Objective
Nanophase materials are new advanced solids with complex and often unique physical and mechanical properties. They include nanoparticles, nanocrystals, nanocomposites and nanostructured thin films. In this project, theoretical and experimental research will be carried out with the aim to understand the structure, as well as the mechanisms, of deformation and fracture of nanophase materials.
The structural and mechanical properties of nanophase materials are determined by different defects: dislocations, disclinations, grain and phase boundaries, nanocracks, nanopores, etc. The behaviour of nanoscale defects is strongly modified as a result of their interactions with free surfaces (small particles, thin films), grain/phase boundaries and their junctions (nanocrystals, nanocomposites). Investigations into the role of the scale factor in the properties of nanophase materials is the central theoretical problem of the project.
The theoretical analysis will be carried out within the framework of the modern theory of defects including elasticity and plasticity as well as non-linear reaction-diffusion kinetic models. The experimental studies will include the preparation of ceramic nanoparticles, nanocrystals and nanostructured thin films. Electron microscopy, spectroscopy, x-ray analysis and mechanical testing will be used to characterise the materials under investigation.
The results obtained will be used for the development of new models describing the structure, deformation, and fracture of nanophase materials. The ultimate goal is to provide an insight into the structural and mechanical properties of a wide class of nanophase materials.
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54006 Thessaloniki
Greece
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