36th International Conference on Diamond and Carbon Materials

Present your latest research at ICDCM 2026

Abstracts are invited for talks and posters on the following topics:

Topics include:

• Synthesis, functionalization, and doping of advanced carbon-based materials (diamond, nanotubes, graphene, carbon nitrides, MXenes, graphene, etc.)

• Sustainable synthesis and recycling of carbon materials

• Diamond devices for power electronics, optoelectronics, and sensors

• Defects, color centers, and quantum applications and technologies based on carbon and boron nitride materials

• Carbon-based materials for sustainable energy harvesting and storage technologies

• Carbon nanodots and particles

• Theory and computational modelling of carbon materials

• AI-guided discovery and design of carbon-based materials

• Hybrid and interfacial materials combining carbon with oxides, carbides, nitrides, and other advanced materials

• Carbon materials in extreme conditions: high pressure, magnetic fields, and temperature extremes

• Device concepts and applications of novel carbon materials for electronics, sensors, and beyond

• Composites based on carbon nanomaterials

• Biomedical applications and safety considerations of carbon nanomaterials

• Biocompatible and multifunctional carbon nanomaterials for bioelectronics and tissue engineering

• Additive manufacturing and scalable production of carbon nanostructures

• Carbon materials for decarbonization and environmental remediation

• Novel characterisation methods for carbon-based materials, including structural, functional, and operando techniques

Young Scholar Award ICDCM 2026

The ICDCM 2026 Young Scholar Award” recognizes predoctoral researchers in the early stage of their career and wishes to offer them an opportunity to highlight their recent results on an international stage through a combination of oral and poster presentations.

Find out how to apply here

Early Career Researcher Award ICDCM 2026

The ICDCM 2025 Early Career Research Award recognises a postdoctoral researcher whose work, despite being in the early stage of his or her career, has already shown important impact in the field of diamond and carbon materials. The organisation wishes to offer the awardee the opportunity to highlight his or her achievements to date on an international stage through a plenary award presentation.

Find out more here

Conference deadlines

Abstract submission: 27 March 2026

Young Scholar Award Applications: TBC

Early Career Research Award Applications: TBC

Author notification deadline: TBC

Early bird and author registration: TBC

Supporting publication

‘How to be a reviewer’ for Diamond and Related Materials Would you like to be considered as a potential reviewer for Diamond and Related Materials? Please visit Elsevier for Reviewers for further information. Alternatively, please visit the Elsevier booth whilst onsite at the conference, where you will have an opportunity to ask any questions you may have.

Special Issue

All presenters including invited speakers, oral, and poster presenters are invited to submit a paper for a Special Issue of Diamond and Related Materials. All manuscripts will be considered with the quality criteria of normal DRM submissions, undergoing a fast but strict double peer-review process.

The submission system is now open for accepting author submissions here.

To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified for inclusion into the special issue, it is important to select article type VSI: ICDCM2025 when you upload and submit your manuscript.

The final deadline for submission is 15 March 2026.

DRM publishing seminar

The Editor in Chief of Diamond and Related Materials (DRM) Ken Haenen and Elsevier Publisher Kayla Dos Santos will hold a workshop to provide key insights on how to get your work published and how to review for the journal DRM. Current trends in materials science publishing including ethical best practices will also be given, with time for Q&A at the end.