Topical Advisory Panel

Members



Faculty of Technology and Education, Koszalin University of Technology, Koszalin, Poland
Interests: biocompatibility; materials; carbon; surface characterization; nanoparticles

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Center of Bioimmobilisation and Innovative Packaging Materials, Faculty of Food Sciences and Fisheries, West Pomeranian University of Technology Szczecin, Janickiego 35, 71-270 Szczecin, Poland
Interests: active packaging and coatings with antibacterial and antiviral properties; polymer materials characteristic; biotechnological processes; biotechnological lines designing; materials selection and the design of new systems for bioimmobilization based on lipids, biopolymers and their derivatives; preservation of bacterial cells by encapsulation into hydrophobic beads

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National Research & Development Institute for Non-ferrous and Rare Metals-INCDMR- IMNR, 102 Biruinţei Blvd, Pantelimon, 077145 Ilfov, Romania
Interests: advanced nanomaterials; functionalized textiles; coatings for special properties (corrosion resistance, antibacterial, self cleaning, etc); thin films; alloys with special properties and so on
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Institute of Physical Chemistry "Ilie Murgulescu", 202 Splaiul Independenţei, 060021 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: SiO2-ZnO materials; oxide systems obtained by sol-gel; ZnO-SnO-based ceramics; hybrid nanocomposites; oxide compounds and materials science
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Department of Analysis of Functional Materials, FZU - Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Na Slovance 1999/2 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
Interests: black metals; nitride films; PVD depositions; energy harvesting; pyroelectricity; Thermoelectricity
1. Department of Physical Metallurgy of Non-Ferrous Metals, National University of Science and Technology (MISIS), Moscow, Russia
2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Shoubra, Benha University, Benha, Egypt
Interests: metals; surface modification; microstructure; mechanical properties; materials characterization; metallurgy; additive manufacturing; metal matrix composites; superplastic forming and sheet metal work; wear; corrosion; heat resistant alloys; Titanium alloys; alloy design; heat treatment of metals; metallurgy & metallurgical engineering; materials science
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Department of Experimental Mechanics, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Polish Academy of Science, Pawinskiego St. 5B, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
Interests: magnetron sputtering; materials science of thin films and coatings (hard-wear-resistant, heat-resistant, low-friction, tribological coatings, etc.); transition metal ceramics (borides, carbides, etc.)
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Bochum University of Applied Sciences, Am Hochschulcampus 1, 44801 Bochum, Germany
Interests: shot peening; stress peening; deep rolling; stress rolling


Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta
Interests: Sputtering; Chemical Vapor Deposition; Vacuum Technology; Spectroscopic Ellipsometry; ALD; Semiconductor Physics; Semiconductor Fabrication; Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD); Materials Science and Engineering; Atomistic Simulations

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Faculty of Manufacturing Technologies with seat in Prešov, Technical University of Košice, Bayerova 1, 080 01 Prešov, Slovakia
Interests: mechanical properties; finite element analysis; materials; material characterization; mechanical behavior of materials; microstructure; finite element modeling; elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication film; cutting tool; machine tool; coating; multilayers of coated tools; surface; fibre
Bioengineering and Aerospace Engineering Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganés, Spain
Interests: 2D materials; material functionalization; chemical vapour deposition; thin films; coating
Laboratory of Quality of Vegetables and Medicinal Plants, Department of Vegetable and Herbal Crops, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland
Interests: medicinal and aromatic plants; plant production; crop modeling; isolation of bioactive compounds; phytochemistry; essential oils and volatile biogenic compounds; antioxidant activity; natural antimicrobial compounds; pharmacology of natural products; nanoemulsions; agricultural biochemistry
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MISIS Catalysis Lab, National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Moscow, Russia
Interests: hybrid manufacturing technology; additive manufacturing; multimaterials; selective laser melting; laser powder bed fusion; surface modification of metal powders; metallurgy of the light metals; powder metallurgy; chemical synthesis; electrolysis; metal matrix composites
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High Temperature and Functional Coatings, Institute of Materials Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne, Germany
Interests: thermal barrier coatings (TBCs); environmental coatings (EBCs); CMAS and volcanic ash impact on aero-engines; high temperature oxidation of Ni-based super alloys; oxidation of bond coats; EB-PVD and PVD methods; ultra-high temperature ceramics; oxidation protective coatings; low K TBCs
Research Centre for Integrated Systems Nanotechnologies and Carbon Based Nanomaterials (CENASIC), National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies-IMT Bucharest, 077190 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: thin films technology; atomic layer deposition (ALD); plasma processing of materials (plasma polymerization, plasma functionalization); organic semiconductors (semiconducting polymers); nanocomposites (polymer nanocomposites); polymer physics
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Physics and Biophysics Education Research Laboratory (P&B-EduResLab), Biomedical Science Department, Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Interests: surface characterization; plasma deposition; atmospheric pressure plasmas; plasma diagnosis; atmospheric pressure plasma–surface interactions; plasma–living tissue interface; plasma–surface modification of polymers; atomic force microscopy; surface energy contact angle; thin-film deposition; nanoparticles; nanomaterials; plasma medicine; additive manufacturing; plasma bioengineering; plasma agronomy
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Center for Superconductivity, Spintronics and Surface Science, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Memorandumului Street, No. 28, 400114 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Interests: thin film deposition using chemical methods; epitaxial thin films; chemistry of metal–organic precursors for oxide materials; synthesis of inorganic precursors; crystal growth engineering; superconducting thin films
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Applied Sciences Laboratory, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA
Interests: polymer nanocomposites materials; metallic coatings; surface protection; architectural, polymeric; functionalized; corrosion; multifunctional; anti-microbial coatings
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Interests: wood coatings; lignin-based bioproducts
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Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130033, China
Interests: pulsed laser ablation; chemical coatings; 3D printings; superhydrophobic; superhydrophilic; superoleophobic; water harvesting; anti-corrosion; anti-icing; droplet manipulation; oil-water separation
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School of Mechanical Engineering; School of Materials Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
Interests: advanced nanoscale characterization; advanced sintering techniques; ultra high temperature ceramics; nanofibirous membranes
Welding Technologies Department, Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institut of Welding, Gliwice, Poland
Interests: hadfacing; welding (MMA, MIG/MAG, FCAW, TIG, SAW, PAW, LBW) and allied processes; corrosion resistance layer; carbon and stainless steels; Ni, Co and Ti alloys

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Department of Engineering and Management of the Technological Systems, Faculty of Mechanics, University of Craiova, Street Călugăreni, No. 1, Drobeta-Turnu Severin 220037, Romania
Interests: powder metallurgy; steels; mechanical characterization of materials; nanomaterials; functional graded materials; composites; micro-structure; wear; 3d printing; computer aided design

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CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
Interests: Beam coupling impedance and collective effects in particle accelerators; e.m. characterisation of accelerator devices and coatings; analytical and numerical e.m. calculations; particle accelerator supervision and operation.
Department of Macromolecular Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, V Holesovickach 2, 180 00 Prague, Czech Republic
Interests: nanoparticles; gas aggregation cluster source; plasma polymerization; nanocomposite materials

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Research Center, University of Žilina, Univerzitna 8215/1, 010 26 Žilina, Slovakia
Interests: fracture mechanics; metals; welding; hard-facing
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Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering, Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China
Interests: bionic soft robots; bionic mechanical sensors; bionic anti-fog and anti-reflection functional surfaces and materials
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School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xianning West Road 28, Xi'an, China
Interests: Epitaxy; Monolithic integration; Functional oxide films; Germanium; Non-volatile memories; Ferroelectrics
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Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SK-84104 Bratislava, Slovakia
Interests: materials for electronics; optoelectronics; photonics; nanomaterials and nanoparticles

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Institute of Photonics Technologies, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Interests: soft-matter; liquid crystal; organic semiconductor; molercular alignment; orientation; surface; interface; nonlinear optical spectroscopy; organic thin film; organic optoelectronics
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