Adam Gadomski (born in 1959, in Katowice, Poland), a full professor of physics at the UTP University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland, leads a group of researchers focused on the modeling of physicochemical and biophysical processes. He specializes in statistical soft-condensed matter physics, and works in computational physics and physical computation problems, with an emphasis placed on biomaterials with a structure-property and function relationship. He is an editor for three open access journals: Frontiers-Computational Physics, Entropy and an associate editor for Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering. He is also an editor to numerous special issues publlished in Physica A, Biosystems (two times), Entropy, Molecules, etc. He published about 150 papers, mainly in reviewed international journals, and (co)authored chapters to the books and papers to journal proceedings. 

Preface Adam Gadomski, UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz; agad@utp.edu.pl

Introduction Adam Gadomski; UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz; agad@utp.edu.pl

Chapter 1 Basics on the water and its states

Arieh Ben-Naim, University of Jerusalem; ariehbennaim@gmail.com

Chapter 2 Superior role of amphiphiles in friction-lubrication articulating systems

Piotr Beldowski and coworkers, UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz; piobel000@utp.edu.pl

Chapter 3 Synergies in lubricating biosystems

Andra Dedinaite and Per Claesson, KTH Stockholm; andra@kth.se

Chapter 4 Water-based tribology of soft materials with percolating contact areas at nanometer scale

Bo Persson and coworkers, FZ Jülich, b.persson@fz-juelich.de

Chapter 5 Coarse-grained and all-atom computer modeling for self-assembled amphiphiles of viscoelastic propensity

Natalia Kruszewska and Jacek Siódmiak, UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz; nkruszewska@utp.edu.pl

Chapter 6 Networks and gels as revealed by SAXS experiment and computer simulations

Matija Tomsic and coworkers, University of Ljubljana; Matija.Tomsic@fkkt.uni-lj.si

Chapter 7 Properties of hydrated materials as exemplified by silk supercontraction with its molecular origin

Admir Masic and coworkers, MIT Boston, masic@mit.edu

Chapter 8 Examples of functional morphologies with promising biomechanical properties

Stanislav Gorb and coworkers, University of Kiel; sgorb@zoologie.uni-kiel.de

Chapter 9 Water percolation phenomena on microstructured surfaces and adhesive pads

Alexander Filippov, Donetsk Institute for Physics and Engineering, Ukraine; filippov_ae@yahoo.com

Chapter 10 On the properties of skin in a (de)hydrated stage

Michal Zmijewski, GUMED Gdansk; michal.zmijewski@gumed.edu.pl

Chapter 11 Plants partly devoid of water, and their characteristics

Stan Flasinski, BAYER US; stanislaw.flasinski@bayer.com, flasinskis@gmail.com

Chapter 12 On the percolation properties of soils, a case study

Karoly Bodnar and coworkers, Szarvas University; bodnar.karoly.lajos@gk.szie.hu

Chapter 13 A study on contaminated groundwater and its natural filtration

Beata Gorczyca, University of Manitoba; beata.gorczyca@umanitoba.ca

Chapter 14 Mushrooms containing reservoirs fed by certain (un)controllable amounts of water