Call for abstracts: 2016 SES Conference: Symposium C-1: Bio-Adhesive Contacts and Biomimetics with Extreme Properties

Dear Colleagues:

You are cordially invited to contribute to the following symposium at SES 2016. Please note the deadline of 6/15/2016. Many thanks!

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Symposium C1: Bio-Adhesive Contacts and Biomimetics with Extreme Properties

Over the past two decades, the solid mechanics community has witnessed a rapid development and widespread application of biomechanics at small length scales. One central topic of interests is the bio-adhesive contacts, which exhibit adhesion properties that are surprisingly high or low in comparisons to engineering surfaces and structures. From the structural point of view, fibrillar structures have been extensively studied in biological systems and artificial miniature systems. Living objects also accomplish strong adhesion by chemomechanical mechanisms such as mobile binders in cell adhesion and endocytopsis. These lines of studies not only extend the capability of theoretical modeling and simulations of applied mechanics, but also drive the development of new ingredients in the current mechanics framework.

This symposium will serve as a venue for researchers from various backgrounds to exchange ideas and perspectives on bio-adhesive contacts. Topics of interests include, but are not limited to, issues in the development of mechanics framework for bio-adhesion; applications in small structures and devices; cell adhesion, internalization of foreign objects, endocytosis; cell motility; investigation of mechanics problems in novel biological applications; methods to reach extreme adhesive properties.

Please visit http://ses2016.org for important dates, abstract submission, and conference registration information.

Yanfei Gao

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

University of Tennessee

& Materials Science and Technology Division

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Zhiwen Gao

School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics

Lanzhou University, China