Topical Advisory Panel
- Corrosion, Wear and Erosion Section
- Coatings for Food Technology and System Section
- Plasma Coatings, Surfaces & Interfaces Section
- Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification Section
- Thin Films Section
- Surface Engineering for Energy Harvesting, Conversion, and Storage Section
- Functional Polymer Coatings and Films Section
- Ceramic Coatings and Engineering Technology Section
- Laser Coatings Section
Members
Interests: coatings and surface modification; fatigue and fracture; irradiation effects; finite element model; solid mechanics; in-situ mechanical testing
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Interests: additive manufacturing, selective laser melting/sintering, post-processing treatment, material characterization, shot peening, laser shock peening, friction stir processing, ultra-precision machining, micromachining; advanced manufacturing of metals
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2. YOuth in COnservation of CUltural Heritage, YOCOCU APS, Via Tasso 108, 00175 Rome, Italy
Interests: cultural hertiage; surface processes; deterioration; surface interaction with atmosphere; varnishes; urban art inks; coatings; nanomaterials; functionaed surface; advanced materials; polymers
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Interests: mechanical/fatigue and surface properties; fracture surface investigation; 3D fractography
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Interests: silos; cracks; swimming pools; industrial floors; polyurea coatings
Interests: graphene; 2-dimensional materials; nanoparticle inks; printed electronic devices; coatings
Interests: PVD coating; tribology; aerospace alloys; hot and cold forging; superplastic forming; materials and mechanical characterisation
Interests: development and characterization of drug delivery systems (DDS) with particular attention to colloidal systems for drug targeting and delivery; polymeric biomaterials for applications in regenerative medicine
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Interests: electronic film; semiconductor device
2. SCBM, DMTS, INRAE, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Interests: plasma science; plasma processing; plasma - material interaction; dusts/particles production; tritium, deuterium & hydrogen loading in materials; gas loading in materials; material characterization (FTIR, AFM, contact angle and profilometry analyses); tungsten; nanomaterials; thin films; experimental physics; applied statistics; computer science; image processing algorithms
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Interests: ferroelectric single; polycrystal materials
Interests: thin-film photovoltaics; solar cells for space application
Interests: anti-corrosion coatings; cu-based alloys; cultural heritage; alkali activated materials; durability; atmospheric corrosion
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Interests: Fiber Reinforced Concrete; Sustainable Concrete; Composite Structures; Finite Element Modeling

Interests: particle dynamics and related instabilities in particle accelerator; e.m. characterization of accelerator devices and coatings; metamaterial application in accelerator; photonic band gap structures; proton linacs for hadrontherapy
Interests: cells; tissues; animals; polymer synthesis; material fabrication and analytical methods in tissue engineering; drug delivery; and biosensor research
Interests: TEM; X-TEM; SEM; FIB; Thin Films; CVD; PVD
Interests: nanotechnology; nanomaterials; nanoparticles; stem cells; bone tissue engineering; Scaffold
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Interests: superhard costings; Tribology; Wear Testing; Materials Processing; Advanced Manufacturing; Cutting Tools
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Interests: composite modeling; nondestructive evaluation; structural health monitoring; ultrasonic guided waves; finite element modeling
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Interests: organic conjugated material
Interests: friction-based welding; wear; mechanical properties; aluminum alloys; magnesium alloys; polymers; polymer matrix composites
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Interests: adsoption; coloids; interfases; langmuir and gibbs monolayer; films of quantum dots; graphene oxide; CO2 adsorption
Interests: surface functionalization; self-assembly strategies for controlled spatial organization; nanostructuring of surfaces; self-organization processes of biomolecules at surfaces
Interests: atomic layer deposition; plasma enhaced atomic layer deposition; area selective deposition; conformal coating of microstructures; high-k dielectrics; moisture barriers; conductive thin films; spectral ellipsometry
Interests: tribology; tribotesting; lubrication; wear; friction; coating; PVD; nanomaterials; composites; surface; nanoparticle; scuffing; abrasive wear; high temperature tribology, machine component, gear
Interests: designing, obtaining and physico-chemical characterization of collagen-based (collagen solutions/dispersions, collagen and collagen-based hydrogels, membranes/films, porous hetero-scaffolds based on collagen via freeze-drying) and bioplymer-based systems; synthesis/preparation and characterization of polymer systems (polymer solutions/dispersions, polymer hydro/organogels, pressure-sensitive adhesives) obtained by polymerization and polycondensation
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Interests: materials science; nanotechnology; biomechanics; biomaterials; chemistry; microfabrication; self-assembly; soft matter; colloids and interface science; drug delivery
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Interests: thin films; coatings; sol-gel; ceramics; materials engineering; materials characterization
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Interests: organic coatings in corrosion protection; multilayer coating systems; multifunctional coatings; degradation of organic coatings; application of impedance spectroscopy in the field of coating testing; anti-corrosion pigments for coatings; use of chemometric methods in coating studies
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