The exciting properties of micro-and nano-patterned surfaces found in natural species hide
a virtually endless potential of technological ideas, opening new opportunities for innovation …

A new kind of functional surfaces with particular characteristics, ie, superhydrophobic
surfaces, has recently been developed and applied in many fields, such as airplane, wind …

This work studies multiscale analyses and characterizations of surface topographies from
the engineering and scientific literature with an emphasis on production engineering …

Micro/nanostructured components play an important role in micro-optics and optical
engineering, tribology and surface engineering, and biological and biomedical engineering …

Textured grinding wheels (TGWs) are wheels that have both specially-designed active and
passive grinding areas on their geometrically active surfaces. The active area allows TGWs …

A new emerging frontier in the evolution of the digitalisation and the 4th industrial revolution
(Industry 4.0) is considered to be that of “Biologicalisation in Manufacturing”. This has been …

Multiscale structured surfaces are a way to provide advanced, otherwise not attainable
functionality on a technical part. Applications of such parts can be manifold, and numerous …

This keynote paper gives an overview of emerging technologies of feature-based
characterisation, for surface topographies having features. It is complementary to …