This year the conference will feature sessions on:

1. Novel Carbon Nanoforms (nanohorns, nanoscrolls, ...)
2. Fullerenes
3. Graphene
4. Hybrid carbon based nanomaterials
5. Chemistry of carbon nanomaterials
6. Microscopy (electron and scanning probe)
7. Synthesis
8. Devices and Carbon-based Electronics
9. Composites
10. Theory / Modelling
11. Defects in carbon nanomaterials
12. Carbon nanomaterials in the biosciences

Previous topics which will be covered in these sessions include:

1. Structural characterisation and chemistry of carbon nanomaterials:
   • Electron Microscopy: high resolution transmission electron microscopy HRTEM, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopy (AFM and STM), EELS and STEM.
   • Elemental Analyses: X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS), energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDX), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), IR and Raman identification spectroscopy.
2. Control and formation of nanostructures by self-organisation:
   • Pyrolysis of hydrocarbons over catalysts.
   • Laser vaporisation of graphite/metal targets.
   • Graphite plasma arcs.
   • Electrolysis of graphite electrodes in molten ionic salts.
3. Theoretical Modeling:
   • Atomistic and first principles total energy and band structure.
   • BCN nanostructures and properties of fullerene-related materials.
   • CN_x compounds and their properties.
   • Structural change and kinetics.
4. Applications and unusual properties of carbon nanostructures:
   • Superconductivity
   • Field Emission
   • Gas storage
   • Composite Materials
   • Nanoelectronics
   • Lubricants
   • Novel Fullerene Chemistry
   • Biotechnology
5. Optical Properties of Novel Nanostructures
6. Structure and properties of nanostructures