@MetalPhysics Entries

In @MaterialsToday, we unravel the origin of the Invar effect in Fe-based bulk metallic glasses: it occurs universally and is solely controlled by the magnetic interactions within the disordered Fe network. See http://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtnano.2023.100394; @ETH_Materials
, @ETH_en
, @esrfsynchrotron

With the end of the summer approaching, it is our great pleasure to list the various honors and awards that members of our @MetalPhysics
Laboratory @ETH_Materials
@ETH_en
have recently received.
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Heartiest congratulations go to Tatiana Akhmetshina for being awarded a Poster Prize (first place) at the 15th Biometal Conference on August 21-27 in Cetraro, Italy! See details at http://biodegradablemetals.org; @ETH_Materials
, @ETH_en

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Tatiana also presented her poster in a short oral talk at the 15th Biometal conference, and impressed the committee so much that she was additionally bestowed with an Oral Presentation Award. Our heartiest congratulations! @ETH_Materials
, @ETH_en
, http://biodegradablemetals.org
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Indranil Basu attended the Joint RQ17 & ISMANAM 27 conference in Warsaw (60 years of metallic glasses, Aug. 20-25), and received the ISMANAM Early-Career Award. Our heartiest congratulations for this special achievement! http://rq2023.pl; @ETH_Materials
, @ETH_en

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Two of our publications have been highlighted in the Bulk Metallic Glass section of a themed @NatureComms
collection that showcases recent work in metallic materials; see http://nature.com/collections/gxfyskqtkm. The articles can be found at http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28650-9 and http://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07930-3.

Our heartiest congratulations go to @JoergLoeffler
, who received the International Magnesium Science & Technology Award (Person of the Year) of the Journal of Mg and Alloys @JMA_IMS
and the Intl. Mg Society, http://imsmg.org! @KeAiPublishing
, @ETH_Materials
, @ETH_en

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And final congratulations go to Tatiana Akhmetshina for being awarded a MaP Poster Prize at the Materials and Processes (MaP) Graduate Symposium 2023, for her work entitled “Magnesium Corrosion & Lessons from High-Resolution 3D Data”. @ETH_Materials
, http://doctoral-school.ethz.ch/events/grad-symp.html
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Studying Pd-, Pt-, and Ti-based bulk metallic gasses, we illustrate in http://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202302069 their superior biological response, including blood biocompatibility, enhanced osteogenesis, and antimicrobial activity; @AdvSciNews
, @ETH_Materials
, @ETH_en
, @Empa_CH
, @BiointerfacesCH

In a recent @Materials_mdpi
review article, we present the challenges and research needs to understand body-fluid-assisted stress corrosion cracking and corrosion fatigue in bioresorbable zinc alloys. Details at http://doi.org/10.3390/ma16144984; @MonashUni
, @RMIT
, @ETH_Materials
, @ETH_en

Via a long-term in-vivo study, we demonstrate in a recent @BiomaterialsAdv
work the suitability of magnesium-based resorbable intramedullary nails for pediatric surgery. See details in @MarekRomy
et al, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213417; @MedUniGraz
, @ETH_Materials
, @ETH_en
, @unileoben

In a recent @Acta_Materialia work, we suggest pathways to overcome the “475 °C embrittlement” in Fe-Cr alloys, which are of high importance towards the development of structural materials for future fusion reactors. See http://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119355; @ETH_Materials, @LNM_eth, @ETH_en

Congratulations to Alexander Firlus, who just graduated @MetalPhysics, @ETH_Materials, @ETH_en with his doctoral thesis on “The atomic-scale origins of the Invar effect in Fe-based bulk metallic glasses.” An impressive work in the area of disordered magnetic materials. Well done!

Celebrations afterwards in the famous pub. Congratulations again, Alexander, for your excellent doctoral thesis!

Heartiest congratulations to Andrea Rich for being awarded the Best Presentation Prize for her talk on amorphous Mg-fiber reinforced bone cement at the recent Bioceramics 2023 conference in Solothurn, Switzerland! See details at https://bioceramics33.org; @ETH_Materials, @ETH_en

Another turbulent and special year will end very soon. LMPT wishes you a happy New Year 2024, with lots of joy, good health, progress to peace, and great personal and professional achievements! @MetalPhysics, @ETH_Materials, @ETH_en

And in http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jma.2023.12.012, we improve the corrosion resistance and mechanical integrity of bioresorbable Mg implants via graphene–calcium carbonate coating, a great collaboration between @MonashUni, @CSIRO, @ChariteBerlin and @ETH_Materials; @JMA_IMS, @KeAiPublishing
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Our work in http://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112744 involves numerical modeling of metallic glass crystallization kinetics induced by additive manufacturing, which is a further great collaboration between Roland Logé’s group @EPFL_en and our metal physics laboratory @ETH_Materials, @ETH_en
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In http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2024.118344, we study the effects of laser-beam shaping on copper-steel interfaces in multi-material additive manufacturing, via an inspiring Swiss-wide collaboration between @eth_dmavt of @ETH_en, @ETH_Materials, @psich_en, and @EPFL_en
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Announcing a few recently published papers: In our @JPhysChem work, we study potential beam damage in materials by combining in situ fast calorimetry with synchrotron X-ray diffraction at http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00497; @ACSPublications, @ETH_en, @ETH_Materials, @unileoben
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Congratulations to Viktor Wessely, who just graduated @MetalPhysics, @ETH_Materials, @ETH_en with his doctoral thesis on “Advancing aluminum alloys through tailored multiphase precipitation: a mechanistic understanding at the nanoscale.” A great work on high-strength Al alloys!

In http://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202408869, we present a new method of correlative 3D ptychographic X-ray computed tomography and analytical electron microscopy to quantitatively image magnesium biodegradation and mimic related in-situ conditions. @AdvSciNews, @ETH_Materials, @ETH_en, @psich_en

Also our heartiest congratulations to Andrea Rich for winning the Geistlich Regeneration Poster Prize for her work on “In-vivo sensors to characterize magnesium and titanium implants” at this year’s MaP Graduate Symposium! @ETH_Materials, @ETH_en, https://doctoral-school.ethz.ch/events/grad-symp.html
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Celestial orange burst that “captures a frozen moment in time, where the collapse of the familiar gives rise to the unknown.” Heartiest congratulations to Štefan Stanko for winning the MaP Best Image Prize at the Materials & Processes Graduate Symposium 2024! @ETH_Materials
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Congratulations to Tatiana Akhmetshina, who just graduated @MetalPhysics, @ETH_Materials, @ETH_en with her doctoral thesis on “The design, mechanical properties and nanoscale degradation characteristics of ultra-lean bioresorbable Mg–Ca alloys.” A great milestone in biomaterials!