Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces

Michael Nosnovsky is a Research Fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA). His reaearch interests include nanomechanics, multi-scale modeling in surface scienes and tribology, biomimetics. He got his Ph.D. degree in Applied Mechanics from Northeastern University (Boston, USA) and worked as a Visiting Scholar at the Ohio State University. Dr. Bharat Bhushan is an Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, a Graduate Research Faculty Advisor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, and the Director of the Nanotribology Laboratory for Information Storage & MEMS/NEMS (NLIM) at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He holds two M.S., a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering/mechanics, an MBA, and three semi-honorary and honorary doctorates. His research interests are in nanotribology and nanomechanics and their applications to magnetic storage devices and MEMS/NEMS (Nanotechnology). He has authored 5 technical books, more than 70 handbook chapters, more than 600 technical papers in referred journals, and more than 60 technical reports, edited more than 40 books, and holds 16 U.S. and foreign patents. He is co-editor of Springer NanoScience and Technology Series and Microsystem Technologies – Micro- & Nanosystems and Information Storage & Processing Systems (formerly called Journal of Information Storage and Processing Systems). He has organized various international conferences and workshops. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards and international fellowships. He is a member of various professional societies, including the International Academy of Engineering (Russia).

• Surface Roughness and Hierarchical Friction Mechanisms.- Rough Surface Topography.- Mechanisms of Dry Friction, Their Scaling and Linear Properties.- Friction as a Nonlinear Hierarchical Phenomenon.- Solid-Liquid Friction and Superhydrophobicity.- Solid-Liquid Interaction and Capillary Effects.- Roughness-Induced Superhydrophobicity.- Stability of the Composite Interface, Roughness Optimization and Meniscus Force.- Cassie-Wenzel Wetting Regime Transition.- Underwater Superhydrophobicity and Dynamic Effects.- Biological and Biomimetic Surfaces.- Lotus-Effect and Water-Repellent Surfaces in Nature.- Artificial (Biomimetic) Superhydrophobic Surfaces.- Gecko-Effect and Smart Adhesion.- Other Biomimetic Surfaces.- Outlook.