The International Conference on Technologically Advanced Materials (ICTAM-2016) was organized during the professional gathering of the 10th Asian Meeting on Ferroelectricity (AMF10), hosted at the University of Delhi (DU), New Delhi, India, during Nov. 7–11, 2016. The conference was organized by DU and Society for Technologically Advanced Materials of India (STAMI), Nagpur, India. The conference provided a unique platform for the students and researchers to interact with each other and established new collaborations.
The ICTAM-AMF10 provided a platform to interact among researchers working in the interdisciplinary areas of technologically advanced materials. The conference was a testimony of more than 700 participants from 25 countries, and included: one keynote presentation, 10 plenary lectures, and it had six parallel sessions with 130 inviting lectures, 80 contributory presentations, and over 460 poster presentations.
The ICTAM-2016 Proceedings should be useful for the scientists and engineers working in the interdisciplinary areas of ferroelectrics, nanotechnology, and new materials for advanced technology. The Proceedings published in Integrated Ferroelectrics Volumes 184–186 provide an indispensable source of information for scientists, researchers at academic and industrial level, and engineers working in the fields of materials science, physics, chemistry, nanoscience and nanotechnology, engineering, and bioscience. The content is divided into several subsections including: energy harvesting, nanostructured materials, and magnetic materials. The manuscripts were carefully placed in these subsections after the peer reviewing process where authors made corrections to their papers as suggested by the reviewers.
We applaud all the participants for transforming this occasion into an extremely productive event and we are also very thankful to all the reviewers who throughout the reviewing process put great efforts into maintaining high quality manuscripts for scientific publications. We are indebted to the sponsors of this event including Department of Science and Technology, Defense Research and Development Organization (India), JEOL, Insmart systems (India), Marine India, Wynker systems, and AntsLab. Our special thanks also goes to Taylor and Francis for their participation and support of the ICTAM-2016 Proceedings.