Friction, Lubrication and Rheology at the Nano and Mesoscale

Conference, 20 - 21 July 2022

This meeting will bring world leaders in the field together with early career researchers to discuss recent developments, open questions and new ways forward in light of potential industrial applications.

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Friction plays a crucial role in many phenomena from the molecular diffusion of solutes within cells and the function of our joints to industrial machinery and car engines. This meeting will bring together world leaders in the field together with early career researchers to discuss recent developments, open questions and new ways forward in light of potential industrial applications. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early career academics are particularly encouraged to attend. The meeting will cover both hard and soft nanolubricated systems (including biological).

Invited speakers:

• Michael Bryant (University of Leeds, UK)
• John Bucknall (BP-Castrol, UK)
• Elisabeth Charlaix (Université Grenoble Alpes, France)
• Astrid de Wijn (NTNU, Norway)
• Carlos Drummond (CNRS, Unversite de Bordeaux)
• Rosa Maria Espinosa Marzal (University of Illinois, USA)
• Enrico Gnecco (Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland)
• Oded Hod (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
• Oleg Kolosov (Lancaster University, UK)
• Alexei Kornyshev (Imperial College London, UK)
• Claire Loison (Institut Lumière Matière, Lyon, France)
• Elisa Riedo (NYU Tandon School of Engineering, USA)
• Erio Tosatti (SISSA, Italy)
• Janet Wong (Imperial College London, UK)

Conference fees (includes buffet lunch, and morning and afternoon break refreshments on Wed 20 July and Thursday 21 July)

Faculty £ 75.00

PhD students and Early Career Researchers (less than 5 years since PhD defense) £ 50.00

Industry £ 100.00

Free for those joining online (will still require registration for webinar access)