Synthesis and characterization of hierarchical, multifunctional ceramic-polymer materials systems (A06)

• Subject Area: Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials and their Microstructural Origins ; Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
• Term: from 2012 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 192346071

TP A6 aims at the development of novel hierarchical nanocomposite materials with an improved combination of mechanical properties compared to conventional composite materials. This is to be achieved by combining an inorganic and an organic component, the former providing strength, stiffness and hardness and the latter forming a thin soft interface to increase fracture toughness and damage tolerance. The two components must be arranged multi-scale, in a so-called brick and mortar morphology - ideal for crack deflection - with the first hierarchical level typically being a supercrystal of functionalized nanoparticles.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 986: Tailor-Made Multi-Scale Materials Systems - M3
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Hamburg
• Project Heads: Diletta Giuntini, Ph.D., since 7/2020; Professor Dr. Gerold A. Schneider