Symposium BM6-Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials

Biological materials have self-assembled and evolved for several billion years to provide a multitude of different, finely tuned functions in order to maximise the host organism’s chance of survival. These multifunctional materials frequently rely on a hierarchical composition and morphology that bridges several length scales from the nano- to the macro-scale.

Such kind of materials and the related formation processes continue to inspire scientists and engineers in the optimization of existing technologies and the conception of new high performance materials and devices. The ability to understand, imitate and improve natural processes and materials relies on the interdisciplinary collaboration of many research fields spanning from materials science and biology to chemistry, mathematics, physics, and engineering. Biomimetic and bioinspired material development approaches offer a tremendous potential to conceive multifunctional materials of the future for applications in health care, resource management, energy conversion and consumer product design.

This symposium will focus on bio-inspired materials with functionality that originates from nano- and micro-sized structures. It aims to assemble a panel of leading researchers and distinguished speakers whose backgrounds reflect the interdisciplinary nature of our field to ensure a dynamic, border-crossing and idea-sparking session in the burgeoning area of bio-inspired and biomimetic materials science.

• Bio-inspired surfaces and coatings
• Application of bio-inspired materials for energy storage
• Application of bio-inspired materials for sensing
• Characterization of hierarchical natural structures with multifunctional properties
• Characterization of phenomena originating from the nanoscale structure of biological materials
• Development of new fabrication methods to produce nanostructured bio-inspired materials
• Novel self-assembly approaches with natural and active materials
• Fabrication and applications of bio-inspired nanostructured materials
• Application of bio-inspired materials for optics and electronics

• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _0 (Harvard University, USA)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _1 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _2 (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _3 (University of California, Irvine, USA)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _4 (Northwestern University, USA)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _5 (Case Western Reserve University, USA)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _6 (University of Leeds, United Kingdom)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _7 (Tufts University, USA)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _8 (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _9 (Adolphe Merkle Institute, Switzerland)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _10 (University of Florence, Italy)
• BM6_Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Bioinspired Nanostructured Materials _11 (Penn State University, USA)