Editorial Board for section 'Biomimetics of Materials and Structures'

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Please note that the order in which the Editors appear on this page is alphabetical, and follows the structure of the editorial board presented on the MDPI website under information for editors: editorial board responsibilities.

Members

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School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Senate House, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol BS8 1TH, UK
Interests: biomimetic materials; bio-inspired materials; ceramics; ceramic composites; cell-instructive surfaces
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Biomedical Engineering Department, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Interests: silk biomaterials; adipose tissue; tissue engineering; disease models; tissue regeneration; bioreactors

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Department of Materials Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
Interests: charge transport through peptide molecular junctions; electron and proton transport in self-assembled peptide nanostructures; peptide templates for the formation of inorganic materials and electronic devices; the electronic behavior of peptide- inorganic interface; nanopore fabrication and use in sensing applications; field effect transistor biosensors

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NanoBiotechnology Research Laboratory, Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility, School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia
Interests: biological and biomimetic synthesis of functional nanomaterials; ionic liquids mediated synthesis and self-assembly of functional nano(bio)materials; multifunctional nanomaterials; structure-function relationship of nanomaterials and composites; applications of nanomaterials in biosensing, bioimaging, drug-delivery, antimicrobials, wound-healing, (photo)catalysis and flexible electronics
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Departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Wean Hall 3325, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Interests: smart biomaterials; medical devices; bioelectronics; polymers; brain–machine interfaces

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Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy
Interests: smart materials; stimuli-responsive materials; bioprinting; tissue engineering; biomaterials
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Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering. University of Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino 1, Pisa, Italy
Interests: tissue engineering; scaffolds; biomimetic materials; drug delivery systems

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Institute of Advanced Structure Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
Interests: biomimetic material mechanics and functional surface design and manufacture

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Institute of Food Safety and Environment Monitoring, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350108, China
Interests: biomimetic materials; artificial cells; Pickering emulsions for biocatalysis; synthetic biology; nanomedicines for biomedical engineering; X-ray optogenetics
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College of Polymer Science & Engineering, Sichuan University, No. 24 South Section 1, Yihuan Road, Chengdu 610065, China
Interests: biomimetic mineralization; hard tissue repair

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Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering & Henry Royce Institute, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Interests: biofabrication; biomaterials; tissue engineering; cartilage
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CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: biomimetic overflow interface and material

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Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Interests: biological and bio-inspired composite materials; osteoporosis and bone regeneration; biomaterials; mechanosensors and actuators
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Interests: cell mechanics and mechanobiology; biophysics; mechanics of soft materials

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School of Engineering and Information Technology, The University Of New South Wales, UNSW Canberra, PO Box 7916, Canberra 2610, Australia
Interests: ballistic impact and projectile-penetration mechanisms; dynamic behavior of materials; shock propagation in condensed matter; hydrocode analysis

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Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-4401, USA
Interests: controlled deposition of nanomaterials on fibrous substrates; textile-based electronics; wearable sensors of toxic gases, explosives, and warfare agents; internet of soft objects
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1. State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
2. Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Soft Functional Materials Research, Research Institute for Biomimetics and Soft Matter, College of Physical Science and Technology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
Interests: bio-inspired materials; liquid gating technology; bio-inspired nanofluidic iontronics; membrane science and technology; microfluidics; nanofluidics; interfacial science; physical chemistry; nano/micro

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Chongqing Key Laboratory of Soft-Matter Material Chemistry and Function Manufacturing, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
Interests: soft matter; complex multicomponent systems; self-assembly and self-organization; bionic fabrication and advanced manufacturing; smart materials and flexible devices; structure–function integration; scale effects and dimensional effects; nanomaterials and nanotechnology; surface chemistry of natural nanocrystals; biomaterials; drug delivery and bioimaging diagnosis
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Centre of Microelectronic Technologies, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Njegoseva 12, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
Interests: mesoscopic and subwavelength electromagnetic optics/nanooptics and nanophotonics; plasmonics; nanophotonic and nanoplasmonic chemical and biological sensors; optical metamaterials; photonic band gap materials; advanced solid-state sensors, optical sensors; infrared photodetectors, including auger-suppressed nonequilibrium devices; narrow-bandgap semiconductors; nanomembranes

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Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Interests: stimuli-sensitive hydrogels; biodegradable polymers; drug delivery; 3D cell culture

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Graduate School of Advanced Science and Technology, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi 923-1292, Japan
Interests: high-performance polymers; bio-based polymers; liquid crystals; gels; biomolecules; synthetic chemistry
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Interests: nanomaterials; nano-bio interactions; bioimaging; photo/immunotherapy; machine learning

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Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Republic of Korea
Interests: biomaterials; artificial cell membrane, biosensor; bio-nano interfaces

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Interests: advanced grid stiffened composites; composite joints; infrastructure composites; impact; mechanics of composite materials; particulate-filled composites; repair of composite structures; shape memory polymer; solid mechanics; smart self-healing composites

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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA
Interests: biomaterials; biomechanics; bio-inspired design and manufacturing

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Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Kaohsiung, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Interests: biomimetic materials; polymeric smart materials; composition materials; biosensors; CRISPR/Cas9 systems; regeneration medicine
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Department of Chemical, Materials and Production Engineering (DICMaPI), University of Naples Federico II, p. le V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Naples, Italy
Interests: nanomaterials synthesis; structure–function relationships; thermo-analytical methodologies; hybrid materials design; photocatalysis; green chemistry
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Department of Chemistry, CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: biomaterials; tissue engineering; 3D in vitro models; controlled delivery of bioactive molecules; nature-based biodegradable polymers; biomimetic and nano/micro-technology approaches
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Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Interests: bio-inspired materials; smart regulation; anti-adhesion; superwettability; anti-scaling
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