PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL

This proceedings volume provides an international forum for the discussion of current research on high k-dielectric, electrical insulation, dielectric phenomena, and topics related to emerging applications, including applications in biomedical technologies, energy harvesting, materials for critical infrastructure, and smart materials. The goal of the ISyDMA conference series is to provide an innovative platform for key researchers, and scientists from all over the world to exchange ideas and hold wide-ranging discussions on recent developments in dielectric materials and their new and emerging applications. It is addressed to the materials scientists, physicists, chemists, biologists, and electrical engineers engaged in fundamental and applied research or technical investigations on such materials.

 Ashok Vaseashta received Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (minor in Electrical Engineering) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. He is Principal Researcher and Executive Director of Research for International Clean Water Institute in VA, USA, Chaired Professor of Nanotechnology at the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and Professor, at the Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania. Prior to his current position, he served as Vice Provost (Rector) for Research at the Molecular Science Research Center in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He served as visiting professor at the 3 Nano-SAE Research Centre, University of Bucharest, Romania and visiting scientist at the Helen and Martin Kimmel Center of Nanoscale Science at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. He served the U.S. Department of State in two rotations, as strategic S&T advisor and U.S. diplomat. Inspired by nature, his research interests span nanotechnology,environmental/ecological science, and safety and security. His research on nanotechnology has been on improving the understanding, design, and performance of nanofibers and sensors/detectors, mainly for applications such as wearable electronics, target drug delivery, detection of biomarkers, and toxicity of nano and xenobiotic materials. In the security arena, he has worked on counterterrorism, countering unconventional warfare and hybrid threats, critical infrastructure protection, biosecurity, dual-use research concerns, and mitigating hybrid threats. He has authored over 350 research publications, edited/authored twenty books on nanotechnology, and presented many keynotes and invited lectures worldwide. He serves on the editorial board of several highly reputed international journals. He is an active member of several national and international professional organizations. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, a life member of the Institution of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers, and a fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology and the New York Academy of Sciences. He has earned several other fellowships and awards for his meritorious service including 2004/2005 Distinguished Artist and Scholar award

ACHOUR Mohammed Essaid received his “Thèse de 3ème cycle" from The Bordeaux University (France) and “Thèse d’état” from the Moulay Ismail University of Meknes (Morocco) degrees in field of Physics in 1983 and 1991 respectively. From 1983 to 1992 he was an “Maitre assistant”, at Sciences Faculty of Meknes (Morocco), “Maitre de Conférence” (1992-1996) and Professor. He joined the Sciences Faculty at Kenitra in 1999. From 1997 to 2011, he was also teacher with Royal Military Academy at Meknes. He is Expert evaluator, member of the scientific committee of the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST), The Moroccan Center for Innovation (CIM) and he is Chair and founder member of Moroccan Association of the Advanced Materials (A2MA). He is honorary guest professor at Brest University in France and visiting scientist/researcher at different universities and research Centers in France, Canada, Portugal, Hungary, Italy and Tunisia. His research interests include electromagnetic and electrical properties, microwave characterization and dielectric responses of the composite materials: carbon dots, graphene, carbon nanotubes, carbon black, and natural fibers in the natural or synthetic polymers. Experience, modelling and numerical simulations. Pr. ACHOUR M.E. has co-authored peer-review more than 65 scientific papers published in leading refereed journals, about 100 congress communications, 2 Book Chapters and 6 Guest editorials. He participated in 12 cooperation projects. He was the chairs of the First International Symposium on Dielectric Materials and Applications “ISyDMA’2016” (Kenitra-Rabat, Morocco May 4-6, 2016), the Fourth Meeting On Dielectric Materials “IMDM’4” (Marrakech, Morocco May 29-31, 2013)and the Co-Chair of the International Symposium on the Advanced Materials for Optics Micro-Electronics and Nanoelectronics “AMOMEN'2011. 

MABROUKI Mustapha is actually Permanent Professor in Sultan Moulay Slimane University. He obtained a doctorate 3rd cycle graduate and state thesis (Thèse d’Etat) from Cadi Ayyad University in 2004. Followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Miami (USA) with Doctor Roger M. LEBLANC in Supramolecular Research Center. He is a professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies Beni Mellal since 1994. Head and member of the Industrial Engineering Laboratory (LGI). His field of interest is the organic and inorganic materials applied in electronic and optoelectronic areas. His actual work is to understand how the surface is involved in biological adhesion. Professor Mabrouki co-authors more than seventy articles and a hundred papers in national and international conferences. He has participated in several scientific events (conferences, workshops and meetings) as chairman. He was the chairs of the Third International Symposium on Dielectric Materials and Applications “ISyDMA’2018” (Beni Mellal, Morocco April 17-19, 2018), member or as an organizer. He was also the source of several cooperation projects at national level and international level. He is also a member of many Scientifics associations like European Physical Society (EPS), Moroccan society of Applied Physics (FSSM) Marrakech and active member in Moroccan society of nanotechnology (MANAT). Professor 

AIT ALI Mustapha is full professor and Head of the Chemistry Department at the University Cadi Ayad in Marrakech. He is working in Organic Chemistry, Organometallic Chemistry and catalysis in the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, Marrakech-Morocco. His research interests include Coordination Chemistry, asymmetric Catalysis, Green chemistry and the chemistry of nanostructured materials: graphene; silicene and phosphorene. Pr. AIT ALI M. was a guest professor at Villeneuve d’Ascq University, France, ENS Chimie de Rennes France and at the University of Cergy Pontoise France. He co-authored more than 130 papers published in leading refereed journals. He participated at more than 70 congress and supervised more than12 PhD students. He also participated in several international cooperation projects and he was an active member in the organization of several international conferences. 

TACHAFINE Amina is an Associate Professor at the Littoral-Côte d’Opale University in Calais, France. She obtained her engineering degree in electronics at the Polytech'Lille School in 1989 and her PhD in electronics from the Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Institute, University of Lille, France in 1994. She is currently part of the Dynamics and Structure of Molecular Materials Unit. She is interested in lead-free ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials for electronic applications. Her research activities concern frequency-tunable systems for radiofrequency and microwave applications, energy harvesting and storage devices for powering autonomous systems and new Aurivillius materials for information storage. She co-authored some thirty articles and made around forty oral communications in national and international conferences. She has also been in charge of European and international research projects.