ICAFM 2025 Kathmandu

The 2nd International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials
(ICAFM 2025 KATHMANDU)
March 27-29, 2025

Organizer:

Nepal Materials Science Society

Co-organizers:

Far Western University, Nepal
Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan
Amrit Campus, Tribhuvan University, Lainchaur Kathmandu, Nepal
Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

International Conference from March 27 to 29, 2025 in Nepal (अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय वैज्ञानिक सम्मेलन २०८१ चैत्र १४ गते देखि १६ गते सम्म नेपालमा हुदै )

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Abstract

Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Hem Raj Pant

Vice-Chancellor
Far Western University
Nepal

Prof. Dr. Raja Ram Pradhananga

Tribhuvan University
Nepal

Dr. Takashi Taniguchi

Executive Vice-President National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Director, Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), NIMS, Japan

Prof. Dr. Yutaka Wakayama

Group Leader
Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan

Prof. Dr. Ajaya Bhattarai

Member Secretary TU Service Commission
Tribhuvan University
Nepal

Prof. Dr. Hak Yong Kim

Distinguished Professor
Jeonbuk National University
Korea

Prof. Dr. Binil Aryal

Central Department of Physics
Tribhuvan University
Nepal

Prof. Dr. Thomas A. Jung

Head, Molecular Nanoscience, Paul Scherrer Institute, Swiss Nanoscience Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Yagya Raj Pathak

Registrar
Far Western University
Nepal

Prof. Dr. Lok Kumar Shrestha

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan

Dr. Jonathan P. Hill

Group Leader, Functional Chromophore Group, Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA) National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan

Prof. Dr. Paul R. Berger

Ohio State University and a distinguished visiting professor (Docent) at Tampere University in Finland

Prof. Dr. Yohei Yamamoto

Director, Master's and Doctoral Program in Materials Innovation, Division of Materials Science,Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences,University of Tsukuba, Japan

Dr. Surendra Kumar Gautam

Assistant Dean
IOST, Tribhuvan University
Nepal

Prof. Dr. Shigeru Deguchi

Director, Research Center for Bioscience and Nanoscience, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Technology (JAMSTEC)
Japan

Prof. Yukiko TAKAHASHI

Director, Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan

Prof. Dr. Kotaro Takeyasu

Catalyst Structure Research Division, Institute of Catalysis, Hokkaido University, Japan

Dr. Kentaro Tashiro

Principal Researcher Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan

Prof. Dr. Annie K. Powel

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Nanotechnology, and Institute for Quantum Materials and Technologies Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Prof. Dr. Tony James

Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry University of Bath,
UK

Dr. Carlos Rodríguez Abreu

Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) – CSIC, Barcelona, Spain

Prof. Dr. Jung Ho Kim

Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences University of Wollongong, Australia

Prof. Dr. Manickam Minakshi Sundaram

Academic Chair of Energy Program Discipline of Engineering and Energy, Murdoch University, Australia

Prof. Dr. David Tai Wei LEONG

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore,
Singapore

Prof. Dr. Brian Yuliarto

Dean, Faculty of Industrial Technology, Engineering Physics Department Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Prof. Dr. Qingmin Ji

Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, Nanjing University of Science and technology, China

Prof. Dr. Chien-Hsiang Chang

President, The Asian Society for Colloid and Surface Science (ASCASS), and Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University,
Taiwan, R.O.C.

Prof. Dr. Shan-hui HSU

Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Prof. Dr. Mohd Basyaruddin Abdul Rahman,

President, Malaysian Analytical Sciences Society (ANALIS), Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University Putra Malaysia, MALAYSIA

Research Laboratories of Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP Labs), Saigon Hi-Tech Park, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Visiting Professor: Olfactory Sensors Group, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan

Prof. Dr. Somobrata Acharya

School of Applied & Interdisciplinary Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, India

Dr. Nasim Amiralian

Group Leader and Advance Queensland Research Fellow, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland,
Australia