Tuesday, May 9

 

9:00
Welcome and introduction

Session Chair: Stanislav N. Gorb

9:20
Insect structural coloration: from nanostructures to animal behavior
Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira / Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Brazil

10:00
Linking molluscs with their food: the diversity of material compositions in radulae
Wencke Krings / University of Hamburg, Germany

10:40
Poster introduction
Short introduction of posters #1-6

11:10
Coffee break and posters

11:40
Butterfly wings with structural colors: from DNA to photocatalysis
Gábor Piszter / Center for Energy Research, Hungary

12:20
Biological hairs across scales
Guillermo Amador / Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands

13:00
Lunch

Session Chair: Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira

14:30
Performance of living biological adhesive systems in hot and humid conditions
Alyssa Stark / Villanova University, USA

15:10
The nanostructures underlining structural white in the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae (Diptera, Tephritidae)
Manuela Rebora / University of Perugia, Italy

15:50
Poster introduction
Short introduction of poster #7-11

16:20
Coffee break and posters

16:50
Superhydrophobicity in plants: evolution, structures, functions, and biomimetic applications
Wilhelm Barthlott / Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, Germany

17:30
Self-healing superhydrophobic materials by remaking surface chemical makeup and microstructures
Atsushi Hozumi / AIST Chubu, Japan

18:10
How the gecko walks on almost any surface: Lessons from multi-scale molecular simulation
Florian Müller-Plathe / Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

18:50
End of talks and break

19:00
POSTER SESSION

19:45
End of poster session and dinner

 

Wednesday, May 10

 

9:00
Welcome

Session Chair: Thomas Schimmel

9:05
The structural photonics of plant surfaces: optics, materials engineering and biology
Rox Middleton / TU Dresden

9:45
Bacterial adhesion to solid surfaces: Interplay of intermolecular forces, wettability and roughness
Karin Jacobs / Saarland University, Germany

10:25
The surface chemistry of gecko toe pads
Tobias Weidner / Aarhus University, Denmark

11:05
Coffee break and posters

11:35
Smart surfaces based on magnetoactive elastomers
Mikhail Chamonine / Regensburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

12:15
Responsive polymer films through supramolecular assembly
Stephen Schrettl / Technical University of Munich, Germany

12:55
Lunch

14:10
Excursion
Guided tour through the medieval town of Limburg and Limburg cathedral

19:30
Dinner

 

Thursday, May 11

 

9:00
Welcome

Session Chair: Alyssa Stark

9:05
Bioinspired light switchable dry adhesives
Anne Staubitz / University of Bremen, Germany

9:45
Biomimetic on gecko locomotion: learn from and go beyond biology
Zhendong Dai / Nanjing University Aeronautics & Astronautics, China

10:25
Beyond biomimicry - next generation applications of bioinspired adhesives from microfluidics to composites
Dan Sameoto / University of Alberta, Canada

11:05
Coffee break and posters

11:35
Biomimetics inspired from the evolution of insects
Ming Bai / Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

12:15
Bioinspired architectures using biopolymer-based photoresists using direct laser writing
Cordt Zollfrank / Technical University of Munich, Germany

12:55
Lunch

Session Chair: Dan Sameoto

14:25
Strength and deformation behaviour of bio-inspired surface for geotechnical applications
Hans-Henning Stutz / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

15:05
Keeping an permanent layer of air under water: perspectives of bio-inspired ship coatings based on the Salvinia effect
Thomas Schimmel / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

15:45
Coffee break and posters

16:15
Machine intelligence inspired by nature: From functional structured body surfaces to brain
Poramate Manoonpong / University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

16:55
Stick insect adhesive systems: functional morphology and evolutionary drivers
Thies Büscher / University of Kiel, Germany

17:35
End of the Scientific Program

19:30
Dinner