Research Highlights

• Advanced structural materials – carbon nanotubes, high entropy alloys, bulk metallic glasses, metallic foams and nanocomposites.
• Advanced functional materials – super hydrophobic materials, smart materials, opto-electronic, thermoelectric, magnetic and magneto-electric materials.
• Reactive sintering and spark plasma sintering of in-situ composites.
• Processing and characterisation of advanced metallic thermal protection materials.
• Vapour deposited thin films and nanoparticles.
• Magnesium and aluminium based functionally graded in-situ composites.
• Development of metal foam processing methodologies.