Preface

Materials Engineering and Nano Sciences is a key ingredient of current advanced technologies supporting modern society. The tremendous rapid growth of these fields makes them highly interdisciplinary and then inevitably demands their mutual interactions. Under these circumstances, the 2020 4th International Conference on Materials Engineering and Nano Sciences (ICMENS 2020) was organized as a series of successful international conferences held in Singapore (2017), Hong Kong (2018) and Japan (2019). The main goal of ICMENS 2020, which will be held from 13 to 15 March 2020, in Pattaya, Thailand, is to address the latest original results in materials engineering and the nano sciences, including both theoretical advances and practical implementations, which are becoming more and more popular in industry and in our daily lives. The ICMENS 2020 will provide a premier interdisciplinary platform for scientists, researchers, industry leaders, engineers and educators throughout the world to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, concerns, as well as practical challenges encountered, and streamline solutions in the fields of materials engineering and nano sciences. Submissions were received from 10 countries, including China, Japan, Russia, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Malaysia, Croatia, India, and Mexico. After several rounds of paper submission and reviewing, 17 papers have been selected to be published in the IOP conference proceedings. On behalf of the Organising Committee, I wish to thank the keynote speakers, invited speakers and authors of the selected papers for their outstanding contributions. I would also like to thank members of the organizing committee, anonymous reviewers and volunteers for their great efforts. Without their contribution, dedication and commitment, we would not have achieved so much. Thanks also go to the Conference Secretaries (Dana Chan & Jessi Mars) for their dedicated cooperation. We sincerely hope that you will find the ICMENS 2020 beneficial and fruitful for your professional development. We also hope that you will enjoy our hospitality and will have an enjoyable and memorable time in Pattaya. Conference Chair, ICMENS 2020 Prof. Richard Haverkamp Massey University, New Zealand