested in nanophase materials traditionally met at MATERIALI NANOFASICI to setup new contacts and to reinforce well established relationships, while discussing about the new scientific advancements at national and international levels. Several topics are traditionally treated with a multi-disciplinary approach. Recently a particular attention has been devoted to emerging issues related to metrology and toxicology. Scientific sessions generally include innovative synthesis techniques, structural, microstructural and morphological characterization by advanced techniques, and the study of chemical and physical properties.  

A focus point has been traditionally dedicated at the application aspects of nanomaterials, accounting for the revealed amount of promising, and sometimes unpredictable properties, at the basis of many novel applications, in electronics, magnetism, photonics, energy and biology, to name just a few.

The Organizing Committee is pleased to announce a permanent agreement between MATERIALI NANOFASICI and NANOINNOVATION, Conference and Exhibition, on the basis of which, MATERIALI NANOFASICI becomes one of the organizing bodies of NANOINNOVATION.

Consequently, starting from this year edition, the MATERIALI NANOFASICI Conference will be organized in the frame of NANOINNOVATION, sharing the same venue and the same local organization.

The Organizing Committee of MATERIALI NANOFASICI remains fully in charge for the organization of the Congress Section in agreement with the traditional NANOINNOVATION organizing scheme. The Committee will organize, in agreement with NANOINNOVATION bodies, a three full days conference, dedicated to the traditional topics and will be also in charge also for the selection of Chairman who will manage the sessions according to the traditional format comprising scientific sessions with invited talks and oral/poster contributions.

The purpose of this agreement is to give a new impetus and a well defined organizing fame to the future of our Conference, making it an integral and significant part of the vibrant and active NANOINNOVATION initiative.

The synergies between the two events can widen, in fact, the participation, opening the doors of our communities to new adepts coming from the broad community interested in different aspects of nanotechnology. On the other hand, this approach will support our members in the important activities of technology transfer, bringing the traditional deep scientific knowledge of our community in the wider frame where industrial applications plays the main role.

Among the benefits for the MATERIALI NANOFASICI participants is the integration into a wider initiative, which attracts many active operators, including relevant industrial stakeholders interested in the nanoscience and in the related devices and applications.

In the tradition of NANOINNOVATION, a free access to all aspects of NANOINNOVATION Conference and Exhibition, thus including MATERIALI NANOFASICI, the technical sessions and the commercial exhibition, will be granted to all participants, upon on line registration before the event. A contribution will be requested only to speakers and poster exhibitors according to the general NANOINNOVATION rules.

We are convinced that this organization frame will ensure a solid and long lasting development of our Conference, contributing effectively to the national general effort required for a full and safe development of nanotechnology in all the relevant industrial fields.