The European Ceramic Society

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France

Mines Saint-Etienne, Laboratoire Georges Friedel (LGF, UMR CNRS 5307)

Research on ceramic materials in the Material Science and Mechanical Engineering Center

Director : Guillaume Kermouche

Email : kermouche@emse.fr

Phone : +33 (0)4 77 42 00 74

Website : https://www.mines-stetienne.fr/lgf/

Research topics :

  • Fabrication processes for different applications: ceramics for biomedical applications, design/handicraft, energy, defence       

Shaping by additive manufacturing (robocasting, FDM) and conventional and microwave sintering to obtain architectured materials     

Study of technical ceramics (calcium phosphate, alumina, zirconia, nuclear ceramics) and traditional ceramics (porcelain)

Understanding the microwave/materials interactions to optimize microwave sintering: study of the influence of the material (composition, microstructure) on the heating and sintering by microwave, measurement of dielectric properties at high temperatures in a specific microwave device

 

  • Infusion of liquid phase in porous ceramics to produce composites

Follow-up of the infusion of liquid resin in macroporous ceramics and characterization of the permeability

Exceptional facilities :

  • Different microwave instrumented cavities (multimode and single-mode) working under controlled atmospheres
  • Specific microwave device dedicated to measurement of dielectric properties

Financial support programmes :

  • European fundings: EURAD
  • National fundings: ANR
  • Partnerships with companies (ANDRA, Solcera, Bony)

Any other relevant information :

Latest news

New book by Prof. Suk-Joong Kang:

Prof. Kang is one of the foremost worldwide specialists in sintering and this book, presented as a series of questions and answers concerning sintering may be useful both to students of ceramics and also to teachers looking for questions to discuss with their students.

Nov 5, 2024
YCN Newsletter 23 - Brazil Capes Thesis Award and Flash (Sinter) Crystallization of Glass by Isabela Reis Lavagnini

We are proud to announce that Isabela Reis Lavagnini has been awarded the 2024 Capes Thesis Award for her outstanding work in Materials, titled "Flash Sintering of Zirconia, Hydroxyapatite, and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Composite." 

Oct 17, 2024

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