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
FLUIDICS: Microfluidics and nanofluidics
Micro thermal technologies; Separation technologies; Detection technologies (optical and electro chemical);
Fluid mechanics and modeling;
Microfluidics (DNA, lab-on-a-chip, lithography, etc.);
Fluidics design and assembly;
Hybrid devices, microfluidic packaging;
Digital microfluidics;
Capillary electrophoresis;
Microfluidic fuel cells;
Cell soring and handling;
Single cell analysis;
Polymeric composites;
Molecular dynamics;
Multi-phase nanofluidics;
Nano-properties and magnetic fields;
Magnetic nanofluids;
Transport in nanofluids
SUPER: Superconductivity, materials and applications
Types of superconductivity; Superconductor classification; Supercurrents and superconductors; d-wave superconductors; Superconductor-ferromagnet bilayer structures; Spin screening effect in superconductors; Antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations; Spin relaxation; Thermal expansion; Doping and temperature dependence; Interlayer spacing; Two-dimensional superfluid density; Band renormalization; Fermi surface reconstruction; Specific heat oscillations; Superconducting quantum interference; n-dimensional nanoscale patterns; Ferromagnet thin film heterostructures; Superfluid film; Superfluid stiffness; Iron-based superconductors; Anisotropic pressure derivatives
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