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## Meet the editors

Prof. Tomasz Tański is the head of the Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Silesian University of Technology, Poland, and a member of the Committee of Metallurgy of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He is also a specialist in non-ferrous alloys, composite and nanostructured materials, and structural engineering materials. He has authored or co-authored more than 400 scientific publications worldwide,

including 15 monographs and books. He has won twenty national and international awards and honors. He is and/or was a supervisor or contractor for more than fifteen research and didactic projects in Poland and abroad. He is also a reviewer and promoter of numerous scientific papers, including eight doctoral research papers in the field of nanotechnology and materials.

Paweł Jarka obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials, Silesian University of Technology, Poland, where he is currently employed. The subject of his doctoral thesis was "The optoelectronic properties of active layers obtained by PVD methods in organic photovoltaic devices." His scientific interests concern functional materials. During his scientific activity, he has participated in many

scientific international conferences. He is the co-author of several dozen scientific papers and five chapters in monographs and co-editor of one book. He also has one patent to his credit.

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*by Stanislav Petrík and Mayza Ibrahim*
