Symposium BBB: Size-Dependent and Coupled Properties of Materials

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Size-Dependent and Coupled Properties of Materials

Materials in next-generation applications will not only serve as miniaturized structural components, but also will have to fulfill functional requirements. Therefore, on top of state-of-the-art miniaturized mechanical characterization, there is an emerging need for advanced and/or coupled probing of functional properties. Possible topics include, for example, the size-dependence of characteristics such as electronic transport properties, magnetic properties, phase transformations, strength and ductility, and their coupled response to an externally applied stimulus.

This symposium will advance from small-scale mechanical testing to emerging multiproperties testing techniques, as well as recent advances in coupled modeling approaches.

Session topics will include (but will not be limited to):

  • Strain engineering to modify transport phenomena
  • Creating high-strength/high-ductility materials by microstructural design
  • Magnetomechanical coupling in miniaturized samples
  • Advanced interfaces for damage-tolerant materials
  • Advances in ex-situ and in-situ small-scale characterization techniques
  • Computational approaches for multiproperty design
  • Size effects in phase transformations

Invited Speakers Include:

Brad Boyce (Sandia National Labs), Michael Demkowicz (Massachusetts Inst. of Technology), Karsten Durst (Univ. Erlangen, Germany), Julia Greer (California Inst. of Technology), Sergei Kalinin (Oak Ridge National Lab), Nathan Mara (Los Alamos National Lab), Frank Mücklich (Saarland Univ., Germany), Peter Müllner (Boise State Univ.), Taher Saif (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Zhiwei Shan (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ., China), Ralph Spolenak (ETH Zürich, Switzerland), Helena Van Swygenhoven-Moens (Paul Scherrer Inst., Switzerland), Cynthia Volkert (Univ. of Göttingen, Germany).

Symposium Organizers

Blythe G. Clark
Sandia National Laboratories
MS 1423, P. O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185
Tel 505-844-7339, Fax 505-844-4045, blyclar@sandia.gov

Daniel Kiener
University of Leoben
Dept. of Materials Physics
Jahnstr. 12, A-8700 Leoben, Austria
Tel 43-3842-804-412, Fax 43-3842-804-116
daniel.kiener@unileoben.ac.at

George Pharr
University of Tennessee
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
425 Dougherty Engineering Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996-2200
Tel 865-974-8202, pharr@utk.edu

Andreas Schneider
Leibniz Institute for New Materials
Campus D2 2, D-66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
Tel 49-681-9300-312, Fax 49-681-9300-242
andreas.schneider@inm-gmbh.de 

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