Thursday 15th March 2018
Sunday 11th March 2018 / Monday 12th March 2018 / Tuesday 13th March 2018 / Wednesday 14th March 2018 / Friday 16th March 2018
| Session 08 – Medical Applications, Imaging and Therapy |
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| Chairs : L.T. Canham, J. Wu, E. Segal |
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| 09:00-09:40 | Fusogenic porous silicon nanoparticles for immunogene therapy in infections |
| B. Kim, University of California San Diego, USA - Invited lecture | |
| 09:40.10:00 | Biohybrid multistage nanovaccines based on acetaleted dextran-coated pSi nanoparticles: development of an innovative formulation |
| F. Fontana, University of Helsinki, Finland | |
| 10:00-10:20 | Thermally carbonized porous silicon nanoneedles for electrical stimulation of neural cells |
| C. Chiappini, King's College London, United Kingdom | |
| 10:20-10:40 | New therapeutic approaches to administer nerve growth factor into the brain using porous silicon nanostructures |
| M. Rosenberg, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel | |
| 10:40-11:00 | Cytotoxicity control of porous silicon nanoparticles by surface modification and ultrasound irradiation for cancer theranostic applications |
| A.P. Sviridov, Moscow State University, Russian Federation | |
| 11:00-11:20 | Coffee break |
| 11:20-11:40 | Long systemic circulation and MRI imaging of mesoporous silicon nanoparticles |
| T. Nissinen, University of Eastern Finland, Finland | |
| 11:40-12:00 | In vivo microenvironment induced luminescence behavior of porous silicon for tumor imaging |
| F. J. Wo, Zhejiang University, China | |
| 12:00-12:20 | One-pot synthesis of photoluminescent silicon nanoparticles in borate solutions terminated by citric acid |
| M.B. Gongalsky, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation | |
| 12:20-12:40 | Endocytosis of alkyl-capped silicon quantum dots prepared from porous silicon |
| B. R. Horrocks, Newcastle University, United Kingdom | |
| 12:40-13:00 | Enhanced performance of a molecular photoacoustic imaging agent by encapsulation in mesoporous silicon nanoparticles |
| J. Kang, University of California, San Diego, USA | |
| 13:00-14:20 | Lunch at Congress Centre |
| 14:20-14:40 | Functionalization of porous silicon nanoparticles for the controlled delivery of nucleic acids and genes |
| J.-O. Durand, University of Montpellier, France |
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| 14:40-15:00 | Functional oligonucleotide release from porous silicon nanoparticle-integrated polymer nanofibers |
| J. M. Zuidema, University of California San Diego, USA | |
| 15:00-15:20 | Plant-derived dual drug/porous silicon carrier structures for antioxidant/anti-inflammatory combination therapy |
| J. Kalluri, Texas Christian University, USA | |
| 15:20-15:40 | Association of PO4 loaded porous silicon microparticles with nacre proteins enhances mineralized bone formation in vivo |
| P.-Y. Collart-Dutilleul, University of Montpellier, France | |
| 15:40-16:00 | Porous silicon resorption kinetics during in vitro & in vivo bone tissue engineering |
| N. Fatima, University of Montpellier, France | |
| 16:00-16:40 | Coffee break |
| Session 09 – Micro Photonics and Luminescence |
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| Chairs: L. Boarino, V. Bandarenka |
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| 16:40-17:00 | Pores filling as a new paradigm for the efficient design of erbium-doped porous silicon light-emitting structures |
| G. Mula, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Italy | |
| 17:00-17:20 | Efficient conversion from porous silicon to luminesecent colloidal silicon nanoparticles by pulsed laser irradition in liquid |
| T. Nakamura, Hosei University, Japan | |
| 17:20-17:40 | Inversely processed mesoporous silicon rib-type waveguides with unity confinement factors for surface adlayer biosensing |
| J. D. Ryckman, Clemson University, USA | |
| 17:40-18:20 | PSST Award lecture: Porous Silicon: active platform in Si nano-valley |
| N. Koshida, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan | |
| 18:20-18:40 | Talk of the Day, Best Conference Poster and Best Conference Presentation Voting |
| 18:40-19:00 |
Open discussion on PSST 2018 and further plans (PSST 2020, location, etc) PSST 2018 CLOSING |
| 20:00 | Gala Dinner and Prizes at Pasino La Grande Motte |