报告人简介:

Dr Dimitrios Kontziampasis is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Materials Engineering at the University of Dundee. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Ioannina, in collaboration with the National Centre of Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’ in Greece. He has since worked in numerous Universities in the UK for research and teaching positions, in close collaboration with a plethora of industrial partners.

His main research interests revolve around inter/crossdisciplinary and applied research, with a focus onsurface modification of materials,for biology, energy, and sustainability. Working in the field ofbionanotechnology, he either uses conventional materials for controlling the behaviour of cellular and protein systems on their interface with material surfaces, or uses cells, proteins, bacteria, and biological matter as building blocks for novel material development. In parallel, he aspires to identify, decode, and simplify the mechanisms that will allow for thesustainable transition of laboratory, manufacturing, and material processes.His research interests revolve around surface modification approaches on sustainability of processes biological applications and. Some of his interests include but are not limited to

·Biomimetic approaches for engineering solutions (Bionics)

·Sustainability of 3D printing

·Organ, tissue, and cell engineering

·Bionanotechnology

报告摘要:

By studying the mechanisms of nature, one can clearly see that surfaces play a crucial role in defining how materials interact with the environment. For example, nanometre sized structures on the surface of the lotus leaf combined with surface chemistry, render it self-cleaning. Similarly, the eye of the moth has the ability to minimise reflectivity and increase the amount of light that reaches its cornea, due to nanometre sized structures on its surface. This mechanism helps it navigate through the dark and simultaneously avoid its predators.

Following nature’s example, surfaces of materials can be manipulated and modified to alter properties such as colour, wettability, reactivity, or to influence the interface and the interactions of surfaces with proteins, cells, bacteria, and viruses. My research revolves around inter and cross disciplinary approaches with subtractive or additive surface modification techniques, using biomimetics to provide solutions on a plethora of applications. My main two areas of focus are: i. To provide solutions towards artificial organ development, with bio-nanotechnology, and ii. To improve the sustainability and recyclability of additive manufacturing techniques, with the control of surface properties.