Innovative Materials With Laboratory 2017/2018

Amorphous alloys: production and applications of metallic glasses as mechatronicdevices. Alloys with mixed structure (nanocrystalline and amorphous). Ultrafine grained (UFG) materials: microstructural features and production routes. Nanoporous and mesoporous materials: structural characterization and properties. Their applications for energy and gas storage. Functional and Smart Materials. Property change as a response of external stimulus: shape memory alloy, thermochromic, photomechanical. Energy conversion: piezoelectric, electrostriction, thermoelectric, photoluminescent, photovoltaic.  Phase change materials . Applications: mechatronic,  energy. Functionally graded materials.

Porous materials: metal foams, Open and closed porosity (micro and macro). Classification according to size and shape of the pores. Properties (sound, energy and vibration absorption, crash behavior) and production methods. Functional and structural applications: lightweight construction, automotive. Metal sandwich structures.

Additive Manufacturing Technologies. Advanced composite materials.

Teaching method: lectures and laboratory practices. 

Laboratory practices: mechanical tests (strength, hardness and micro hardness, instrumented indentation) and observations of optical  and characterization of the materials. Preparation of aluminum foams. X-ray diffraction. Shape setting and mechanical behaviour of SMA.

Examination procedures: the exam of Innovative Materialsconsists in the oral examination at the end of the semester.