Programa de Doctorat Erasmus Mundus en Ciència i Enginyeria de Materials Avançats

Recent Submissions

Properties of poly(lactic acid) in presence of cellulose and chitin nanocrystals 

Singh, Shikha (Date of defense: 2020-10-09)

Plastic based materials are widely used for packaging applications. However, disposal of such petroleum-based materials e.g. polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) has become a huge threat to the environment due to its ...

Multiscale mechanical and microstrutural characterization of titanium and zirconium carbonitride hard coatings 

El Azhari, Idriss (Date of defense: 2020-07-21)

The present dissertation is an in-depth investigation from the macro to atomic scale of industrial wear-resistant CVD hard coatings deposited on cemented carbides for cutting tool applications. Micro-compression tests at ...

Mesoporous material systems for catalysis and drug delivery 

Atakan, Aylin (Date of defense: 2018-05-29)

This study evolved to its last form primarily around the development of a hybrid material is the core of the work. This hybrid material is then further explored for two different applications which are catalysis and drug ...

Hot forming behavior of ni-base superalloys and their modeling 

Ozturk, UtkuDeniz (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)

Numerical and experimental simulation of engineering materials has been an emerging topic for recent decades. Reliable and efficient numerical simulations are only possible through correct and pragmatic modeling approaches. ...

Mechanical and thermal stability of hard nitride coatings 

Chen, Yu-Hsiang (Date of defense: 2018-06-12)

Hard coating 's thermal stability is essential due to the high temperature environment of high-speed cutting applications, while the induced phase and microstructure evolution affects the mechanical properties. In this ...

Laser micro-patterning of dental zirconia: effects on microstructure and reliability 

Roitero, Erica (Date of defense: 2018-02-22)

Tetragonal polycrystalline zirconia stabilized with 3% mol of yttria (3Y-TZP) is a popular bioceramic, increasingly used for dental applications thanks to its good mechanical properties, biocompatibility and aesthetic ...

Novel functionalized and patterned surfaces for cardiovascular applications 

Schieber, Romain (Date of defense: 2017-11-10)

Nowadays, cardiovascular diseases are mainly treated by implantation of a metallic or polymeric mesh, called stent, which maintains the artery widely open. This technique shows very good clinical results, however, it exists ...

Bone regeneration by tuning the drug release from the calcium phosphate scaffolds 

Khurana, Kanupriya (Date of defense: 2017-11-10)

Bone is among the most transplanted tissues for regeneration of bone defects, caused by trauma, age-related bone loss or bone infections. Due to their similar characteristics to the mineral phase of bone, calcium phosphates ...

Multiscale materials design of hard coatings for improved fracture resistance and thermal stability 

Yalamanchili, Phani Kumar (Date of defense: 2016-11-09)

Physical vapor deposited hard coatings comprised of cubic (c) transition metal (TM)-Al-N, and (TM)-Si-N are the current work horse materials for a large number of metal cutting and wear resistant applicatíons to light ...

Time dependent flow of biolubricant and suspended particles behavior within total hip replacement 

Safari, Alaleh (Date of defense: 2017-03-31)

Total hip replacement (THR) has been one of the most successful surgeries in the 21st century. Ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene (UHMWPE) shows favorable mechanical and tribological properties when used as a bearing ...

Environment related surface phenomena and their influence on properties of Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo : oxidation at elevated temperature and corrosion during chemical treatment 

Sefer, Birhan (Date of defense: 2016-09-29)

This thesis covers investigation of the surface phenomena of Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-2Sn-4Zr-2Mo alloys related with oxidation at elevated temperature and corrosion during chemical treatment in hydrofluoric-nitric acid (HF/HNO3) ...

Deformation mechanisms of metastable stainless steels accessed locally by monotonic and cyclic nanoindentation 

Sapezanskaia, Ina (Date of defense: 2016-07-21)

Metastable austenitic stainless steels feature an abundance of different deformation mechanisms, which contribute to the distinguished mechanical properties of these alloys. However, these properties are known to depend ...

Grinding effects on surface integrity, flexural strength and contact damage resistance of coated hardmetals 

Yang, Jing, 1988- (Date of defense: 2016-05-31)

This thesis assesses the influence of substrate surface integrity on different mechanical (flexural strength and contact damage resistance under spherical indentation) and tribological (scratch resistance as well as cracking ...

Processing and properties of zirconia-CNT composites 

Melk, Latifa (Date of defense: 2016-05-20)

In the last decades there has been growing interest in developing ceramic materials with high fracture toughness (Klc) and strength for structural applications. In the specific case of 3 mol% yttria-doped tetragonal zirconia ...

High performance bio-based composites : mechanical and environmental durability 

Doroudgarian, Newsha (Date of defense: 2016-03-18)

The presented work is a part of the ongoing effort on the development of high performance bio-based composites with enhanced durability, under static and dynamic mechanical loading including the exposure to elevated humidity. ...