ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023
Advanced functional devices require integration of distinct materials (polymers, ceramics, metals) with different properties to achieve high performance in aerospace, biomedicine, electronic, and automotive. A major structural challenge is associated with localized (mechanical, thermal, electrical) stresses due to property mismatch at different scales, thus causing premature malfunction and failure. Research has focussed on compositional or structural material gradients (in at least one spatial direction) to enable fabrication of “in-one” body parts (mostly inorganics) with exceptional properties. Examples at rather macroscale include AlGaAs with graded bandgap for solar cells, or Al2O3/Ti…
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