Project description
Improving Al-containing MAX phase stability in extreme environments
MAX phases are a class of materials that serve as a bridge between metals and ceramics, combining the best of both worlds. This family of layered ternary ceramics has attracted a great deal of attention mostly because they withstand high temperatures and demonstrate self-healing behaviour. These properties make them suitable for use in extreme environments. Aluminium-based MAX phases tend to decompose locally when aluminium comes in contact with oxygen and develops a thin oxide layer. The EU-funded REALMAX project plans to develop a new material solution to tackle MAX phase instabilities in extreme environments. The strategies that will be adopted include supplying MAX phase coatings with Al from MAX phase substrates and exploring the effect of alloying elements on the potential sluggish diffusion of Al species. The project's results will provide a better understanding of the oxidation behaviour of MAX phases, which represent an emerging effort in materials science and engineering.
Objective
Phase stability is likely to be the single most important specification which determines the lifetime of materials operating in extreme environments. Whether a phase will react with the environment or decompose at high temperature is an essential limitation for the use of the material for any given applications. MAX phases are a family of layered ternary ceramics currently being developed for extreme environment applications because of their tolerance to heat, their ceramic-metallic hybrid properties and more importantly because of their self-healing behaviour. However, similarly to other self-healing materials, aluminium-based MAX phases tend to decompose locally as soon as Al reacts to form the protective oxide scale. Upon decomposition, the unique set of properties deteriorates rapidly.
The REALMAX project will tackle the outward diffusion of Al from MAX phase coatings in oxidising environments, by providing solutions for supplying Al to the coating from a MAX phase substrate which will act as Al-reservoir. Furthermore, the REALMAX project will engage in ground-breaking research to develop multifunctional coatings and validate the concept of “high-entropy” MAX phases. In fact, these multielement MAX phases constitute a new and exciting research line which is in the early stages of being developed.
The REALMAX project will be carried out by the experienced researcher (ER) who has gained experience on MAX phase coatings during her current postdoctoral position. The ER has aligned a team of experts in MAX phases, coatings and material processing who will collaborate to offer innovative solutions to increase phase stability in MAX phase systems while mentoring her to achieve her career plans. In fact, she will be well positioned to pursue her academic career in Europe, while simultaneously adding genuinely novel expertise approaches to the research environment and the group she will be joining. Therefore, the mutual benefit and impact of this proposal is extensive.
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- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry post-transition metals
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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(opens in new window) H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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52062 Aachen
Germany
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