The European Ceramic Society

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Hungary

Thin Film Physics Laboratory - Institute for Technical Physics and Materials Science - Centre for Energy Research

Ceramic/graphene, ceramic/ carbon nanotube and bioceramic development

Director : Dr. Katalin Balázsi

Email : balazsi.katalin@energia.mta.hu

Phone : +36 1 392 2249

Address : Konkoly-Thege M. str 29-33, 1121 Budapest, Hungary

Website : www.thinfilms.hu, www.energia.mta.hu, www.mfa.kfki.hu

Director : Prof. Csaba Balázsi

Email : balazsi.katalin@energia.mta.hu

Research topics :

Basic and applied research. Analysis, analytical services, experimental.
Assistance and consulting. ISO Standardisation.
Topics: graphene and carbon nanotube reinforced silicon nitride composites, SiC and ZrO2 based
ceramics, powder, coating and sintered form of hydroxyapatite and bioceramics

Exceptional facilities :

  • Spark plasma sintering (SPS-3T-3-MIN), hot isostatic pressing (ABRA)
  • Attrition milling (Union Process laboratory and industrial)
  • Structural characterization (TEM, HREM, AFM, SEM, XRD, AES, XPS)
  • Mechanical (Instron) and tribological characterization (CSM)

Financial support programmes :

  • European funding: EU FP7, H2020
  • Regional fundings: M.ERANET, FLAG.ERA
  • National fundings : NKFIH, bilateral projects

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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