Beilstein Nanotechnology Symposium - Functional Micro- and Nanostructured Surfaces: from Biology to Biomimetics

The scope of this conference is to provide an interdisciplinary platform for discussions of novel developments and trends in the field of biological and bio-inspired surfaces. Topics will encompass functional mechanisms as well as the characterization of biological surfaces with different functionalities: adhesion, friction, wear-resistance, wettability, photonics, etc. Based on this knowledge, a further key topic will be the consideration of structural principles in biological systems as potential models for the generation of novel technical surfaces and their implementations into engineering systems.

Topics: nanomaterials, tribology, wettability, self-cleaning, photonics, nanostructures