The European Ceramic Society

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Spain

Phase equilibrium diagrams

Director : Prof M Pilar Pena

Email : ppena@icv.csic.es

Phone : +34 91 735 58 40

Address : Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio, c/ Kelsen 5, 28049, Madrid

Website : http://personal.icv.csic.es/grupoDEF/web_grupoDEF/group.html

Research topics :

  • Theoretical and experimental studies of phase equilibrium diagrams of ceramic interest.
    Contact name: Dr. Angel Caballero & Dr. Antonio H. de Aza
    acaballero@icv.csic.es, aaza@icv.csic.es
    Tel: +34-917355840
  • High temperature reactions and physicochemical behavior of ceramics. Corrosion.
    Contact name: Dr. Antonio H. de Aza & Dr. Angel Caballero
    aaza@icv.csic.es, acaballero@icv.csic.es
    Tel: +34-917355840
  • Synthesis of powders and membranes development.
    Contact name: Dr. M Angel Rodriguez
    mar@icv.csic.es
    - Tel: +34-917355840
  • Microstructural analysis and 3D processing.
    Contact name: Dr. M Antonia Sainz
    masainz@icv.csic.es
    - Tel: +34-917355840
  • Thermomechanical behaviour of ceramics.
    Contact name: Dr. Carmen Baudín
    cbaudin@icv.csic.es
    Tel: +34-917355840

Exceptional facilities :

  • Full equipment for ceramic processing and characterization: http://www.icv.csic.es/en/node/110 
  • CALPHAD and FactSage programs.
  • Room and high temperature mechanical characterization of ceramics, bulk (strength, toughness, elastic properties) and local (micro and nanoindentation), tribology.
  • Combustion Synthesis facilities (High pressure SHSreactor).

Financial support programmes :

European funding:
Cost MP1301: “New Generation Biomimetic and Customized Implants for Bone
Engineering” NEWGEN
ERASMUS “European Ceramic Materials” EUCERMAT


Iberoamerican funding:
Bilateral programmes Brazil – Spain: “New Ceramics and Composites for Biomedical
Aplications”. Brasilian Goberment, “Ciência sem Fronteiras” program 401220/2014-1.
“Refractory concretes”, HOREF CYTED network


National funding:
“Multifunctional biomaterials for bone regeneration”
MAT2013-48426-C2-1-R


Regional funding: not presently


Industrial funding:
3 large on-going projects on material development.
Consultancy.

Any other relevant information :

Short description of the activities: application of the phase equilibrium diagrams to the synthesis, development and study of the behavior of ceramics. Phase equilibrium diagrams are applied to designing microstructures focusing properties, in particular specific physicochemical –hightemperature reactions and corrosion- and thermo-mechanical behaviours.
Materials:
Advanced structural oxide ceramics: single phase, ceramic matrix composites and layered.
Refractory bricks and monolithic refractories. Corrosion.
Biomaterials for bone substitution: alumina, alumina-zirconia, zirconia.
Biomaterials for bone regeneration: calcium phosphates, wollastonite, diopside, alkali-free bioactive glasses.
Bulk ceramics, porous ceramics and coatings.

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