Nanoscience meets Metrology: size and shape engineering of nanoparticles. Towards improved technologies for enery, environment and health. International summer workshop, 27-31 July 2015. Book of abstract

The international summer workshop “NANOSCIENCE meets METROLOGY: size and shape engineering of nanoparticles. Towards improved technologies for energy, environment and health” represents a dissemination action of the FP7 EU project SETNanoMetro (www.setnanometro.eu), that the project consortium would offer to the scientific community as a possibility of cross-fertilization among complementary sectors of modern nanoscience and nanotechnology. But what about the origin of this project and then of this workshop? The Roadmap Report on Nanoparticles (NanoRoadMap FP6 project 2004-2006 ) indicated that “the manufacture of NPs with precise size and crystal orientation is among the futuristic applications that could enter the basic /applied R&D phases by 2010-2015” ….now, the time has now come, and this workshop, inspired by the objectives and expected impacts of SETNanoMetro, was intended for all scientists and technologists interested in: 1. production of nanoparticles with defined shape and size 2. measurement of their structural, morphological and surface features 3. controlled assembly and/or aggregation of nanoparticles on supports (film formation) 4. measurement of functional performance of nanoparticles , dispersed or in a supported form, for applications in three technological domains : environmental protection and remediation, energy, health In particular, the workshop would represent a crossroad resulting from the intersection between nanoscience/nanotechnology and metrology, where several issues relevant for the European Research Area are emerging: - need for characterization of the relationship between measurable key parameters through the nanoscale to the higher order scales that provide new insight into the performance of nanostructured and nano-enabled material; - interest toward the generation of reference information to test and optimise new design rules derived from length scale models; - development of methods for measuring properties for which currently no methods exist, also ensuring the traceability, or at least the reproducibility, of existing methods; - establish mechanisms to integrate new design rules to existing modelling techniques and apply these to industrially relevant materials and devices, delivering concrete results of industrial relevance (for example, the ability to design nano-coatings or nano-enabled coatings with specific performance properties). The response of the European scientific community resulted in a programme with an introductory plenary lecture (PL), 36 oral presentation, organized in 6 sessions (+ a “special” one), each opened by a keynote lecture (KN), and in a poster session with 10 contributions. Invited lectures will be given by the following distinguished scientists from universities, research centres, metrological institutes, private companies, who are sincerely acknowledged by the SETNanoMetro consortium for having accepted to contribute to enrich the scientific programme of the workshop: Dr. Roberto Comparelli (PL), University of Bari and CNR (Italy) Prof. Corinne Chanéac (KN), Laboratoire de la Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (France) Prof. Rodrigo Moreno (KN), Institute of Ceramics and Glass, Madrid (Spain) Dr. Wolfram Bremser (KN), BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, (Germany) Dr. Renaud Demadrille (KN), Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie (France) Dr. Theis Reenberg (KN), Photocat A/S (Denmark) Dr Wim de Jong (KN), Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and the Environment Andrea M. Rossi (coordinator of SETNanoMetro) Chiara Portesi Gianmario Martra