Smart Materials

N. Schwarzer graduated in physics from the University of Chemnitz in July 1991. After several research projects abroad and a PhD in the field of contact mechanics in 1998, he became an assistant professor at the University of Chemnitz in 1999. In 2005, he founded the Saxonian Institute of Surface Mechanics on Germany’s biggest island, Ruegen (www.siomec.de). He has published a variety of papers, mainly in the fields of basic research and application of contact mechanical approaches for laminates, composites, and layered materials. Because of the need for better stability prediction and socioeconomic models, he started to apply concepts from theoretical physics in more down-to-earth fields like material science, school transport, and sales market analysis. Some of this work has finally led to ideas for the improvement of the original theoretical concepts.

Quantum Computer, Smart Materials, Quantum Dots, Quantum Gravity

Yongmei Zheng, PhD, is a professor at School of Chemistry, Beihang University. Research interests are focused on bioinspired surfaces with gradient micro- and nanostructures to control dynamic wettability, and develop the surfaces with characteristics of water repellency, anti-icing, or fog-harvesting, tiny droplet transport, and so on. Publications are more than 100 SCI papers included in Nature, Adv. Mater., etc., with 12 Cover stories, and a book “bioinspired wettability surfaces: Development in micro- and nanostructures” by Pan Standard Publishing, USA. Her work was highlight as scientist on News of Royal Society of Chemistry, ChemistryWorld in 2014. She is a member of Chinese Composite Materials Society (CSCM), American Chemistry Society (ACS), International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE), and International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM). She wins an ISBE outstanding contribution award in 2016 by ISBE and an IAAM Medal in 2016 by IAAM, in Sweden. Her homepage: http://www.zhengyongmei.polymer.cn.

Bioinspired Surfaces, Wettability, Gradient Micro- and Nanostructures

Shin’ichi Nakatsuji obtained a PhD from Osaka University and after studied as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow at the same university, he joined the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University, as an assistant professor. He studied one year at the TH (now TU) Darmstadt as an Alexander von Humboldt fellow. In 1990 he moved to the newly founded Faculty of Science at Himeji Institute of Technology (now University of Hyogo) and was appointed as a professor in 1998. He served as the dean of School of Science as well as a councillor of the university and is currently a professor emeritus. He is the author or one of the co-authors of 9 books, 15 reviews and book chapters as well as 12 patents. He has published over 220 scientific papers and has been awarded in 2008 the distinction of Doctor Honoris Causa from Technical University of Iasi in Romania.

Magnetism, Multiproperty, Nitroxides, TEMPO

Nick Bierwisch studied computer science from 1998-2003 in Leipzig. 2006 he started working in the field of contact mechanics and 2008 he started being a self employee. Most of this work in this field was done with the Saxonian Institue of Surface Mechanics.

Contact Mechanics, Indentation, Optimisation, Scratch Test