Materials IQ: «Novelties in wetting: wettability, anti-icing, a never ending story?»
Remarkable progress has been made in surface wettability and icing in recent years. However, the durability of such functionalized surfaces remains challenging. For lasting results, the dynamics of the interface between water and substrate must be well understood, and it is worth taking a look at nature.
Our experts will provide a well-founded overview of the state of the art and discuss new findings for surface technology.
Program/Schedule
13.30 | Welcome and introduction Prof. Dr. Patrik Hoffmann, Empa Dr. Jörg Güttinger, NTN Innovative Surfaces |
13.40 | Lessons from Nature: Bioinspired Mechanically Durable and Self-healing Superliquiphilic/phobic Surfaces Prof. Bharat Bhushan PhD, The Ohio State University |
14.25 | Structured or slippery flat surfaces – which way to go? Prof. Dr. Patrik Hofmann, Empa |
14.45 | Labtour: "Advanced Materials Processing Lab, Empa" (2-3 groups) |
15.45 | Effect of micro-texturing on the wettability of tribological surfaces Markus Varga, AC2T research GmbH |
16.05 | Laser generated nanostructures inspired by nature Prof. Dr. Rainer Kling, Berner Fachhochschule |
16.30 | General Assembly 2024 Association NTN Innovative Surfaces Dr. Andreas Hafner, Innovative Surfaces Dr. Jörg Güttinger, Innovative Surfaces |
17.00 | Networking Apéro |
Location
Empa Thun
Feuerwerkerstrasse 39, 3603 Thun, Schweiz