Research

The term Nano originates from the Greek word: ‚nanos’ meaning dwarf. Metallurgy is defined as follows:

Encyclopedia Brittanica: ‚Metallurgy concerns the chemical, physical, and atomic properties and structures of metals and the principles whereby metals are combined to form alloys.’

Webster Dictionary: ‚Metallurgy - science and technology of metals’

The Laboratory for Nanometallurgy carries out research and education in the field of metallurgy, in which at least one critical dimension is in the nanometer regime and significantly influences the behavior of materials. These dimensions can be external, where typical applications can be found in microelectronics and micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS) or reflect some important internal length scale like the grain size or the precipitate spacing in alloys. The following research topics are in the focus of this laboratory:

• Mechanical properties of metallic nano- and microcomponents

• Novel nanomechanical testing methods

• Synchrotron based micro- and nanodiffraction

• Nanostructured materials and systems

• Nano- and microalloying effects