Conveners
Advanced Materials I - Sponsored by AXAA
- Charlotte Conn (RMIT)
Prof.
Christopher Hutchinson
(Monash University)
20/11/2014, 11:00
Advanced Materials
Oral
Steels are used extensively in the manufacture of automobiles. They may not sound like advanced materials to those not involved in their development – after all they have been available for centuries. However, if we consider a typical modern automobile, none of the steels found in the structure existed 10 years ago. These are engineering alloys that are being intensively developed and...
Mr
Zhifeng Yi
(Institute for Frontier Materials)
20/11/2014, 11:30
Advanced Materials
Oral
The general explanation of how MSNs grow is that the silica monomers hydrolysed from silica precursor adsorbed onto surfactant micelles and condensed into silica to form particles. However, the detailed growth mechanism of MSNs still remains unknown especially for the MSNs with small particle size. Herein, time-resolved SAXS with a synchrotron source was employed to investigate the growth of...
Dr
Brian Abbey
(La Trobe University)
20/11/2014, 11:50
Advanced Materials
Oral
With the recent availability of X-ray Free Electron Lasers (XFELs) and the prospect of Diffraction Limited Storage Rings (DLSRs) just around the corner, the number of major new scientific breakthroughs in the area of coherent X-rays science is likely to rise sharply over the next few years. The past twelve months has already seen significant progress in the field including 3D imaging of...
Dr
Mark Styles
(CSIRO Manufacturing Flagship)
20/11/2014, 12:10
Advanced Materials
Oral
Metallic glasses have attracted substantial attention in recent years due to their favourable combinations of high strength and corrosion resistance relative to conventional crystalline alloys. These properties make glassy metals appealing for applications such as surgical tools, electronics and sporting goods. However, glassy metals are metastable and crystallisation occurs when they are...
