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)
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