ROMNET-ERA
ROManian Inventory and NETworking for Integration in ERA-
Contract No. 510475, financed by European Commission (2004-2006)

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Flash News No. 6, April 6, 2005
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NMP-2004-3.4.2.1-1 - Interfacial phenomena in materials

Interfacial phenomena are essential to understand the properties of multifunctional materials. They are also highly relevant during their processing and in their evolution under service conditions, and can be determinant for their final industrial applications. The structure of interfaces, their reactivity, diffusion phenomena, and the stability of interfaces in dissimilar materials, such as hybrid and composite materials, need to be better understood. The activities should address a drastic extension of knowledge on the interfaces in multifunctional materials, and in particular in nanostructured materials.
The expected STREPs should exclusively address the multidisciplinary study of interfacial phenomena that can lead to new and better multifunctional materials. Experimental, modelling and theoretical approaches should be combined synergistically. Purely surface-related phenomena are excluded.