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
2. Hart-Tech Ltd., 45 Niciarniana Street, 92-320 Lodz, Poland
Interests: heat treatment; vacuum heat treatment; carburizing; nitriding; sulphonitriding; tribology; low friction layers and coatings; hydrogen storage; graphene
Interests: materials science; surface engineering; coatings; ceramics; biomaterials; composite coatings; photocatalytic coatings; nanomaterials; protective coatings; deposition methods; sol-gel
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2. INEGI - Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Interests: manufacturing processes; CDV; PVD; coating; numerical simulation; material properties; microhardness; microstructures; hard coatings; wear, surface integrity
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Interests: coatings for medical applications; titanium and titanium alloy surface nanostructuration; energy storage devices (capacitors, batteries, fuel cells); corrosion and corrosion protection; electrochemical techniques for decontamination
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Interests: materials chemistry; green chemistry; nanotechnology; environmental remediation; advanced materials; functional coating; colloidal nanoparticles; smart and hi-tech textiles; (waste)water treatment; multifunctional hybrid materials and nanocomposites; sensing technologies; bio-based blended polymers; circular economy
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Interests: Surface treatment of metallic materials; Engineering materials; Flexibility and strength; nanoindentation
Interests: cultural heritage; cleaning; consolidation; water-repelling; tempera paints; non-invasive techniques
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Interests: biomaterials; 3D printing; molecular biology; biomechanics; corrosion; tisue engineering; geriatrics; bone regeneration; biocompatibility
Interests: plasma at atmospheric pressure; thin films; bio-based materials; materials for the environment; multifunctional coatings
Interests: chemical technology of fibrous materials; hydrophobic coating fabrics and the use of fluoropolymers and fluoroligomers
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Interests: corrosion inhibitor; anti-corrosion coatings; 2D materials; hybrid multifunctional nanomaterials; self-assembled film; electrochemistry; molecular modeling
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Interests: biotribology, drag reduction technology and surface functionalization (texturing and biocompatible coatings)
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
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.
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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Interests: catalytic materials; nano-structured catalyst materials; catalysis of sustainable energy
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Interests: energy storage and conversion; supercapacitors; batteries; functional coatings and solid-state electrolytes materials; flexible electrochemical energy storage devices; water splitting; impedance spectroscopy; temperature and frequency dependence dielectric properties
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Interests: corrosion resistance; anticorrosion layers; materials in dental prosthetics

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.
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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Interests: asphalt mixtures; bitumen; pavement; life cycle assessment
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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
Interests: wood products; furniture and wood-based panels technology; woodworking; wood dust creation; wood dust filtration
Interests: antibiofouling; contact angle and wetting; functional interfaces; coatings for biosensors; atomic force microscopy
Interests: musical instruments; varnish; pigments; wood treatment; violin making; cleaning; heritage science; non-invasive techniques; imaging; cultural heritage
Interests: Carbon Nanomaterials; Shungite nanocarbon; Nanoparticles; Composites; Hybrid Materials
Interests: PECVD; ALD; PEALD coatings and surface engineering for devices of nanoelectronics
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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Interests: nanoparticles; biocides; cultural heritage; consolidants; raman spectroscopy
Interests: PVD coating,; Selective Solar Absorber; solar energy; emissivity measurement; optical properties; solar thermal energy