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Welcome to the Laboratory for Nanometallurgy!

The focus of our research is size effects in materials, which means how materials properties change as a function of the external length scale. The aim is the identification of the size that optimizes a specific materials property, such as yield or fracture strength, toughness, and recently also electronic properties such as color, carrier mobility and band gap engineering.

Our traditional competences originate from mechanical properties and alloy development, but in the past couple of years we have extended our knowledge into functional properties and all materials classes.

Recently, we also have been targeting materials creation from the bottom-up with the aim of synthesizing complex 3D gradient structures on the micrometer and nanometer length scale that benefit from the identified optimal length scale.

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30.10.2023 15:00

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Pushing strain measurements beyond limits! We use digital image correlation of in-situ SEM experiments to study the elastic strain limits of crystalline silicon in the micro-scale. This method even allows to see the anisotropy in shear modulus. 👇 sciencedirect.com/scie... 

17.10.2023 14:30

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New Paper: Alloying 3D Nanostructures 📰🚨 By using mixed metal salt solutions, our EHD 3D printer proved capable of producing binary and ternary alloys. Composition? Solely solution-dependent, offering exceptional versatility! 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.matd... @ETH_Materials @ETH_en 

09.10.2023 11:25

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Jelena's graphical abstract of her 📰 "Strong Coupling in Two-Phase Metamaterials Fabricated by Sequential Self-Assembly" made it into the back cover of Advanced Optical Materials. Very beautiful and informative, @Jelena_Wohlwend ! @AdvSciNews @ETH_Materials #MetallurgyMonday 

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