Kickoff of the European project LIMEDU, coordinated by IMDEA Materials Institute

February 8, 2013

On June 27^th, the kickoff meeting of the European project LIMEDU was held at Celestynow (Poland). The main objective of the project is to develop novel processing routes of high strength ultra-fine grained and nanostructured light metals with increased ductility based on hydrostatic extrusion. The consortium is lead by IMDEA Materials Institute and includes the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Carlos III University of Madrid.

February 8, 2013

Researchers at IMDEA Materials Institute are investigating the in-situ deformation of metallic materials using a tensile testing micromachine coupled to a scanning electron microscope.

February 8, 2013

IMDEA Materials Institute participates in the EU-funded NEWQP project, which aims at developing new advanced high strength steel grades by means of the “Quenching and Partitioning” (Q&P). The outcomes of the project will provide significant progress in the automotive strategic industrial sector.

February 8, 2013

 One of the figures of the scientific work “Quantification of hardening in Fe-Mn master alloys prepared by a mechanical alloying process via nano-indentation experiments”, carried out jointly by the Powder Technology group of UC3M and IMDEA Materials Institute was selected as the cover of the July issue of the prestigious scientific journal “Journal of Materials Research” of the Materials Research Society (MRS).

February 8, 2013

The researchers from IMDEA Materials Institute will have an active and important role in EUROMAT 2011 (European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes) to be held between 12th and15th September 2011 in Montpellier, France. In addition to organizing 2 symposium and coordinating1 scientific topic, the researchers of the Institute will give 9 oral presentations, including 1 keynote lecture.

February 8, 2013

Dr. Ignacio Martin-Bragado, head researcher of the Atomistic Materials Modeling group of IMDEA Materials Institute, has been awarded with a prestigious Marie Curie Action (CIG) to carry out a four year research project on multi atomistic Monte Carlo simulation for microelectronics and nuclear fusion applications.

February 8, 2013

The poster presented at EUROMAT 2011 (Montpellier, 12-15 September) by Julian García, Research Assistant of the Computational Mechanics of Materials group of IMDEA Materials, has been awarded with the first prize for the best student poster granted by the Biointerphases editorial.

February 8, 2013

IMDEA Material Institute and AIRBUS Operations have signed a new R&D contract to develop new processing routes for manufacturing not fully cured RTM parts.

February 8, 2013

A world leading company in the marine sector entrusts to IMDEA Materials Institute the development of new nanocomposite solutions based on carbon nanotubes to optimize their high performance cables products. This applied research project is supported by the Spanish Centre for Technological Industrial Development (CDTI).

February 8, 2013

The group of Multifunctiional Nanocomposites of IMDEA Materials has started the research project DECOMP. The main idea of the project is to combine polymer matrices (thermoplastics, thermosets and elastomers) and nano-reinforced fillers (layered silicates/clay/carbon nanotubes) to produce innovative green nanocomposites with enhanced mechanical, thermal, gas barrier properties and good flame retardancy.

See DECOMP project description