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:

- Bubbles and drops interfaces

- Bubble and drop flows

- Interface related phenomena

- Free surfaces and compliant surfaces

- Complex liquids

- Dispersed systems

- Micro-fluids

- Foams and emulsions

- Materials

- Diagnostics & Applications

- Interfaces in bioscience and biotechnology

- 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

MC meeting (3 hours);

Meeting of early-stage researchers (ESRG), (60 min);

V - Social program

Conference dinner was organized on Tuesday, March 31st (paid by participants);

Guided walking tour around Belgrade Fortress and Kalemegdan Park was organized after the meeting, on

Wednesday April 1st;

VI - Workshop organization

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;

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;

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

J. Milinković, L. Petrović, J. Milanović, S. Bučko, J. KatonaP2 Amphiphilic ionic liquids with dual functions – surfactant and catalyst

J.Nowicki, J. Łuczak, D. StańczykP3

Breakup of bubbles in a turbulent flow

J. Vejrazka, P. Stanovsky, J. TihonP4 Influence of an air bubble impact velocity on its rupture time at water/air interface – experiments

and simulations

J. Zawala, A. Niecikowska, K. MalysaP5 Bubble motion in ionic surfactants solutions – influence of various inorganic electrolytes

M. Krzan, E. Jarek , P. WarszynskiP6 Assessment of parameters affecting ‘flow’ decompression degassing

O. Oikonomidou, S. Evgenidis, M. Kostoglou, T. D. KarapantsiosP7 Superhydrophobic coatings for biofouling control by in shallow euphotic seawater

M.Ferrari, A. Benedetti, E. Santini, F. Ravera, L.Liggieri, F.CirisanoP8

From Droplets to Cells: Dynamic Evolution of Active Interfaces

F. Ascione, S. Caserta, S. Guido

P9 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

J. S. Lioumbas, A. Zamanis, G. Loywick, B, Brut-Cottan and T.D. KarapantsiosP11 Surfactant Multilamellar Vesicles in Flow

A. Pommella, D. Donnarumma, S. Caserta, S. GuidoP12 Fibres in Foams

D. Weaire, F.F. Dunne, D. Whyte, M.E. Möbius, T. Hjelt, S. HutzlerP13 Inverse population balance treatment of bubble size evolution in free draining foams

M. Kostoglou, J. Lioumbas, T.D. KarapantsiosP14 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. KarapantsiosP15 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. KarapantsiosP16

Investigation on emulsifying properties of pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo) seed protein isolate

and hydrolysate

J. Katona, S. Njaradi, Lj. Popović, Ž. Vaštag, L. Petrović, J. MilanovićP17 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. KovalchukP19 Dielectrowetting – spreading of droplets

Z. Brabcova, G. McHale, G.G. Wells, C.V. Brown, M.I. Newton, C.L. TrabiP20 Formation of nanobubbles on fractal vycor glass surface

A. Ch. Mitropoulos, K. L. Stefanopoulos, E. P. Favvas, N. C. Kokkinos, E. Vansant, N. P. HankinsP21 Beyond Tanner’s law: role of contact line evaporation on the spreading of viscous droplet

W. Bou-Zeid, D. BrutinP22

Electrodiffusion Method of Near-Wall Flow Diagnostics in Microfluidic Systems

J.Tihon , V.Penkavova, P.Stanovsky, J.VejrazkaP23 The plasma technology for preparation of fibrous catalysts

R. Kėželis, V. Valinčius, M. MilieškaP24 A Novel Device for Measuring Thermal Conductivity of Polymeric Materials

M. Gannoum, A. Plomaritis, M. Kostoglou, R. Gonzalez-Cinca, T. D. KarapantsiosP25 Structure, optical and photocatalytic properties of TiO2-WO3 composite films prepared by

electrophoretic deposition

M. Rublans, G. Bajars, I. Liepina, A. J. Gabrusenoks, Lusis, E. Pentjuss P26 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.

PascuP27

Electrodeposition of Copper Nanoparticles at the Water/1,2-dichloroetane Interface

E. Aslan, I. Hatay Patir, M. ErsozP28 Cobalt and Titanium Nanoparticle Influence on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Elasticity and Turgidity

S. Perni, E. Callard Preedy, P. ProkopovichP29 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. KarapantsiosP31

Analysis of an experimental device for studying heat transfer using Computational Fluid

Dynamics

C. Argyropoulos, M. Kostoglou, T. KarapantsiosP32 Electrophoretic deposition of LiFePO4 cathode for lithium ion batteries

K. Bikova, G. Kucinskis, G. BajarsP33

The interaction of the plasma flow with dispersed ceramic particles in plasma reactor

M. Milieška, R. Kėželis, V. ValinčiusP34 Formation of inhalable micro-sized precusors of drug nanocarriers

K. Jabłczyńska, T.R. SosnowskiP35 Enhancement of transport properties of bronchial mucus by novel inhalable particles - in

vitro studies

M. Odziomek, T.R. SosnowskiP36 Rheo-Optical Analysis of Waxy Crude Oil Emulsions

A. Perazzo, G. Merano, S. Caserta, S. GuidoP37 Surface modification of zirconia nanoparticles with selected enediol ligands

M. Carević, T. D. Savić, N. D. Abazović, I. A. Janković, M. I. ČomorP38 Photocatalytic activity of elongated TiO2 nanocrystals

M. Vranješ, Z. Šaponjić, Lj. Živković, V. Despotović, D. Šojić, B. Abramović, M. ČomorP39 Surface modification of anatase nanoparticles with substituted catecholate type ligands

T. Savić, M. Čomor, I. Janković