Topical Advisory Panel

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G.A. Krestov Institute of Solution Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ivanovo, Russia
Interests: chemical technology of fibrous materials; hydrophobic coating fabrics and the use of fluoropolymers and fluoroligomers
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Institute of Design Science and Basic Component, School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, Shaanxi, China
Interests: biotribology, drag reduction technology and surface functionalization (texturing and biocompatible coatings)
Metallurgical Engineering, Department of Applied Sciences, University of Quebec (UQAC), Main Building, Office P4-5050, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada
Interests: Development of Advanced Metals and Alloys for Engineering Applications; Castings Design and Analysis; Material characteristics and quality performance; Failure Analysis; Advanced Thermal Treatments (Fluidization and Heat Transfers); Powder metallurgy; Production and Characterization of Friction Resisting Composite Materials
Faculty of Science, Department of Physical Electronics, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic
Interests: high pressure non-thermal plasma processing of materials (especially powders, textiles and wood); plasma activation; plasma coating; plasma assisted ceramic processing; functional coatings for non-thermal plasma generators.

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Amirkhanov Institute of Physics, Dagestan Federal Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 367003 Makhachkala, Russia
Interests: thin films technology; atomic layer deposition (ALD); magnetron sputtering; pulsed laser deposition (PLD); bismuth ferrite; aluminum nitride; silicon carbide; graphene; perovskite heterostructures; surface modification; interfaces of materials; functional materials; topological materials; spintronics
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College of Engineering, Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University, Dhahran 34224-1399, Saudi Arabia
Interests: catalytic materials; nano-structured catalyst materials; catalysis of sustainable energy
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Department Interfaces, Coatings and Corrosion Protection for Functional Material Systems, Institute for Frontier Materials on Earth and in Space, German Aerospace Center (DLR e.V.), 51147 Cologne, Germany
Interests: energy storage and conversion; supercapacitors; batteries; functional coatings and solid-state electrolyte materials; flexible electrochemical energy storage devices; water splitting; impedance spectroscopy
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Materials Research Laboratory, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Silesian University ofTechnology, Gliwice, Poland
Interests: corrosion resistance; anticorrosion layers; materials in dental prosthetics

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Centro de Física da Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
Interests: physics; plasmonics; nanoparticles; gold; oxynitrides; materials science; materials engineering; materials characterization; TEM; SEM; XRD; AFM; optical properties; gas sensors; thin films; magnetron sputtering; data science; image processing; signal processing

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Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Bromatology Department, Pharmacy Faculty, Campus Vida s/n, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain
Interests: food contact materials; food safety; migration; risk assessment; food packaging materials; coatings; analytical chemistry; active food packaging; bioactive compounds; food analysis
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Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Náutica y Marítima, Universidad de La Laguna, 38200 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain
Interests: asphalt mixtures; bitumen; pavement; life cycle assessment
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NASA Goddard Space Center, Catholic University of America, Mail Code 66, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Interests: development of optical coatings for different applications (such as space astronomy, EUV lithography, and synchrotron radiation) in the UV or shorter wavelengths; optical characterization of materials; modeling of the optical properties of materials; metamaterials; polarization; grating interferometry

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Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Deaprtment of Furniture Design, 60-624 Poznań, Poland
Interests: wood products; furniture and wood-based panels technology; woodworking; wood dust creation; wood dust filtration

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Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Functional Interfaces Research Group (304)1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok körútja 2., Hungary
Interests: antibiofouling; contact angle and wetting; functional interfaces; coatings for biosensors; atomic force microscopy
Laboratorio Arvedi di Diagnostica Non-Invasiva, CISRiCUniversità degli Studi di Pavia
Interests: musical instruments; varnish; pigments; wood treatment; violin making; cleaning; heritage science; non-invasive techniques; imaging; cultural heritage

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Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences|Karelian Research Centre of RAS · Institute of Geology, Petrozavodsk, Russia
Interests: Carbon Nanomaterials; Shungite nanocarbon; Nanoparticles; Composites; Hybrid Materials

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Laboratory of Microstructuring and Submicron Devices of Valiev Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian academy of Sciences, 117218 Moscow, Russia
Interests: PECVD; ALD; PEALD coatings and surface engineering for devices of nanoelectronics

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Interests: mechanics of soft materials; elastic instabilities; micromechanics; 3D-printing of soft materials; soft biological and bio-inspired materials; acoustic/elastic metamaterials; waves in soft matter; active materials
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Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli studi “Roma Tre”, 00146 Rome, Italy
Interests: nanoparticles; biocides; cultural heritage; consolidants; raman spectroscopy
National Research Council of Italy, Istitute of Applied Science and Intelligent System Via Pietro Castellino 111, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Interests: PVD coating,; Selective Solar Absorber; solar energy; emissivity measurement; optical properties; solar thermal energy

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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Food Industry Processes and Equipment, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland
Interests: polymer composites; nanocomposites; plastics recycling; wood technology; packaging; food technology & engineering
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Senior lecturer at Department of Engineering Science, University West
Interests: Additive Manufacturing, Electron beam-powder bed fusion, Surface Engineering, Thermal spray coating, Mechanical behavior, Fatigue, Dislocation
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Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Interests: super alloy; oxidation; laser beam; electron beam; PVD; interface; mechanical behavior

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Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, 5007 Bergen, Norway
Interests: surfaces and interfaces; liquid repellent coatings; antibiofouling surfaces; micro/nano textured surfaces
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Institute of Materials Science, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology, Slovak University of Technology, 917 24 Trnava, Slovakia
Interests: hard coatings; nanocomposite and multilayer coatings; PVD technologies; cathodic arc evaporation; magnetron sputtering; material and surface characterization; failure analysis; scanning electron microscopy (EDS, WDS and EBSD); laser scanning confocal microscopy; X-ray diffraction; metallography and microstructures; material structure-property relationships; residual stresses; mechanical properties; high speed steels; laser and electron beam welding; tribology and wear
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School of Engineering, London South Bank University, London SE1 0AA, UK
Interests: visible light communication; LiFi; color converters; optical antennas; light-emitting diodes (LEDs); photodetectors
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College of Engineering, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX 78363, USA
Interests: renewable energy systems; organic solar cells; organic materials; nanomaterial; adaptive control; Energy-Water nexus; Seawater desalination using renewable energy.
1. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, London South Bank University, London SE1 0AA, UK
2. College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK
Interests: material science; thin films; sputter deposition ; transparent conductive oxides; electroluminescence; opto-electronics
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