Materials Science and Engineering
At Materials Science and Engineering research is conducted on metallic and ceramic materials. The research covers the whole chain Processes – Structures – Properties. The department has three units and three competence centres working closely with the industry and providing research-related infrastructure.
Research units and competence centres
News
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Expanding the field of nano- and micro mechanics21 Oct 2020
Calendar
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23AprPublic defences of doctoral thesesFriday 2021-04-23, 10:00Location: Stockholm (English)Doctoral student: Devy Kartika Ratnasari , Materialvetenskap2021-04-23T10:00:00.000+02:00 2021-04-23T10:00:00.000+02:00 Enhanced Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass for High-Quality Biofuel Production (Public defences of doctoral theses) Enhanced Catalytic Pyrolysis of Biomass for High-Quality Biofuel Production (Public defences of doctoral theses)
Societal benefits – impact
High energy X-rays reveal the resistance of steel to embrittlement
The high energy X-rays at the Swedish Material Science beamline make it possible to see what’s happening within steels, in real-time, also in environm...
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Recovered electronics reduce carbon footprint
Waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is estimated to grow to about 12 million tons by 2020 in EU, which makes it the fastest growing ...
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Sustainable refrigerators thanks to magnetic materials
Magnetic heat-pumps offer a low-energy demand and environmentally friendly alternative for the classical refrigeration industry. The process is called...
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