Materials Engineering

The team is involved in research on metallic materials, particularly on iron, nickel, titanium, aluminum, and zinc alloys. The team has many years of experience in basic research, design of materials and technologies, and expertise in ​​material selection, manufacturing process parameters, and failure analysis. The basis for the conducted analyses is a thorough knowledge of the material and advanced techniques for analyzing microstructure and properties based on, among others, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, light microscopy, diffraction (XRD), and testing of mechanical and physicochemical properties of materials. The whole is complemented by wide possibilities of preparing samples for research, starting from mechanical polishing techniques and ending with advanced FIB selective ion etching techniques. The group also develops research techniques based on electron scattering diffraction (EBSD and TKD) and stress measurement methods.