|  | The Third International Conference on Quantum, Nano and Micro Technologies ICQNM 2009  February 1-7, 2009 - Cancun, Mexico | 
     
     
       
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               | Submission (full paper) | September 10, 2008 |  
               | Notification | October 5October 10, 2008 |  
               | Registration | October 27, 2008 |  
               | Camera ready | November 1, 2008 |  | Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a IARIA Journal
 Publisher: IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services
 Posted: IEEE Digital Library
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     All tracks/topics are open to both research and industry contributions.
     Tracks:
     QTECH: Quantum technologies
     
       Quantum information; 
         Quantum communication; 
         Quantum computation; 
         Quantum teleportation; 
         Quantum cryptography; 
         Quantum key distribution; 
         Quantum communication infrastructure; 
         Quantum entanglement; 
         Quantum simulation tools
     
     QSEC: Quantum security
     
       Quantum cryptographic systems; 
         Quantum key distribution primitives; 
         Security of QKD protocols; Privacy and authentication in QKD based networks; 
         Quantum Cryptographic error-correcting codes; 
         Quantum cheating; 
         Attacking QKD devices; 
         Quantum correlations; 
         Current limitations of QKD based communication; 
         Reasoning about QKD security; 
         Security frameworks for QKD environments; 
         QKD based networks security vulnerabilities; 
         Applications of QKD systems 
     
      
       NTECH: Nano technologies
     
        Nano materials and nanostructures; 
         Nano devices and electronics; 
         Nano lithography and manufacturing; 
         Nano fluidics and robotics; 
         Nano architectures and computation models; 
         Reliability of nano devices, circuits and systems; 
         Modeling and simulation of nano devices; 
         Design methodologies and tools for nano circuits and systems; 
         Nano tribometry; Testing of nano circuits and systems; 
         Nano tools; 
         Integrated nano systems; 
         Standards
     
      MTECH: Micro technologies
     
        Micro modeling and design; 
         Micro fabricated sensors; 
         Micro/Nano fluidic devices; 
         Biomolecular machines; 
         Micro propulsion systems; 
         Fuel cells and energy storage devices; 
         Fluidic and optical structures; 
         Micro materials and micro systems; 
         System integration - macro/micro/nano systems; 
         Micro factory and micro assembly; 
         Microscale control and micro manipulation; 
         Reliability of micro devices, circuits and systems (microreliability, microsafety); 
         Near-field microscopy; 
         Instrumentation micro systems (actuators, transducers, etc.); 
         Non-destructive evaluation (acoustic, thermal, etc.); 
         Micro-instruments; 
         Scanning probe microscopy
     
      APPDOM: Application nano/micro domains
     
       Nano/micro materials (materials, 3-D microstructuring, nano/micro scale thermal radiation); 
         Nano medicine (drug delivery; Nano particles i.e., viruses; proteins); 
         Bio-nanostructures (nano-tubes, nano-particles); 
         Microsystems, micro fluidics (including nano-fluidics, modeling; fabrication and application); 
         Micro instrumentation / implantable micro-devices (miniaturized bio-electronic systems etc.); 
         Micro imaging; 
         Nano measurements (optical interference); 
         Nano biotechnology; 
         Aerospace and automotive; 
         Molecular manufacturing; 
         Nanotech networking event; 
         Quantum Nano metrology; 
         Defense and homeland security; 
         Energy saving and optimal consumption; 
         Aerospace applications; 
         Data-storage  techniques; Self-healing materials; 
         Defense applications; 
         Safety; 
         Environmental; 
         Education & training
     
     MATERIALS: Nano and micro materials and properties
     
       Interconnect materials, technologies, and applications; 
         Materials and technologies for package-level thermal management; 
         Nano films; 
         Porous and pin-fin surfaces; 
         Electrospun polymer fibers; Polymer/Clay nano composites; 
         Optofluidics; 
         Silicon nanowires; 
         Wide band-gap dielectrics; 
         Mechanical and thermal properties; 
         Specifics on evaporation and condensation; 
         Crystallization; 
         Elasticity and performance; 
         Adhesion measurements
     
     NBR: Nano and bio robotics
     
       Autonomous and teleoperated nano-manufacturing systems; 
         Microscope nano-probes, optical tweezers, and dielectrophoresis; 
         Carbon nano-tubes and biological objects (DNA, RNA, cell, tissue, etc.); 
         Biologically inspired miniature space robots and micro-/nano-systems; 
         Nano-particles and nano-wires; 
         Micro-/nano-electromechanical systems; 
         Performance models of nano- and bio-robots; 
         Dynamics and kinematics of bio-nano robots; 
         Molecular kinematics; 
         Limitations of nano-robot colonies; 
         Nano-robots and nano-assembly; 
         Nano-robots control design; 
         Computational nano-robotics; 
         Nano-robotics simulation; 
         Nano-robotics communications techniques; 
         Evolutionary nano-robots; 
         Cellular robotics and micro/nano robotics systems; 
         Viral proteins motors; 
         Protein-based nano-motors and nano-robots; 
         Biomolecular components interfaces (DNA joints and carbon-nanotube rigid links); 
         Nano-robots in nano-medicine; 
         Surgical micro-robots inside the human body; 
         Nano-robotics and biomedical applications; 
         Medical nano-robots feasibility