Materials

Prof. Dr. Zoltán Erdélyi

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Department of Solid State Physics, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Interests: interfaces; surfaces; thin films; porous structures; nanoparticles; nanowires; nanotubes; structure; diffusion; segregation; phase diagram; vapor and gas permeability; photocatalysis; plasmonics; thermoelectrics; experiment (e.g. magnetron sputtering, ALD, reflectometry); theory; computer simulation (e.g. kinetic mean field, kinetic Monte Carlo, continuum)

Dr. Serena Esposito

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Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT), Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Interests: (photo)reforming; chemical synthesis; nanocomposites; thin films; surface properties; zeolites
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Prof. Dr. Pablo D. Esquinazi

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Felix-Bloch-Institute for Solid State Physics, Superconductivity and Magnetism Division, Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, University of Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Interests: magnetism and transport properties of graphite and carbon-based materials; superconductivity at interfaces and defective regions in carbon-based systems; defect-induced magnetism; oxides

Prof. Dr. Lioz Etgar

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Institute of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 90400, Israel
Interests: two-dimensional perovskite and its application in solar cells; carbon based perovskite solar cells; organic-inorganic perovskite nanostructures–synthesis, optical and physical properties; inorganic perovskite nanostructures; light emitting diode (LED) based on hybrid and inorganic perovskite; semi-transparent perovskite solar cells
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Dr. Claudio Evangelisti

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Istituto di Chimica dei Composti OrganoMetallici - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via G. Moruzzi, 1 – 56124 Pisa, Italy
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; homo- and heterometallic nanoparticles; vapor phase synthesis; electron microscopy; materials characterization; green chemistry; sustainable catalytic processes
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Prof. Dr. Dmitry V. Evtuguin

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Department of Chemistry & CICECO, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Interests: chemistry and technology of lignocellulosics; lignin chemistry; lignin-based polymers and composites; hybrid materials; catalysis; paper materials; analytic tools for natural polymers
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Prof. Dr. Francesco Fabbrocino

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Department of Engineering, Telematic University Pegaso, Piazza Trieste e Trento, 48, 80132 Naples, Italy
Interests: composite materials; masonry structures; numerical modeling; mechanical engineering; bridge engineering; modal analysis; dynamics; civil engineering; materials engineering; experimental characterization; concrete durability
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Dr. Yin Fan

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School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Interests: advanced composite materials and structures; auxetic nanomaterials; lightning strike on composite materials
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Dr. Fiorenza Fanelli

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Institute of Nanotechnology (NANOTEC), National Research Council (CNR), c/o Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
Interests: plasma surface engineering; plasma-assisted deposition of thin films; atmospheric pressure non-equilibrium plasma

Dr. Cheng Fang

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Department of Structural Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Interests: shape memory alloy; civil engineering; self-centering; resilience; damping
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Prof. Dr. Haitao Fang

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Interests: lithium ion battery; lithium metal batteries; lithium sulfur battery; supercapacitors; energy storage materials; lithium anode; metal oxide gas sensor

Prof. Dr. Silvia Farè

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Industrial Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, 20131 Milan, Italy
Interests: design, synthesis and characterization of synthetic and natural polymer-based scaffolds for tissue engineering, drug and cell carriers; development of polymer matrices for biomimetic composites; development of vascularized 3D in vitro scaffold-models for mimicking soft tissues
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Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Fecht

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Institute of Functional Nanosystems, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, 89081 Ulm, Germany
Interests: advanced nanomaterials; nanotechnology; interface engineering
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Dr. Neus Feliu

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1. The Fraunhofer Center for Applied Nanotechnology CAN, Grindelallee 117, 20146 Hamburg, Germany
2. Center for Hybrid Nanostructures (CHyN), Universitat Hamburg, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
Interests: nanoparticles; bioconjugation; nanomedicines; drug delivery systems; biosensing; toxicology; nano-bio interface studies; biocompatibility

Dr. Jiecai Feng

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School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Interests: ultrafast laser processing; laser welding; laser cleaning; laser cladding; laser cutting; laser intelligent manufacturing
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Dr. Oliver Fenwick

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School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
Interests: organic electronics; thermoelectric; processable electronics; OLED

Prof. Dr. Maria Helena Fernandes

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1. BoneLab–Laboratory for Bone Metabolism and Regeneration, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
2. LAQV/REQUIMTE, University of Porto, 4160-007 Porto, Portugal
Interests: nanomaterials; biomaterials; biological characterization; bone regeneration
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Dr. Javier Fernández-Lodeiro

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LAQV‑REQUIMTE, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
Interests: anisotropic noble‑metal nanoparticles (nanoplates, nanostars, branched); plasmonic and bimetallic nanostructures; mesoporous silica‑coated nanomaterials; SERS‑based sensing; antibacterial and bio‑relevant nanomaterials; green and solution‑phase synthetic methodologies
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Dr. Stefania Ferrari

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Department of Pharmacy, Gabriele d'Annunzio University of Chieti and Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66100 Chieti (CH), Italy
Interests: Li-ion batteries; post-Li technologies; electrospinning; carbon capture

Dr. Dimitri Feys

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Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA
Interests: cement-based materials; mix design; rheology; workability; placement

Dr. Denisa Ficai

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Departamentrul of Inorganic Chemistry, Physics and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, 1-7 Gh. Polizu Street, Bucharest, Romania
Interests: chemistry; chemical engineering
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Dr. Thomas Fiedler

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School of Engineering, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia
Interests: cellular materials (metals and ceramics) and composite materials; experimental and computational mechanics; finite element methods; lattice Monte Carlo methods; mechanical and thermal material testing
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Prof. Dr. Elisabetta Finocchio

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Deptment of Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Genova Via all’Opera Pia 15, I-16145 Genova, Italy
Interests: heterogeneous catalytic materials and processes; solid adsorbent materials for environmental applications; gas separation and purification (i.e. CO₂ capture); spectroscopic characterization of surfaces and surface chemistry of oxides; mixed oxides; composite materials

Dr. Patrick Fiorenza

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CNR-IMM, Strada VIII, n. 5 - Zona Industriale, I-95121 Catania, Italy
Interests: wide band gap semiconductors; SiC; GaN; dielectrics; scanning probe microscopy; interfaces; MOSFETs; HEMTs
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Prof. Dr. Sonia Fiorilli

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Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Torino, Italy
Interests: mesoporous bioactive glasses; hybrid organic-inorganic nanomaterials; drug release
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Prof. Dr. Dror Fixler

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School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Jan Koum Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 6997801, Israel
Interests: fluorescence lifetime and anisotropy decay; fluorescence lifetime imaging; biological imaging based on fluorescence parameters; light–tissue interaction
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Dr. Karsten Fleischer

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School of Physical Sciences, Dublin City University, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland
Interests: thin films; oxides; nanomaterials; optics; photovoltaics

Prof. Dr. Stefano Foletti

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Dipartimento di Meccanica, Politecnico di Milano, via La Masa 1, 20156 Milan, Italy
Interests: fatigue behaviour of materials; mechanical characterization; structural integrity of materials; metamaterials; modelling in mechanics of materials

Prof. Dr. Victorino Franco

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Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Seville, 41080 Seville, Spain
Interests: magnetic materials for energy applications; soft magnetic materials; thermomagnetic phase transitions; caloric effects
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Prof. Dr. Wojciech Franus

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Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
Interests: natural and synthetic zeolites; properties of zeolites; use of zeolites
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