REPORT ON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING OF COST

REPORT ON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING OF COST ACTION MP1106
I – About the meeting
Meeting name: Smart and Green Interfaces 2015 (Belgrade)
COST action: MP1106
Date: 30th March – 1st April 2015
Place: Belgrade, Serbia
Host institution: Kolarac Foundation
Local organizers: Zoran ŠAPONJIĆ and Mirjana ČOMOR, Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences,
Belgrade, Serbia
Smart and Green Interfaces Conference – 2015 joint with COST MP 1106 Annual MC meeting was
held in Belgrade, Serbia, between March 30th and April 1st 2015. In total, 83 COST MP 1106 members from
23 countries participated in this event. The full schedule of oral presentations is given in Supplement A while
the list of poster presentations is given in Supplement B.
II - Scientific program
The Smart and Green Interfaces 2015 event has included 5 invited lectures (45 min) and 49 standard
oral presentations (20 min), running in two parallel sessions. In addition, 39 posters were presented non-stop
during the meeting allowing continuous discussion and ideas exchange among participants.
This event was organized in order to reveal the latest achievements in the multidisciplinary field of
interface science, from the fundamental to applied research, including dispersed systems, complex liquids,
nanomaterials, food and biomedicine.
Main topics of the scientific programs were:
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Bubbles and drops interfaces
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Bubble and drop flows
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Interface related phenomena
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Free surfaces and compliant surfaces
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Complex liquids
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Dispersed systems
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Micro-fluids
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Foams and emulsions
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Materials
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Diagnostics & Applications
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Interfaces in bioscience and biotechnology
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Modeling
III – Round tables (Cluster meetings)
The scientific program included also three joint cluster meetings in the form of round tables. Thematic
clusters organization within COST Action MP 1106 has been lunched at the last year annual meeting.
Cluster meetings were managed by four cluster coordinators. The first day was held joint meeting of clusters:
Nanomaterials & Nanotechnologies and Nanostructured Materials for Water Treatment/Purification. The
second day was held joint meeting of clusters: Medical Diagnostics & Advanced Therapies and Sustainable
Food Science & Technology. The last day of the conference was held joint cluster meeting: Heat & Mass
Transfer on a Solid Substrate and Wetting of Complex Surfaces. Attendance at cluster meetings was
reasonably well, according to expectations. At cluster meetings discussions were mainly conducted on the
subject of experiences gained from proposal preparations for previous calls and possibilities for future calls.
Also, participants tried to identify reasons for shortness of engagement industrial partners, define their role
in Horizon 2020 projects and identify future proposal coordinator. New project ideas for future Horizon 2020
proposals also discussed and participants from different countries expressed interest to be a member of
potential consortia. Prof. Karapantsios encouraged members of the Action MP 1106 to create consortia for
future proposal and remind them on to date support and support which can be expected in the future from the
Action during preparation of project proposals. In addition to planning future projects participants also
discussed possibilities to lunch new COST Actions.
IV - Non-scientific program
The workshop included also non-scientific presentations, devoted on
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MC meeting (3 hours);
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Meeting of early-stage researchers (ESRG), (60 min);
V - Social program
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Conference dinner was organized on Tuesday, March 31st (paid by participants);
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Guided walking tour around Belgrade Fortress and Kalemegdan Park was organized after the meeting, on
Wednesday April 1st;
VI - Workshop organization
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The preparation of the meeting, which started last year, and meeting itself run smoothly owing to the
support and supervision of Prof. Thodoris Karapantsios, Action Chair and Dr. John Lioumbas, Grant
Holder. We had an excellent collaboration which resulted in the successful realization of the envisioned
meeting program, with negligible number of cancelations just before the meeting;
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The positive comments/impressions related to working conditions and atmosphere, organization of
scientific sessions, cluster meetings and possibilities for undisturbed scientific talks and discussions were
referred to the organizer by the participants during the meeting and after;
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This time the MC members who participated in the meeting, accepted an invitation at the time, in the vast
majority, so we did not have a large number of late entries and inconvenience associated with these;
Supplement A – Oral presentations
Supplement B – Poster presentations
P1
Complex coacervation in the system chitosan/sodium dodecyl sulfate
P2
J. Milinković, L. Petrović, J. Milanović, S. Bučko, J. Katona
Amphiphilic ionic liquids with dual functions – surfactant and catalyst
J.Nowicki, J. Łuczak, D. Stańczyk
P3
Breakup of bubbles in a turbulent flow
J. Vejrazka, P. Stanovsky, J. Tihon
P4
Influence of an air bubble impact velocity on its rupture time at water/air interface – experiments
and simulations
P5
J. Zawala, A. Niecikowska, K. Malysa
Bubble motion in ionic surfactants solutions – influence of various inorganic electrolytes
P6
M. Krzan, E. Jarek , P. Warszynski
Assessment of parameters affecting ‘flow’ decompression degassing
O. Oikonomidou, S. Evgenidis, M. Kostoglou, T. D. Karapantsios
P7
Superhydrophobic coatings for biofouling control by in shallow euphotic seawater
M.Ferrari, A. Benedetti, E. Santini, F. Ravera, L.Liggieri, F.Cirisano
P8
P9
From Droplets to Cells: Dynamic Evolution of Active Interfaces
F. Ascione, S. Caserta, S. Guido
Interactions Between Micro-structured Fluids and Stratum Corneum: Pharmaceutical and
Cosmetic Applications
R. Liuzzi, A. Carciati, F. Ascione, A. Magliocca, L. Guadagno, S.Caserta, P. Abete, S. Guido
P10
Effect of substrate topology on capillary rise in porous media
P11
J. S. Lioumbas, A. Zamanis, G. Loywick, B, Brut-Cottan and T.D. Karapantsios
Surfactant Multilamellar Vesicles in Flow
P12
A. Pommella, D. Donnarumma, S. Caserta, S. Guido
Fibres in Foams
D. Weaire, F.F. Dunne, D. Whyte, M.E. Möbius, T. Hjelt, S. Hutzler
P13
Inverse population balance treatment of bubble size evolution in free draining foams
P14
M. Kostoglou, J. Lioumbas, T.D. Karapantsios
Optimization of viscocity and foaming of a dishwashing detergent.
Efficient substitution of coconut diethanolamide to produce a safer product for human health.
C. G. Koukiotis, G. Lamprinos, T. D. Karapantsios
P15
Preparation of stable aqueous solvent-free nanoemulsions of aminopropylaminoethyl polysiloxane
by Phase Inversion Emulsification.
Studies of particle sizes by dynamic light scattering measurements.
C. G. Koukiotis, G. Kokkinos, T. D. Karapantsios
P16
Investigation on emulsifying properties of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) seed protein isolate
and hydrolysate
J. Katona, S. Njaradi, Lj. Popović, Ž. Vaštag, L. Petrović, J. Milanović
P17
Bubble adhesion dynamics under presence of different surfactants
P. Basařová, a T. Váchová, a H. Suchanová, a K. Soušková, a G. Nannetti,
P18
Dynamics of adsorption layers from the FASTER (Facility for Adsorption and Surface Tension)
experiment onboard the International Space Station
L. Liggieri, M. Ferrari, G. Loglio, P. Pandolfini, F. Ravera, D. Zabiegaj, R. Miller, M. Karbashi, A.
Javadi, J. Krägel, V. Kovalchuk
P19
Dielectrowetting – spreading of droplets
P20
Z. Brabcova, G. McHale, G.G. Wells, C.V. Brown, M.I. Newton, C.L. Trabi
Formation of nanobubbles on fractal vycor glass surface
P21
A. Ch. Mitropoulos, K. L. Stefanopoulos, E. P. Favvas, N. C. Kokkinos, E. Vansant, N. P. Hankins
Beyond Tanner’s law: role of contact line evaporation on the spreading of viscous droplet
W. Bou-Zeid, D. Brutin
P22
Electrodiffusion Method of Near-Wall Flow Diagnostics in Microfluidic Systems
J.Tihon , V.Penkavova, P.Stanovsky, J.Vejrazka
P23
The plasma technology for preparation of fibrous catalysts
P24
R. Kėželis, V. Valinčius, M. Milieška
A Novel Device for Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Polymeric Materials
P25
M. Gannoum, A. Plomaritis, M. Kostoglou, R. Gonzalez-Cinca, T. D. Karapantsios
Structure, optical and photocatalytic properties of TiO2-WO3 composite films prepared by
electrophoretic deposition
P26
M. Rublans, G. Bajars, I. Liepina, A. J. Gabrusenoks, Lusis, E. Pentjuss
Laser photocatalytic effect of TiO2 nanoparticles for water pollutants removal
V. Nastasa, M. Boni, A. Smarandache, T. Alexandru, A. Staicu, I.R. Andrei, A, Dinache, Z. Saponjic, M.L.
Pascu
P27
Electrodeposition of Copper Nanoparticles at the Water/1,2-dichloroetane Interface
E. Aslan, I. Hatay Patir, M. Ersoz
P28
Cobalt and Titanium Nanoparticle Influence on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Elasticity and Turgidity
P29
S. Perni, E. Callard Preedy, P. Prokopovich
Electrochemical investigation and surface characteristic studies of stainless steel substrates coated
by chromium oxide thin films through reactive magnetron sputtering for biomedical applications
A. Ogwu, M. Mirzaeian, A. M. Oje
P30
Biocidal silver performance in the potable water tanks of the International Space Station
M. Petala, V. Tsiridis, I. Mintsiouli, T. Spanos, M. Kostoglou, S. Sotiropoulos, E. Darakas, T. Karapantsios
P31
Analysis of an experimental device for studying heat transfer using Computational Fluid
Dynamics
C. Argyropoulos, M. Kostoglou, T. Karapantsios
P32
Electrophoretic deposition of LiFePO4 cathode for lithium ion batteries
K. Bikova, G. Kucinskis, G. Bajars
P33
The interaction of the plasma flow with dispersed ceramic particles in plasma reactor
P34
M. Milieška, R. Kėželis, V. Valinčius
Formation of inhalable micro-sized precusors of drug nanocarriers
P35
K. Jabłczyńska, T.R. Sosnowski
Enhancement of transport properties of bronchial mucus by novel inhalable particles - in
vitro studies
M. Odziomek, T.R. Sosnowski
P36
Rheo-Optical Analysis of Waxy Crude Oil Emulsions
P37
A. Perazzo, G. Merano, S. Caserta, S. Guido
Surface modification of zirconia nanoparticles with selected enediol ligands
P38
M. Carević, T. D. Savić, N. D. Abazović, I. A. Janković, M. I. Čomor
Photocatalytic activity of elongated TiO2 nanocrystals
P39
M. Vranješ, Z. Šaponjić, Lj. Živković, V. Despotović, D. Šojić, B. Abramović, M. Čomor
Surface modification of anatase nanoparticles with substituted catecholate type ligands
T. Savić, M. Čomor, I. Janković