IEEE NAP'23 Conference
Welcome to Bratislava!
We welcome you to the majestic city of Bratislava, Slovakia, and hope that the IEEE NAP-2023 Conference will serve as an excellent international platform for an engaging and informal exchange of ideas that could lead to strengthening existing collaborations and catalyzing new partnerships. Our overarching goal is to accelerate the application of nanotechnology to address the most urgent societal needs.
The IEEE NAP Conference is traditionally devoted to the most interesting aspects of modern materials science with a prime focus on nanoscale materials. Our aim is to bring together a broad international community of scientists, engineers, and educators involved in the pursuit of understanding and controlling of matter at the nanoscale that would ultimately lead to revolutionary technological and industrial advances.
The NAP-2023 Organizing Committee wishes you a fruitful week and a pleasant stay at the Crowne Plaza Bratislava Hotel!
Organizing Committee
IEEE NAP-2023 Organizing Committee
| Pavol Šajgalík | Slovak Academy of Sciences, Honorary Chair |
| Vladimír Cambel | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, General Chair & Local Organizing Committee Chair |
| Ľubomír Čaplovič | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, General Co-Chair & Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair |
| Alexander Pogrebnjak | Sumy State University (Ukraine), Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, General Co-Chair |
| Yurii Shabelnyk | Sumy State University (Ukraine), Secretary |
| Technical Program Committee: | |
| Goran Karapetrov | Drexel University (USA), Chair |
| Andrii Chumak | University of Vienna (Austria) |
| Sorin Cotofana | Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) |
| Maksym Pogorielov | University of Latvia (Latvia), Sumy State University (Ukraine) |
| Milan Ťapajna | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia) |
| Viera Skakalova | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia) |
| Emerson Coy | Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland) |
| Milan Sýkora | Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia) |
| Oleksandr Dobrovolskiy | University of Vienna (Austria) |
| Ján Šoltýs | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia) |
| Oleksandr Prokopenko | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine), Publication Chair |
| Yurii Shabelnyk | Sumy State University (Ukraine), Publication Co-Chair |
| Valentine Novosad | Argonne National Laboratory (USA), Finance & Exhibits Chair |
| Miroslava Blázyová | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Finance Co-Chair |
| Oleksii Drozdenko | Sumy State University (Ukraine), Finance Co-Chair |
| Michaela Sojková | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, WiSE Chair |
| Alina Dvornichenko | Sumy State University (Ukraine), WiSE Co-Chair |
| Anna Marchenko | Sumy State University (Ukraine), Awards & Grants Chair |
| Martin Hulman | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Awards & Grants Co-Chair |
| Marian Precner | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, IT & Technical Support Chair |
| Roman Vaskin | Sumy State University, IT & Technical Support Co-Chair |
| Kateryna Smyrnova | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Student & YP Activities Co-Chair |
| Matteo Bruno Lodi | University of Cagliari (Italy), Student & YP Activities Co-Chair |
| Martin Sahul | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Student & YP Activities Co-Chair |
| Marta Wala | Silesian University of Technology (Poland), Student & YP Activities Co-Chair |
International Scientific Advisory Board
| Valentine Novosad | Argonne National Laboratory (USA), Chair |
| Vladimír Cambel | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Co-Chair |
| André Anders | Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (Germany) |
| Aleksandra Baron-Wiechec | Guangdon Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (China) |
| Oksana Chubykalo-Fesenko | CSIC – Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (Spain) |
| Nicola Pinna | Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany) |
| Nicoletta Ditaranto | University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) |
| Denise Erb | Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, HZDR (Germany) |
| Ali Erdemir | Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) |
| Yury Gogotsi | Drexel University (USA) |
| Laura H. Greene | Florida State University & National High Magnetic Field Laboratory – Tallahassee (USA) |
| Yuko Ichiyanagi | Yokohama National University (Japan) |
| Volodymyr Ivashchenko | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Institute for Problems of Materials Science NAS of Ukraine (Ukraine) |
| Oleksiy Kolezhuk | Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine) |
| Vladimir Komanicky | Pavol Jozef Safarik University (Slovakia) |
| Oleg Lupan | Technical University of Moldova (Moldova) |
| James E. Morris | Portland State University (USA) |
| Tetsuya Nakamura | Tohoku University (Japan) |
| Alexander Pogrebnjak | Sumy State University (Ukraine) |
| Marek Przybylski | AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland) |
| Serhiy Protsenko | Sumy State University (Ukraine) |
| Tijana Rajh | Arizona State University (USA) |
| Montserrat Rivas | University of Oviedo (Spain) |
| Wojciech Simka | Silesian University of Technology (Poland) |
| Fedir Sizov | V.E. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics NAS of Ukraine (Ukraine) |
| Oksana Sulaieva | Medical Laboratory CSD (Ukraine) |
| Tetiana Tatarchuk | Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (Ukraine) |
| Oleksandr Tovstolytkin | Institute of Magnetism NAS of Ukraine (Ukraine) |
| Roman Viter | University of Latvia (Latvia) |
| Pawel Zukowski | Lublin University of Technology (Poland) |
Local Organizing Committee
| Pavol Šajgalík | Slovak Academy of Sciences, Honorary Chair |
| Vladimír Cambel | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, General Chair & Local Organizing Committee Chair |
| Ľubomír Čaplovič | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, General Co-Chair & Local Organizing Committee Co-Chair |
| Alexander Pogrebnjak | Sumy State University (Ukraine), Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (Slovakia), General Co-Chair |
| Milan Ťapajna | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia), Technical Program Committee |
| Milan Sýkora | Comenius University in Bratislava, Technical Program Committee |
| Viera Skakalova | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Technical Program Committee |
| Ján Šoltýs | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia), Technical Program Committee |
| Miroslava Blázyová | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Finance Co-Chair |
| Michaela Sojková | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, WiSE Chair |
| Martin Hulman | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Awards & Grants Co-Chair |
| Marian Precner | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, IT & Technical Support Chair |
| Martin Sahul | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Student & YP Activities Co-Chair |
| Kateryna Smyrnova | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Student & YP Activities Co-Chair |
| Martina Pakanová | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| Ondrej Pohorelec | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| Fridrich Egyenes | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| Jana Hrdá | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences |
| Michal Bennár | Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences |
Partners & Sponsors
Platinum Level
IEEE Magnetics Society
The IEEE Magnetics Society is the premier organization for professionals in magnetics research and technology. We are interested in all matters involved in the fundamental development, design, and application of magnetic devices and materials. IEEE Magnetics Society fosters exchange of information among its members and within the global technical community, including education and training of engineers and scientists. IEEE Magnetics Society was established in 1964. Today it has over 3,000 members and 40+ Chapters worldwide. We sponsor conferences, workshops, annual summer school for students, offer free books and publications, provide an international platform for networking with like-minded peers, recognize our members with career achievement awards, organize Distinguished Lecturers program and much more!
U.S. - Ukraine Foundation
BioUkraine is the U.S.–Ukraine Foundation’s initiative aimed at supporting the advancement of biotechnology in Ukraine by encouraging innovative approaches by students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and small- and medium-sized businesses. The project, made possible through generous financial support of donors, seeks to expand educational and economic opportunities for the people of Ukraine, equipping them with the tools, training, and connections they need to be on the cutting edge of meaningful discovery. We believe in unleashing the potential of scientists in Ukraine to empower them in fighting global diseases, feeding the world’s growing population, and protecting our planet.
ATLANT 3D Nanosystems
ATLANT 3D is a Danish deep-tech company founded in 2018 to revolutionize electronics atom by atom. The company is developing a fundamentally different and innovative micro and nanofabrication platform technology that enables atomical precise advanced manufacturing of advanced materials and electronics. ATLANT 3D technology is based on the state-of-the-art μSADALP™ (Microreactor Selective Area Direct Atomic Layer Processing/Printing) technology. This technology is the core for our atomical layer advanced manufacturing that includes the complete value chain from the idea stage, R&D (Research and Development), prototyping to scalable manufacturing of advanced materials and electronics for various applications and industries including in-space manufacturing capabilities.
Gold Level
Angstrom Engineering, Inc.
Angstrom Engineering, Inc. was founded in 1992 and has quickly grown into a thriving international company with an established reputation for providing high-quality machines and unparalleled customer service. Our PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition), and CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) systems are created by our skilled and experienced engineering team. From single chamber PVD & CVD systems to multi-chamber, robotic cluster arrays, the Angstrom Engineering, Inc. design and manufacture the scientific instruments that will make your lab more efficient, consistently creating the thin films your work requires.
Silver Level
Processes
Processes is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal on processes/systems in chemistry, biology, material, energy, environment, food, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, automation control, catalysis, separation, particle and allied engineering fields published monthly online by MDPI. It is indexed within Scopus, SCIE (Web of Science), CAPlus / SciFinder, Inspec, AGRIS, and other databases.
Impact Factor: 3.5 (2022)
Journal Rank: 63/140 (Q2) in the Engineering, Chemical category
Bizzcom s.r.o.
Bizzcom, s.r.o. is a modern engineering company providing complex services and systematic solutions in the field of advanced manufacturing methods. The company designs and produces automatic production and assembly lines and it is also an integrator with its own departments of design, electro-projection, production, assembly and installation. Industrial automation and integration of intelligent automated systems in production processes in order to perform various tasks with high autonomy and adaptability to the surrounding conditions is also one of the main aim of Bizzcom company. Bizzcom is actively involved with several important customers and partners, like ABB, Kuka, Fanuc, Bosch, Staubli, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Mitsubishi Electric, etc.
ESET
ESET, s.r.o. is a Slovak software company specializing in cybersecurity. ESET’s security products are made in Europe and provide security software in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, and its software is localized into more than 30 languages. The company was founded in 1992 in Bratislava, Slovakia. At present, ESET is recognized Europe’s biggest privately held cybersecurity company.
Endorsed by
Slovak Academy of Sciences
The Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS) is the main scientific and research institution in Slovakia fostering basic and strategic basic research.
Its primary mission is to acquire new knowledge of nature, society, and technology, specifically targeted at ensuring scientific basis for the advancement in Slovakia. It comprises 58 scientific institutes and 13 ancillary institutions. The SAV edits 44 scientific and scholarly journals and 100–120 monographs per annum. Moreover, 41 scientific and scholarly societies, which associate scientists and scholars from various disciplines, are affiliated with SAV.
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine is the central body of executive power, whose activity is directed and coordinated by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. MES is part of the executive power and is the main body in the system of central executive authorities to ensure the formation and implementation of public policies in the areas of education and science, scientific, technology and innovation, information, formation and use of national electronic information resources, creating conditions for the development of the information society, as well as in the implementation of state supervision (control) over the activities of educational institutions regardless of their subordination and form of ownership.
Sponsors
Institute of Electrical Engineering SAS
Institute of Electrical Engineering Slovak Academy of Sciences (IEE SAS) is a scientific institution founded in 1953. Research areas of the institute cover disciplines of electronic and electrical engineering and solid-state physics supported by extensive material research. Our researchers implement international projects supported by European Commission (H2020, ERDF), and national projects supported by APVV and VEGA agencies.
Research activities of IEE SAS are currently focused on Physics and technology at nanoscale, III-V compound semiconductors, Microelectronic sensors and detectors, Applied superconductivity
IEEE Nanotechnology Counсil
The IEEE Nanotechnology Council focuses on the advancement and coordination of work in the field of Nanotechnology. The Council is a multi-disciplinary group supporting the theory, design, and development of nanotechnology and its scientific, engineering, and industrial applications. The Council sponsors well-recognized, international conferences and publications. Through the Council’s sponsored activities, participants have the opportunity to publish and collaborate on research, network with colleagues, stay current on news and events, develop standards, and participate in educational activities. There are no membership requirements to join and participation in this Technical Council is free for current IEEE members!
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
The Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU), the largest and most significant university of technology in the Slovak Republic, is a modern European educational and research institution. It offers university education mainly in technical, technological, technical-economic, technical-information and technical-artistic fields of study. Its activities reach back to the rich old tradition of the Mining Academy in Banská Štiavnica, established by the Empress Maria Theresa in 1762. The STU provides a comprehensive and modern system of university education, research, and cooperation with the world of work through the transfer of knowledge. STU disposes of the widest spectrum of study branches. Since its establishment in 1937, more than 159,000 graduates have completed their education at the university, with the average number of students attending annually being 12,000.
Sumy State University
Sumy State University (SumDU) is a higher educational institution in Sumy, Ukraine. It enrolls over 12 000 students pursuing pre-undergraduate, undergraduate, specialist, and master degrees in 57 majors and 25 fields. About 1 300 foreign students represent almost 50 countries worldwide. Today, SumDU is a leading university of a classical type with the III-IV accreditation level in the region.
SumDU enters the TOP-group (3%) of leading universities of the world and is classified as a university with high research intensity according to the international ranking of higher education institutions QS World University Rankings. According to these rankings, SumDU enters the group of leading Ukrainian universities. SumDU also ranked 101-150 among the fastest-rising young stars of the higher education world by the QS.