The European Ceramic Society

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Poland

AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow

Research on advanced structural and functional ceramics and composites

Director :

Phone : +48 12 617 3572

Address : AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Material Science and Ceramic Department of Ceramic and Refractory Materials 2 Akademicka St., Building B8, 30-059 Kraków

Website : http://kcimo.pl

Research topics :

  • Research on aluminium oxynitride based materials: (i) synthesis of multi-phase oxynitride and
    nitride powders in a single-stage SHS process, (ii) consolidation of aluminium oxynitride SHSderived powders using hydrolysis-assisted solidification, (iii) pressureless, HP and SPS sintering of
    aluminium oxynitride SHS-derived powders;
  • Study on electric properties and mechanoluminescence effects of rare earth doped perowskites in
    the (Ba, Ca)(Zr, Ti)O3 system;
  • Transparent zirconia materials prepared from nanpowders;
  • Study on application of boron carbide powders for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT): (i)
    synthesis of boron-rich boron carbide nanopowders, (ii) functionalization of surface of boron
    carbide nanoparticles, (iii) research on biological response of boron carbide nano-particles;
  • Research on shaping the phase composition and microstructure of composites in the aluminazirconia system obtained in by sintering of zirconia solid-solution powders with different chemical
    compositions;

  • Development of High Entropy Ceramics fabrication and properties determination
  • Study on synergy effects in CMC composites
  • Development of ceramifiable composites with polymeric matrices
    Contact information:
    Contact name: professor Prof. DSc. Eng. Zbigniew PĘDZICH
    Tel: +48 12 6172397
    Email: pedzich@agh.edu.pl
  • Study on the preparation and properties of the garnet materials containing rare earth elements.
    Research on reaction sintering using an effect of heterogeneous nucleation and application of
    powders with specific morphology including core-shell nanopowders.
    Contact information:
    Contact name: Dr Eng. Radosław LACH
    Tel: +48 12 6172464
    Email: Radoslaw.Lach@agh.edu.pl

Exceptional facilities :

  • Reactors for powder synthesis;
  • High-temperature autoclave;
  • DSC-DTA-TG/QMS thermal analysis;
  • SEM-EDS Electron Scanning Microscope;
  • XRD diffractometer Empyrean;
  • Porosimeters ;
  • Cold Isostatic Press equipment;
  • Hot Press;
  • Hot Isostatic Press;
  • High Temperature Kilns (up to 2400°C).

Financial support programmes :

  • National funds: the National Centre for Research and Development, the National Science Centre.

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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