Project

Computational modelling of strain fields in disordered nanostructured materials

Code
BOF/STA/202309/008
Duration
04 October 2023 → 03 October 2027
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Nanophysics and nanosystems
    • Soft condensed matter
    • Structural and mechanical properties
    • Phase transformations
    • Thermodynamics
  • Engineering and technology
    • Computational materials science
Keywords
strain fields structural disorder computational modelling nanostructured materials
 
Project description

Nanostructured materials are not perfect crystals. They exhibit different types of structural disorder that influence the material's behaviour, also at the macroscopic level. These structural deformations can be quantified through strain fields, which propagate over the whole material. This project aims to determine strain fields through existing and novel computational modelling techniques. This way, it will become possible to derive design rules with the aim to understand how structural disorder introduces strain fields, and how this impacts the material's macroscopic behaviour.