The European Ceramic Society

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UK

Advanced Materials Laboratory

Studies on processing, microstructures and properties of structural and functional ceramic materials

Director : Shaowei Zhang & Yanqiu Zhu

Email : s.zhang@exeter.ac.uk ; y.zhu@exeter.ac.uk

Phone : +44 01392 725276 or +44 01392 723620

Address : College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Science, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, UK

Website : : http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/engineering/staff/sz268 ; http://emps.exeter.ac.uk/engineering/staff/yz329

Research topics :

  • R & D of oxide and oxide-carbon refractory composites

Contact name : Shaowei Zhang

Tel : +44 1392 725276

Email: s.zhang@exeter.ac.uk

  • Novel synthesis of 2D ceramics and quantum dots

Contact name : Shaowei Zhang

Tel : +44 1392 725276

Email: s.zhang@exeter.ac.uk

  • Low temperature preparation of ceramic powders and coatings

Contact name : Shaowei Zhang

Tel : +44 1392 725276

Email: s.zhang@exeter.ac.uk

  • Low temperature catalytic preparation of ceramics

Contact name : Shaowei Zhang

Tel : +44 1392 725276

Email: s.zhang@exeter.ac.uk

  • Preparation and characterisation of porous ceramics

Contact name : Shaowei Zhang

Tel : +44 1392 725276

Email: s.zhang@exeter.ac.uk

  • Nanofibre reinforced ceramic-matrix nanocomposites

Contact name : Yanqiu Zhu & Shaowei Zhang

Tel : +44 1392 723620

Email: y.zhu@exeter.ac.uk; s.zhang@exeter.ac.uk

  • Fabrication and characterisation of ceramic nanofibers

Contact name : Yanqiu Zhu a& Shaowei Zhang

Tel : +44 1392 723620

Email: y.zhu@exeter.ac.uk; s.zhang@exeter.ac.uk

  • Creation and application of 3D lightweight ceramic foams

Contact name : Yanqiu Zhu

Tel : +44 1392 723620

Email: y.zhu@exeter.ac.uk

  • Design, synthesis and characterisation of novel nanostructured porous/functional materials for catalysis, and energy storage and conversion

Contact name : Yongde Xia

Tel : +44 01392 723683

Email: y.xia@exeter.ac.uk

Exceptional facilities :

  • Hot-press and high temperature furnaces
  • CVD furnaces
  • Microstructural characterisation facility: XRD, FT-IR, UV/Vis, HRSEM/TEM, EDX, Raman, Micro-CT, and AFM
  • Zeta potential analyser and BET
  • Thermal analysis facility: TGA/DSC coupled with mass spectroscopy, dilatometer and thermal conductivity instrument
  • Mechanical testing machines

Financial support programmes :

  • National fundings : EPSRC, Royal Society, NERC
  • European fundings : Horizon 2020
  • Regional fundings : KTP, The Leverhulme Trust, and industrial fundings

Latest news

20 JECS Trust grants available to attend the CERAMIC AM SUMMIT!

The Ceramic AM Summit will be organised by DKG from 30th June to 2nd July 2025 at WISTA Eventcenter in Berlin, Germany.

Apr 8, 2025
Platinum Internship Programme at CGCRI!

As a part of the platinum jubilee celebration, CSIR-CGCRI is proud to announce the ‘PLATINUM Internship Award’ to invite young undergraduates to gain from the knowledge and experience of accomplished scientists by working at CSIR-CGCRI and to inspire them to pursue S&T as a career. This is meant to be a preparatory phase for young interns to imbibe the spirit of inquiry and learn the tools and techniques of research during their stay at CSIR-CGCRI.

Apr 2, 2025

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