Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to:

- ICQNM 2026, The Twentieth International Conference on Quantum, Nano/Bio, and Micro Technologies

ICQNM 2026 is scheduled to be October 25 - 29, 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal under the NetWare 2026 umbrella.

The submission deadline is July 6, 2026.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: https://www.iariajournals.org

All events will be held in a hybrid mode: on site, online, prerecorded videos, voiced presentation slides, pdf slides.

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============== ICQNM 2026 | Call for Papers ===============

CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS


ICQNM 2026, The Twentieth International Conference on Quantum, Nano/Bio, and Micro Technologies

General page: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2026/ICQNM26.html

Submission page: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2026/SubmitICQNM26.html


Event schedule: October 25 - 29, 2026


Contributions:

- regular papers [in the proceedings, digital library]

- short papers (work in progress) [in the proceedings, digital library]

- ideas: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]

- extended abstracts: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]

- posters: two pages [in the proceedings, digital library]

- posters: slide only [slide-deck posted at www.iaria.org]

- presentations: slide only [slide-deck posted at www.iaria.org]

- demos: two pages [posted at www.iaria.org]


Submission deadline: July 6, 2026


Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: https://www.iariajournals.org

Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: https://www.proceedings.com/9769.html

Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: https://www.thinkmind.org


The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas.

All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions.
Before submission, please check and comply with the editorial rules: https://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html


ICQNM 2026 Topics (for topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)

Call for Papers: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2026/CfPICQNM26.html

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ICQNM 2026 Tracks (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site)

QNM Communications and Computation

Molecular; bacterial; quantum; nano-wireless; terahertz; neuronal; nano-scale; ribo-computing; computational nano-robotics

QNM Networks

Nano-networks; Internet of nano-Things (IonT); Analog synthetic gene networks; Bio-nanostructures (nano-tubes, nano-particles)

QNM Materials

Graphene and nanotubes; Biosensing (nano)materials and interfaces; 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 nano-wires; Wide band-gap dielectrics; Nano-particles i.e., viruses; proteins; Polymeric composites; Ferromagnet thin film heterostructures; Superfluid film; Iron-based superconductors; Carbon nano-tubes and biological objects (DNA, RNA, cell, tissue, etc.); Biomolecular components interfaces (DNA joints and carbon-nanotube rigid links); Self-healing materials; Superconductivity; Superconductors; Supercurrents

QNM Sensing

On-chip trace-gas spectroscopy; Nano/Biosensing; Micro-fabricated sensors; 3D-printed sensors; 3-D micro-structuring; Nano/micro scale thermal radiation; Nano/micro scale thermal radiation;

QNM Energy

Energy detection in THz nano-networks; Pyroelectric energy harvesting; Fuel cells and energy storage devices; Energy saving and optimal consumption

QNM Security/Safety

Quantum security; Quantum cryptography; Quantum key distribution, Near-field security; Near-field safety; Defense and homeland security; Security at QNM level; Safety at QNM level

QNM Robotics

Microrobotics, Microscale-control; Micro-manipulation; Autonomous and teleoperated nano-manufacturing systems; Biologically inspired miniature space robots and micro-/nano-systems; Nano-particles and nano-wires; Micro-/nano-electromechanical systems; Bio-nano robots; Nano-robots and nano-assembly; Nano-robots control design; Computational nano-robotics; Nano-robotics simulation; Nano-robotics communication; Evolutionary nano-robots; Cellular robotics and micro/nano robotics systems; Viral proteins motors; Protein-based nano-motors and nano-robots

QNM Fluidics

Discrete microfluidics, Hydrodynamic microfluidity, Nano fluidics and robotics; Micro-fluidics (including nano-fluidics, modeling; fabrication and application); 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; Magnetic nanofluids; Transport in nanofluids

QNM Systems, Devices and Properties

Performance of nano/micro systems; Reliability of nano devices, circuits and systems; Modeling and simulation of nano devices; Design methodologies and tools for nano circuits and systems; Testing of nano circuits and systems; Nano tools; Integrated nano systems, Micro propulsion systems; Factory and micro assembly; Quantum memory; Nanophotonic, Smart antennas, Micro/nano resonators; Bio-molecular machines; actuators; transducers; Micro-instruments; Ribo-computing devices; Mechanical and thermal properties; Specifics on evaporation and condensation; Crystallization; Elasticity and performance; Adhesion measurements; Specific heat oscillations; Performance models of nano- and bio-robots; Limitations of nano-robot colonies

QNM Applications

Biomedical applications, nano/micro systems, Quantum simulation tools, Quantum teleportation, Nano-lithography and manufacturing; Nano-tribometry; Scanning probe microscopy; Near-field microscopy; System integration - macro/micro/nano systems; 3D micro-structuring; Nano-medicine (i.e., drug delivery); Micro instrumentation / implantable micro-devices (miniaturized bio-electronic systems etc.); Micro imaging; Nano measurements (optical interference); Nano biotechnology; Aerospace and automotive; Molecular manufacturing; Quantum Nano metrology; Aerospace applications; Data-storage techniques; Defense applications; Nano-robots in nano-medicine; Surgical micro-robots inside the human body; Nano-robotics and biomedical applications; Medical nano-robots feasibility


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ICQNM 2026 Committee: https://www.iaria.org/conferences2026/ComICQNM26.html


IARIA Ambassadors

Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA
Dirceu Cavendish, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Monika Maria Moehring, Study Centre for Blind and Disabled Students, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Gie en Germany
Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Lasse Berntzen, University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway
Les Sztandera, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA
Andreas Rausch, TU Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Timothy Phan, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Manuela Vieira, CTS/ISEL/IPL, Portugal
Luigi Lavazza, Universit dell'Insubria - Varese, Italy