Dear Colleagues and Friends,

The 2018 conference of the Society of Engineering Sciences (http://www.ses2018.org/)   will be October 10-12, 2018 in Madrid.  We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to symposium 4.6 – Mechano-chemistry active materials.  Abstract submission opens on February, 1 2018 and closes on April 2, 2018.

This symposium brings researchers from a variety of backgrounds together for an exchange of ideas related to theory, computation, and experimentation in the area of mechano-chemistry active materials. Hoping to support mixing of ideas as well as setting new collaborations, we are looking forward to getting contributions including, but not limited to, following topics:

• Chemically actuated biological tissues
• Mimicking natural actuators by chemistry
• Degradation and aging effects in ionic membranes
• Gels
• 4D printed materials
• Coupled mechano-chemical oscillators
• Mechanics and shape control of thin chemically activated structures
• Mechanics and chemistry interplay in shooting mechanisms
• Swelling behavior of fibered gels
• Shape-morphing systems
• Hydrogel composites

Organizers:

S.A. Chester (New Jersey Institute of Technology)

Nardinocchi (Sapienza Università di Roma)