Symposium BM10-Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability

Superwettability has made remarkable progress in recent years and furthermore is continually growing in a broad field. Since a series of efforts on the studying of extreme wettabilities, a mature superwettability system gradually evolved and has since become a vibrant area of active research, covering topics of superhydrophobicity/superhydrophilicity, superoleophobicity/superoleophilicity in gas or under liquid, superaerophobicity/superaerophilicity under liquid, and combinations of these states. The kinetic study of the superwettability system includes statics and dynamics, while the studied material structures range from traditional two-dimensional materials to three-dimensional, one-dimensional, and zero-dimensional materials. Furthermore, the wetting liquids range from water to oil, aqueous solutions, and ionic liquids, as well as liquid crystals and other types of liquids. The wetting conditions extend over a wide range of temperatures, pressures, and other external fields. With the development of this series of research, many new theories and functional interfacial materials have been fabricated, including self-cleaning textiles, oil/water separation systems, water collection systems, and energy storage systems, and some of these have already been applied in industry. Moreover, the study of superwettability has also introduced many new phenomena and principles to the field of interfacial chemistry that display its vast potential in both materials and chemistry. This proposed symposium intends to cover both the fundamental exploration of the synthesis, structure, and performance of superwettable materials, as well as their potential industrial applications.

Topics will include:

Superwettable materials
Superwettable biointerfaces
Fundamental theories on superwettability
Superwettability-related chemical reactions and surface patterns
Bioinspired surfaces with controlled adhesion
Energy and environmental superwettable materials

Invited Speakers:

BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_0 (Harvard University, USA)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_1 (MPI, Germany)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_2 (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_3 (Beihang University, China)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_4 (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_5 (Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_7 (Deakin University, Australia)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_8 (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_9 (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_10 (ETH-Zurich, Switzerland)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_11 (ESPCI, France)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_12 (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_13 (Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_14 (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
BM10_Bioinspired Interfacial Materials with Superwettability_15 (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Stanislav Gorb (Kiel University, Germany) (Kiel University, Germany)
Frieder Mugele (University of Twente, Netherlands) (University of Twente, Netherlands)
Anish Tuteja (University of Michigan, USA) (University of Michigan, USA)
Evelyn Wang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Chang-Jin "CJ" Kim (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)