The Smart Materials & Surfaces conference represents a powerful and unique opportunity to interact with a range of researchers all interested in creating and applying modified surfaces and materials. Sessions will include (but not restricted to) :
Development and Characterization of Multifunctional and Smart Materials/ Surfaces/ Coatings
- Material/coating design, formulation, processing and characterisation.
- Design and Theory of Smart Surfaces
- New manufacturing technologies
- Interface and interaction science
- Hybrid/ composite materials design and optimisation
- Biological and bio-inspired composite materials/coatings
- Novel nano and microdevices
- Nanocomposite, Bionanocomposite, etc
- Nanostructured, nanoporous, etc
- Piezoelectric, ferroelectric, electroactive, electromagnetic, self-healing, heating, sensing, ….materials.
Characterisation/ Properties of Active Materials/ Surfaces/ Coatings
- Micro- and nano-characterization of mechanical and electromechanical properties
- Damage, fatigue, aging, and fracture mechanics of smart devices
- Design optimization
- Mechanics of nano-devices
- Continuum models for nonlinear multi-field coupled behavior
- Micromechanical and thermodynamical modeling approaches
- Nano-scale effects and atomistic modeling techniques
- Advanced mathematical methods, finite element formulations and implementation
- Modeling, Simulation and Control of Adaptive Systems
- Integrated System Design and Implementation
- Structural Health Monitoring
Smart Materials/ Coatings Applications
- Energy harvesting and storage
- MEMS and NEMS devices and applications
- Biomedical, Prosthetic and Implant Materials, Biosensors,
- Food and pharmaceutical packaging
- Automotive, aerospace, textile, construction, etc
