Part I General Topics -- Cyber-Physical Systems to Counter CBRN Threats - Sensing Payload Capabilities in Aerial Platforms for Real-Time Monitoring and Analysis -- Part II Material Preparation and Processing -- Application of Ionizing Irradiation for Structure Modification of Nanomaterials -- The Corona Triode Charging/Polarization System -- Transparent Organic-Inorganic Hybrids Obtained from Covalently Bonded Ureasilicate Monomers: Optical and Mechanical Properties -- Sol-Gel Technique to Design Hybrid Materials and Their Application in Water Purification -- BaTiO3 Structure as a Function of the Preparation Method -- Part III Characterization -- Impedance Spectroscopy: Concepts and Applications -- Undesirable Aspects of Fatigue on Stretchable Elastomer Sensors -- Dielectric Characterization of (Bi1-xFex)NbO4 Ceramics Prepared by Wet-Chemical Route -- Part IV Thin Films -- Study of In2O3 Thin Films Doped with As as Active Layer in Position Sensitive Structures -- Design of Mesoscopic Ordered Titania and Silica Hybrid Sol-Gel Films as Planar Waveguide -- Part V Carbon-based Materials -- CVD Diamond and Nanodiamond: Versatile Materials for Countering a Wide Range of CBRN Threats -- Fabrication of Diamond AFM Tips for Quantum Sensing -- Nanostructured Biochar: Production Pathways and Applications -- Part VI Nanowires and Nanoparticles -- Nanowires for NEMS Switches -- Modification of TiO2 and ZnO Particles Under Mechanical Stress with Polypropylene -- Use of Magnetic Susceptibility Measurement for Analysis of Self-organized Magnetic Nanoparticles in Biological Systems -- Part VII Nanocomposites -- Solvent Dispersible Nanocomposite Based on RGO Surface Decorated with Au Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Genosensors -- Electrical Properties in PMMA/Carbon-Dots Nanocomposite Films Below the Percolation Threshold -- Microwave Characteristics (Reflection Losses) of Composite Materials Consisting of Magnetic Nanoparticles -- Dielectric Properties of PMMA/PPy Composite Materials -- Part VIII Polymer-based Materials -- Recent Advances of Electrospinning and Multifunctional Electrospun Textile Materials for Chemical and Biological Protection -- Temperature Effect on Dielectric Properties of Heterogeneous Material Based on Carbon Black Loaded Copolymer Nanocomposite -- Novel Photocross-Linked Polymers for Construction of Laccase-Based Amperometric Biosensors -- Part IX Oxide and Non-oxide glasses -- Surface Phenomena in Glassy Chalcogenides by Gas Sensing -- Phase Composition and Spectroscopic Characterization of Barium Titanate Containing Glass Ceramics -- Near Infrared Photoluminescence of Nd-Doped ZBP glasses -- Determination of the Surface Properties of Combined Metal-Oxide Layers, Obtained by AC-Incorporation of Ni and Cu in Preliminary Formed AAO Matrices -- Part X Applications: Sensors and Detectors -- Testing of pH Nanosensors Based on Polyaniline/Carbon Nanostructures Coated Screen Printed Electrode -- WO3-Based Glass-Crystalline Sensor for Selective Detection of Ammonia Gas -- Part XI Applications: Water Treatment, Environment and Energy- Optimizing Bacterial Cellulose Production Towards Materials for Water Remediation -- Sodium Ferrites: New Materials to be Applied in Energy Storage Devices in a Wide Frequency Range -- Fluorescent Thin Film Probe for Nitro Compounds: Si Containing Poly[Diphenylacetylene] Case Study -- Determination of Surface Groups of Activated Carbons from Different Sources and Their Application for Heavy Metals Treatment -- Recent Trends of the Use of Rare Earth Elements for Efficient Environmentally Compliant Corrosion Protection of Aluminum and Its Alloys -- Part XII Applications: Health and Biological Threats -- Synthesis of PLGA-PEG-PLGA Polymer Nano-Micelles - Carriers of Combretastatin-Like Antitumor Agent 16Z -- Poly(-caprolactone)/Chitosan Nanostructures for Cell Cultivation -- Preparation and Characterization of Zinc and Magnesium Doped Bioglasses -- Polarized Light for Detection of Pathological Changes within Biological Tissues -- Melanoma Cells Uptake and Hyperthermia Tests of Iron-Based Magnetic Nanoparticles -- Index.