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POWDER & FIBER SYNTHESIS
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CERAMIC FILMS
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- Powder synthesis with special emphasis on controlled synthesis techniques
- Colloid dispersion and surface modification
- Inorganic-organic hybridization
- Novel processing methods and techniques
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- Patterning
- Precursor thin film processes in solutions
- Low thermal expansion multilayers
- Graphene
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CERAMIC SHAPING
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CHARACTERIZATION & NOVEL METHODS
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- Templates and self assembly
- Bioinspired Processes
- Wet and dry shaping methods including prototyping techniques
- Nano-Impact and size effects
- Printing
- Rapid Prototyping
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- Surface properties
- In situ methods
- Rheology of suspensions
- Atom probe tomography
- Characterization using Synchrotron/Neutron-Radiation
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CERAMIC / METAL INTERFACES
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MODELING & SIMULATION
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- Thermodynamics & Kinetics
- Structure & Chemistry
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- Computational tools applied to synthesis and processing
- Modeling of Sintering and Crystallization Processes
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CERAMIC SINTERING
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CERAMIC POSTPROCESSING
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- Reaction-based processes
- Densification (nanoscale, multimaterial, novel approaches)
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- Machining
- Ceramic Finishing
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