DESCRIPTION OF THE EQUIPMENTFEG S/TEM (Talos F200X, FEI) equipped with a chemical analysis system via energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), a digital CMOS camera able to acquire images with a maximum resolution of 4×4 k, a tomography system to perform computed tomography in TEM, STEM and EDS
As a result of a high degree of internal collaboration, each research group at the IMDEA Materials Institute participates in several of our research programmes. Driven by the talent of the researchers, the research programmes combine cutting-edge fundamental oriented research in topics at the
Dr. Rubén Costa has been awarded one of the 2018 Leonardo Grants to Researchers and Cultural Creators by the BBVA Foundation. Leonardo Grants are intended to directly support personnal projects of researchers and cultural creators in intermediate stages of their professional careers, between 30 and
Design, processing, characterisation and simulation of advanced materialsCompetitiveness through advanced knowledgeNovel materials for future
Jingya Wang, Research Assistant at IMDEA Materials Institute, received the award to the best poster entitled “Computational Study of Atomic Mobility in HCP Mg-Al-Zn Ternary Alloys and Anisotropic diffusion in hcp Mg-Al alloys” at the International CALPHAD Conference. This Conference was first held
Clean Sky Joint Undertaking 2 This project will develop revolutionary lightweight electrical energy storing composite materials for future electric and hybridelectric aircraft. Building on previous research in novel lightweight supercapacitor composites, structural battery and structural energy
Source(s): IMDEA Materials, Arcelor Mittal Within the framework of the coordinated project ACERCOM, coordinated by Arcelor Mittal, IMDEA Materials Institute will mainly carry out the modeling, fabrication and characterization of fiber metal laminates for application in marine wind energy. See the
IMDEA Materials Institute recently joined EURAXESS Service Network so as to provide assistance to incoming and out-going researchers. Learn more about EURAXESS
Dr. Roberto Guzman de Villoria, head researcher of the Nano-Architectures and Materials Design group of IMDEA Materials Institute, has been awarded with the prestigious Marie Curie Action (CIG) to carry out a four year research project on Nano-Engineered Fiber-Reinforced Polymers (NFRP). See NFRP
Predoctoral Researcher: Multi-functional Graphene Thermoplastic Composite Materials. Contact: yunfu.ou@imdea.org
NANOLAM project is part of a collaborative research effort between IMDEA Materials and Arizona State University in order to study the high temperature nanoindentation and micropillar compression behavior of Al/SiC nanolaminates. Check the whole description of the NANOLAM project
J. J. Vilatela, D. Eder. Nanocarbon Composites and Hybrids in Sustainability: A Review. ChemSusChem, 5, 456-478, 2012. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201100536
Research Assistant: Recycling Composite Materials. Contact: andrea.fernandez@imdea.org
Proyect Manager. PhD: University of Vigo, Spain. Contact: eduardo.troche@imdea.org
DYNACOM is an European Industrial Doctorate (EID) programme focused on the design of the next generation of structural composite materials for high strain rate applications. Two of the major milestones of this EID are: (1) to offer 2 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) a multidisciplinary and
This project concerns the development of technologies for local hybridization in cases where it is necessary (e.g. hybridization during tow spreading). New techniques will be used as the tow spreading, hybrid unidirectional tapes or laminates combining layers of different thickness (thin and
EMULATE project proposes a multidisciplinary approach to enhance the comprehension of metal machining. For that, the following three topics will be analyzed in order to improve this technology: 1) the development of accurate material models that incorporate the mechanisms of plasticity at the
The goal of the EXTECP project, funded by the China Scholarship Council, is the development of coupled thermomechanical crystal plasticity models to simulate problems under extreme conditions: very large strain rates and high temperatures. See the whole description of the EXTRECP project.
Dr. Juan José Vilatela, leader of the research program on "Nanomaterials for Multifunctional Applications" at IMDEA Materials, leads this prestigious ERC Starting Grant from the European Union. Dr. Vilatela and his research group will develop new multifunctional structural composite materials that
The objective of this investigation, with a focus on the Co-base high temperature alloys and funded by the China Scholarship Council, aims at developing a robust high throughput diffusion couple technique. The new technique will enable fast mapping of such information as phase
Report on IMDEA Materials Institute's activities throughout year 2015 is available for download. Download IMDEA Materials Institute annual report 2015
FUTURALVE is a national R&D collaborative program carried out by a consortium of companies and led by ITP. The goal of the project is to create new materials and advanced fabrication technologies for the new generation of high speed turbines. Check FUTURALVE project description Check related
The defense of the PhD thesis of Guanglong Xu entitled "Coupled Nonlinear Ginzburg-Landau and Mechanics Model for Martensitic Transformations in Polycrystals" will take place on Friday, February 26th at 12 noon at the E. T. S. de Ingenieros
Organized by IMDEA Materials Institute and the Carlos III University of Madrid, was held in Leganés, on the campus of the University, between 14 and 18 December, the Congress in Advanced Materials and Processing Technologies AMPT2015. The congress was attended by 450 people from over 50 countries
Whithin the framework of the coordinated project COMETAD, a new numerical tool for fire retardants will be developed. IMDEA Materials Institute main contribution in the project will to validate the numerical tool by performing a set of tailored lab-scale fire tests. See COMETAD project description.
Whithin the framework of the coordinated project NEOADFOAM, IMDEA Materials Institute will mainly select fire retardant additives capable of improving at the same time the thermal insulation, mechanical and fire resistance properties of expanded polystyrene and rigid polyurethane foams. See
Report on IMDEA Materials Institute's activities throughout year 2014 is available for download. Download IMDEA Materials Institute annual report 2014
Whithin the framework of the coordinated project Ferro-GENESYS, IMDEA Materials Institute will model irradiation damage and nanoscale mechanical charaterisation in ODS FeCrAl and FeAl(Cr/Zr) heat resistant alloys. Ferro-GENESYS prokect is led by Dr. Ignacio martín-Bragado, head of the
The paper entitled "Understanding the contribution of the microstructure in the fracture behaviour of sintered steels" by Prof. José M. Torralba, Deputy Director at IMDEA Materials Institute, has been awarded EPMA Keynote Paper at Euro PM2014 Conference. Euro PM2014
Size effect in LiF plasticity: new insights into the lattice resistance contribution - 16 Jun 2014
Report on IMDEA Materials Institute's activities throughout year 2013 is available for download. Download IMDEA Materials Institute annual report 2013
DYNACOMP has been selected by the Spanish National Contact Points (NCP) for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) to be showcased as a success story in an info day related to call 2017 of MSCA Innovative Training Networks (ITNs). This event will be celebrated next November
Research Interests Prof. Torralba’s main scientific-technical field of interest is Powder Metallurgy (PM), specially powder development and characterization and advanced consolidation methods (field assisted sintering, metal injection moulding, additive manufacturing…). He has
Research Interests Dr. Tüysüz’s research focuses on designing and developing functional halide perovskite structures for solar energy conversion, as well as tailoring nanoscale materials for catalytic transformations such as water electrolysis for green hydrogen generation,
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