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Prof. Dr. Jung Ho Je Section Editor-in-Chief Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31 Hyojadong, Pohang, 790-784, Korea Fax: +82 54 279 2992 Website \| E-Mail Interests: wetting on soft material, drop impact, x-ray imaging; x-ray diffraction, organic nanowires, silicon carbide, microradiology; microtomography Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: X-ray Imaging in Materials Science
Prof. Dr. Pascal Van Der Voort Centre for Ordered Materials, Organometallics and Catalysis (COMOC), Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, University of Ghent, Krijgslaan 281 (S3), 9000 Ghent, Belgium Website \| E-Mail Interests: ordered mesostructure; metal organic frameworks (MOFs); periodic mesoporous organosilicas; adsorption; catalysis & catalytic materials
Prof. Dr. David N. McIlroy Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, Stillwater, OK, United States Website \| E-Mail Interests: 1D nanostructures; sensors; surface science
Prof. Nikolai V. Tkachenko Laboratory of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 8, Fi-33720 Tampere, Finland Tel. +358 40 748 4160 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Photoactive compounds; molecular films; self-assembled monolayers; organic-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures; quantum dots; photopysics and photochemistry; photoinduced electron transfer; organic and hybrid solar cells; ultrafast spectroscopy
Dr. Ing. Jan Frenzel Institute for Materials, Chair for Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstr. 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: shape memory alloys; martensitic transformations; processing of advanced functional and structural engineering materials; solidification; microstructure characterization
Prof. Ian D. R. Mackinnon Institute for Future Environments and Science and Engineering Faculty QUT Brisbane QLD Australia Tel. +61 7 3138 7656 Website \| E-Mail Interests: mineralogy and crystallography; materials characterisation; clay minerals; zeolites and synthesis; high temperature superconductors; boron-based materials; water treatment processes; ion exchange materials and scale-up of materials production and use
Prof. Dr. Efrat Lifshitz Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Solid State Institute, Russell Burrie Nanotechnology Institute, Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel Website \| E-Mail Interests: Synthesis and magneto-optical characterization of colloidal semiconductor nanostructures (dots, rods, platelets); core/shell heterostructures; perovskites and layered semiconductors; Magneto-optical methodologies including magneto- photoluminescence, optically detected magnetic resonance, microwave modulated spectroscopy, confocal spectroscopy; Investigation of spin properties in nanostructures of various composition and morphology
Prof. Laszlo S. Toth Laboratory of Excellence on Design of Alloy Metals for Low-Mass Structures, Lorraine University, Metz-Nancy, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: mechanics of materials; crystal plasticity; textures; metallurgy; severe plastic deformation Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Design of Alloy Metals for Low-Mass Structures
Prof. Dr. Filippo Berto Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway Website \| E-Mail Interests: fatigue of advanced and traditional materials; fracture mechanics; solid mechanics; structural integrity; additive materials Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Metals: Fatigue Damage Special Issue in Metals: Mechanical Behavior of High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels Special Issue in Materials: The Brittle Failure of Different Materials Special Issue in Metals: Fracture Behaviour of Innovative Materials under Different Enviromental Conditions Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Mechanical Behaviour of Aluminium Alloys Special Issue in Materials: Deformation, Fatigue and Fracture of Materials Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Multiscale Fatigue Design Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Recent Trends in Advanced High-strength Steels Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Structural Integrity of Aluminium Alloys Special Issue in Metals: High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels Special Issue in Metals: Fatigue and Fracture of Traditional and Advanced Structural Alloys
Dr. Albena Lederer Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Department Analysis, Dresden, Germany Tel. +49-351-4658-491; Fax: +49-351-4658-9849 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Multifunctional macromolecular materials; biorelated polymers; macromolecular conformation; self-assembly in macromolecular and hybrid systems; scattering methods; separation techniques Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Separations: Size Separation Techniques
Prof. Dr. Guillermo Requena Department of Metallic Structures and Hybrid Materials Systems, Institute for Materials Research, German Aerospace Centre, Linder Höhe, 51147, Cologne, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: light alloys; metals for additive manufacturing; three-dimensional material characterization; synchrotron tomography; high energy synchrotron diffraction; aluminum alloys; titanium alloys; magnesium alloys; titanium aluminides; metal matrix composites; phase transformations; relationships microstructure-properties; thermo-mechanical behavior of metals Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Metals for Additive Manufacturing Special Issue in Materials: Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Structural Lightweight Alloys Special Issue in Metals: Modern Aerospace Materials
Prof. Dr. Gigliola Lusvardi Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via G.Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: biomaterials; bioceramics; bioglasses; metallic nanoparticles; drug delivery systems; synthesis (traditional, sol-gel and sono-gel); functional biomaterials; surface functionalization; biosensors; characterization (x-ray diffraction, electron microscopy) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Bioactive Glasses Special Issue in Materials: Bioactive Glasses 2018
Prof. Dr. Fei Tang Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Room 4206, Building 9003, Beijing, China E-Mail Interests: MEMS design and process, precision measurement and control technology, analytical instrument, biochip and microfluidic research, as well as electromechanical integration technology
Prof. Dr. Erman Tekkaya Institut für Umformtechnik und Leichtbau Technische Universität Dortmund D-44221 Dortmund, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: Metal forming technology; lightweight manufacturing; modelling manufacturing processes; material characterization; plasticity; numerical methods; telemetric testing and manufacturing
Prof. Dr. Thomas Fiedler School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, NSW 22187 Callaghan, Australia Website \| E-Mail Interests: metallic syntactic foams; material characterization: physical, geometrical, mechanical, thermal, and corrosion; experimental and numerical analysis; manufacturing procedures Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Metal Foams: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications Special Issue in Metals: Cellular Metals: Fabrication, Properties and Applications
Prof. Dr. George Papanicolaou Composite Materials Group (CMG), Department of Mechanical and Aeronautics Engineering, University of Patras, Patras GR-26500, Greece Tel. +30 2610 997 238 E-Mail Interests: Polymer Physics and Engineering; Mechanics of Micro- and Nano-Composite Materials; Sandwich structures; Micromechanical Modelling; Linear and Non-Linear Viscoelastic Behavior; Thermal Analysis; Dynamic-Mechanical Analysis; Impact Behavior; Environmental Effects-Fracture Mechanics; Adhesion; Interfaces and Interphases Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Selected Papers from the 5th International Conference on "Structural Analysis of Advanced Materials”
Prof. Dr. Irene D'Amico Information Centre, Market Square, Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK Fax: +44 1904 322 214 Website \| E-Mail Interests: spin transport; spin dynamics; spintronics; semiconductor quantum dots; quantum computation; density functional theory Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Spintronics
Prof. Dr. Dirk Poelman Lumilab, Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281-S1, B-9000 Gent, Belgium Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: lighting, vision, luminescence, displays; thin film optics, photocatalysis, medical imaging, structural characterization Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Luminescent Materials 2011 Special Issue in Materials: Luminescent Materials and Devices Special Issue in Materials: State-of-the-Art Materials Science in Belgium 2017
Prof. Dr. Raman Singh Departments of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne Vic 3800, Australia Website \| E-Mail Interests: role of nano-/microstructure in corrosion/oxidation; stress corrosion cracking; graphene: a disruptive approach to corrosion mitigation and other applications; materials degradation in civil engineering applications and their advanced mitigation; environment-assisted degradation in various industrial systems; corrosion and assisted-cracking of magnesium alloys; failure analysis of metallic industrial components, surface and sub-surface characterization of corrosion; role of nano-/microstructure in materials/corrosion; microbiologically-induced corrosion and cracking Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Corrosion of Materials Special Issue in Metals: Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys Special Issue in Metals: High-Temperature Corrosion and Oxidation of Metals
Dr. Ingo Dierking University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester, United Kingdom Website \| E-Mail Interests: chirality effects, polymer modified liquid crystals, lyotropic graphene oxide liquid crystals, defect dynamics, nanoparticles in liquid crystals, electrophoresis in anisotropic fluids Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Liquid Crystals Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Nanomaterials in Liquid Crystals
Prof. Dr. Duncan H. Gregory School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: nitrides; chalcogenides; carbides; hydrides; synthesis; structure; solid state chemistry; materials chemistry Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Inorganics: Innovative Inorganic Synthesis Special Issue in Materials: New Energy Materials Special Issue in Crystals: Crystalline Hydrogen Storage Materials Special Issue in Inorganics: Traversing the Boundaries of Inorganic Chemistry Special Issue in Materials: State-of-the-Art Materials Science in UK 2017
Prof. Dr. Peter J. Uggowitzer ETH Zurich Metal Physics and Technology Department of Materials HCI J494, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland Tel. +41 44 6322554 Website \| E-Mail Interests: light metals, biodegradable metals, corrosion-resistant alloys, phase transformations Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Light Alloys and Their Applications Special Issue in Materials: Selected Papers from the International Aluminium Conference (INALCO) 2013 Special Issue in Materials: Alloy and Process Development of Light Metals
Prof. Dr. Silvia Gross Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, University of Padova, via Francesco Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy Tel. +39-049-8275-736; Fax: +39-049-8275-161 Website \| E-Mail Interests: wet chemistry and colloidal routes for inorganic materials; confined space; crystallisation phenomena Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Advances in Functional Hybrid Materials Special Issue in Coatings: Advances in Functional Inorganic Coatings Special Issue in Materials: Green and Unconventional Routes for the Synthesis of Crystalline Inorganic Materials —Selected Papers from AIM 2018
Prof. Jaroslaw W. Drelich Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA Fax: (906) 487-2934 Website \| E-Mail Interests: applied surface chemistry, wetting phenomena, surface forces, smart surfaces, biomaterials/biointerfaces

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Prof. Dr. Jung Ho Je Section Editor-in-Chief Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, San 31 Hyojadong, Pohang, 790-784, Korea Fax: +82 54 279 2992 Website \| E-Mail Interests: wetting on soft material, drop impact, x-ray imaging; x-ray diffraction, organic nanowires, silicon carbide, microradiology; microtomography Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: X-ray Imaging in Materials Science
Prof. Dr. Pascal Van Der Voort Centre for Ordered Materials, Organometallics and Catalysis (COMOC), Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, University of Ghent, Krijgslaan 281 (S3), 9000 Ghent, Belgium Website \| E-Mail Interests: ordered mesostructure; metal organic frameworks (MOFs); periodic mesoporous organosilicas; adsorption; catalysis & catalytic materials
Prof. Dr. David N. McIlroy Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University - Stillwater, Stillwater, OK, United States Website \| E-Mail Interests: 1D nanostructures; sensors; surface science
Prof. Nikolai V. Tkachenko Laboratory of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Tampere University of Technology, Korkeakoulunkatu 8, Fi-33720 Tampere, Finland Tel. +358 40 748 4160 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Photoactive compounds; molecular films; self-assembled monolayers; organic-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures; quantum dots; photopysics and photochemistry; photoinduced electron transfer; organic and hybrid solar cells; ultrafast spectroscopy
Dr. Ing. Jan Frenzel Institute for Materials, Chair for Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty Mechanical Engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstr. 150, 44801 Bochum, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: shape memory alloys; martensitic transformations; processing of advanced functional and structural engineering materials; solidification; microstructure characterization
Prof. Ian D. R. Mackinnon Institute for Future Environments and Science and Engineering Faculty QUT Brisbane QLD Australia Tel. +61 7 3138 7656 Website \| E-Mail Interests: mineralogy and crystallography; materials characterisation; clay minerals; zeolites and synthesis; high temperature superconductors; boron-based materials; water treatment processes; ion exchange materials and scale-up of materials production and use
Prof. Dr. Efrat Lifshitz Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Solid State Institute, Russell Burrie Nanotechnology Institute, Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel Website \| E-Mail Interests: Synthesis and magneto-optical characterization of colloidal semiconductor nanostructures (dots, rods, platelets); core/shell heterostructures; perovskites and layered semiconductors; Magneto-optical methodologies including magneto- photoluminescence, optically detected magnetic resonance, microwave modulated spectroscopy, confocal spectroscopy; Investigation of spin properties in nanostructures of various composition and morphology
Prof. Laszlo S. Toth Laboratory of Excellence on Design of Alloy Metals for Low-Mass Structures, Lorraine University, Metz-Nancy, France Website \| E-Mail Interests: mechanics of materials; crystal plasticity; textures; metallurgy; severe plastic deformation Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Design of Alloy Metals for Low-Mass Structures
Prof. Dr. Filippo Berto Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway Website \| E-Mail Interests: fatigue of advanced and traditional materials; fracture mechanics; solid mechanics; structural integrity; additive materials Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Metals: Fatigue Damage Special Issue in Metals: Mechanical Behavior of High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels Special Issue in Materials: The Brittle Failure of Different Materials Special Issue in Metals: Fracture Behaviour of Innovative Materials under Different Enviromental Conditions Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Mechanical Behaviour of Aluminium Alloys Special Issue in Materials: Deformation, Fatigue and Fracture of Materials Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Multiscale Fatigue Design Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Recent Trends in Advanced High-strength Steels Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Structural Integrity of Aluminium Alloys Special Issue in Metals: High-Strength Low-Alloy Steels Special Issue in Metals: Fatigue and Fracture of Traditional and Advanced Structural Alloys
Dr. Albena Lederer Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V., Department Analysis, Dresden, Germany Tel. +49-351-4658-491; Fax: +49-351-4658-9849 Website \| E-Mail Interests: Multifunctional macromolecular materials; biorelated polymers; macromolecular conformation; self-assembly in macromolecular and hybrid systems; scattering methods; separation techniques Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Separations: Size Separation Techniques
Prof. Dr. Guillermo Requena Department of Metallic Structures and Hybrid Materials Systems, Institute for Materials Research, German Aerospace Centre, Linder Höhe, 51147, Cologne, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: light alloys; metals for additive manufacturing; three-dimensional material characterization; synchrotron tomography; high energy synchrotron diffraction; aluminum alloys; titanium alloys; magnesium alloys; titanium aluminides; metal matrix composites; phase transformations; relationships microstructure-properties; thermo-mechanical behavior of metals Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Metals for Additive Manufacturing Special Issue in Materials: Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Structural Lightweight Alloys Special Issue in Metals: Modern Aerospace Materials
Prof. Dr. Gigliola Lusvardi Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via G.Campi 103, 41125 Modena, Italy Website \| E-Mail Interests: biomaterials; bioceramics; bioglasses; metallic nanoparticles; drug delivery systems; synthesis (traditional, sol-gel and sono-gel); functional biomaterials; surface functionalization; biosensors; characterization (x-ray diffraction, electron microscopy) Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Bioactive Glasses Special Issue in Materials: Bioactive Glasses 2018
Prof. Dr. Fei Tang Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Room 4206, Building 9003, Beijing, China E-Mail Interests: MEMS design and process, precision measurement and control technology, analytical instrument, biochip and microfluidic research, as well as electromechanical integration technology
Prof. Dr. Erman Tekkaya Institut für Umformtechnik und Leichtbau Technische Universität Dortmund D-44221 Dortmund, Germany Website \| E-Mail Interests: Metal forming technology; lightweight manufacturing; modelling manufacturing processes; material characterization; plasticity; numerical methods; telemetric testing and manufacturing
Prof. Dr. Thomas Fiedler School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, NSW 22187 Callaghan, Australia Website \| E-Mail Interests: metallic syntactic foams; material characterization: physical, geometrical, mechanical, thermal, and corrosion; experimental and numerical analysis; manufacturing procedures Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Metal Foams: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications Special Issue in Metals: Cellular Metals: Fabrication, Properties and Applications
Prof. Dr. George Papanicolaou Composite Materials Group (CMG), Department of Mechanical and Aeronautics Engineering, University of Patras, Patras GR-26500, Greece Tel. +30 2610 997 238 E-Mail Interests: Polymer Physics and Engineering; Mechanics of Micro- and Nano-Composite Materials; Sandwich structures; Micromechanical Modelling; Linear and Non-Linear Viscoelastic Behavior; Thermal Analysis; Dynamic-Mechanical Analysis; Impact Behavior; Environmental Effects-Fracture Mechanics; Adhesion; Interfaces and Interphases Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Selected Papers from the 5th International Conference on "Structural Analysis of Advanced Materials”
Prof. Dr. Irene D'Amico Information Centre, Market Square, Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK Fax: +44 1904 322 214 Website \| E-Mail Interests: spin transport; spin dynamics; spintronics; semiconductor quantum dots; quantum computation; density functional theory Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Spintronics
Prof. Dr. Dirk Poelman Lumilab, Department of Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281-S1, B-9000 Gent, Belgium Website 1 \| Website 2 \| E-Mail Interests: lighting, vision, luminescence, displays; thin film optics, photocatalysis, medical imaging, structural characterization Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Luminescent Materials 2011 Special Issue in Materials: Luminescent Materials and Devices Special Issue in Materials: State-of-the-Art Materials Science in Belgium 2017
Prof. Dr. Raman Singh Departments of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne Vic 3800, Australia Website \| E-Mail Interests: role of nano-/microstructure in corrosion/oxidation; stress corrosion cracking; graphene: a disruptive approach to corrosion mitigation and other applications; materials degradation in civil engineering applications and their advanced mitigation; environment-assisted degradation in various industrial systems; corrosion and assisted-cracking of magnesium alloys; failure analysis of metallic industrial components, surface and sub-surface characterization of corrosion; role of nano-/microstructure in materials/corrosion; microbiologically-induced corrosion and cracking Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Corrosion of Materials Special Issue in Metals: Corrosion of Magnesium Alloys Special Issue in Metals: High-Temperature Corrosion and Oxidation of Metals
Dr. Ingo Dierking University of Manchester, School of Physics and Astronomy, Manchester, United Kingdom Website \| E-Mail Interests: chirality effects, polymer modified liquid crystals, lyotropic graphene oxide liquid crystals, defect dynamics, nanoparticles in liquid crystals, electrophoresis in anisotropic fluids Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Liquid Crystals Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Nanomaterials in Liquid Crystals
Prof. Dr. Duncan H. Gregory School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK Website \| E-Mail Interests: nitrides; chalcogenides; carbides; hydrides; synthesis; structure; solid state chemistry; materials chemistry Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Inorganics: Innovative Inorganic Synthesis Special Issue in Materials: New Energy Materials Special Issue in Crystals: Crystalline Hydrogen Storage Materials Special Issue in Inorganics: Traversing the Boundaries of Inorganic Chemistry Special Issue in Materials: State-of-the-Art Materials Science in UK 2017
Prof. Dr. Peter J. Uggowitzer ETH Zurich Metal Physics and Technology Department of Materials HCI J494, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 1-5/10, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland Tel. +41 44 6322554 Website \| E-Mail Interests: light metals, biodegradable metals, corrosion-resistant alloys, phase transformations Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Light Alloys and Their Applications Special Issue in Materials: Selected Papers from the International Aluminium Conference (INALCO) 2013 Special Issue in Materials: Alloy and Process Development of Light Metals
Prof. Dr. Silvia Gross Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, University of Padova, via Francesco Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy Tel. +39-049-8275-736; Fax: +39-049-8275-161 Website \| E-Mail Interests: wet chemistry and colloidal routes for inorganic materials; confined space; crystallisation phenomena Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals: Special Issue in Materials: Advances in Functional Hybrid Materials Special Issue in Coatings: Advances in Functional Inorganic Coatings Special Issue in Materials: Green and Unconventional Routes for the Synthesis of Crystalline Inorganic Materials —Selected Papers from AIM 2018
Prof. Jaroslaw W. Drelich Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA Fax: (906) 487-2934 Website \| E-Mail Interests: applied surface chemistry, wetting phenomena, surface forces, smart surfaces, biomaterials/biointerfaces