Nanotechnology-Based Smart Remote Sensing Networks for Disaster Prevention

Adil Denizli is Professor at Hacettepe University, Department of Chemistry, Ankara, Turkey. His main research fields are molecular imprinting technologies, purification of biomolecules by chromatographic methods, detection of molecules by sensors, production of polymers with different surface and bulk properties, shape and geometries, and application of these polymers in different applications. Marcelo Alencar is Chair Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil. His research is in communication and information systems. Tuan Anh Nguyen is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Institute for Tropical Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam. He received a BS in physics from Hanoi University in 1992, a BS in economics from Hanoi National Economics University in 1997, and a PhD in chemistry from the Paris Diderot University, France, in 2003. He was a Visiting Scientist at Seoul National University, South Korea, in 2004, and the University of Wollongong, Australia, in 2005. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Research Scientist at Montana State University, United States in 2006-09. In 2012 he was appointed as the Head of the Microanalysis Department at the Institute for Tropical Technology. His research areas of interest include smart sensors, smart networks, smart hospitals, smart cities, complexiverse, and digital twins. He has edited more than 74 books for Elsevier, 12 books for CRC Press, 1 book for Springer, 1 book for RSC, and 2 books for IGI Global. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Kenkyu Journal of Nanotechnology & Nanoscience. David Motaung is Professor in the Department of Physics, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa. His current research interests include design, synthesis and characterization of semiconductor metal oxides, nanostructured materials and their application in gas sensing devices for air quality monitoring.

• SECTION 1 Nanotechnology for Disaster Prevention1. Application of nanotechnology in disaster prevention: an introduction2. Nanomaterials for construction building products designed to withstand natural disasters3. Nano-sensors and nano-devices for biological disaster monitoring (virus/disease epidemics/animal plagues detections)4. Wireless sensor networks and IoT for disaster management5. Nanosensors for Smartphone Enabled Sensing Devices6. Smart and autonomous (self-powered) nanosensor networks7. Nano sensors for smartphone sensing methodSECTION 2 Space Technology for Disaster Prevention8. Nanotechnology in the space industry9. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Disaster Management10. The synergy of satellite remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems in natural disaster management11. Small satellites for disaster monitoring12. A comparative study of deep learning-based time-series forecasting techniques for fine-scale urban extreme heat prediction using Internet of Things observations 13. Satellite and aerial remote sensing in disaster managements: an introduction14. Emerging Role of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Disaster Management Applications15. Smart remote sensing network for early warning of disaster risks