Open space between aperiodic order and physico-chemistry properties of materials (IRN Aperiodic)

Aperiodic order is encountered in vast variety of compounds and/or research fields such as simple chemical elements under pressure, mineralogy, magnetic order, multiferroics, high Tc superconductors, strongly correlated electronic systems, intermetallic compounds, organic compounds, soft condensed matter etc… Whereas some effort has been made for joint collaborations, it is fair to say that those communities are developing their studies in parallel, and the question of the influence or role of aperiodic order on the stability or the physics and chemistry of these compounds remains largely unexplored.

The purpose of the IRN Aperiodic is to foster collaborations between the aperiodic crystal community and the one working on chemical and physical properties of materials.

Partners: France – Germany – Japan

Push-Pull alloys and Complex Compounds: from bulk properties to surface functions (IRP PACS2)

New boundaries are expected at the nanoscale in materials chemistry, physics, metallurgy and more specifically in the field of complex intermetallic compounds and push-pull alloys. By push-pull alloys, we understand here A-B-C ternary alloys where A-B and A-C binary systems lead to well-defined compounds due to attractive interactions (pull) between the elemental constituents while B and C elements are non miscible and present a repulsive interaction (push).

Started in 2015 between the CNRS-Université de Lorraine in Nancy and the Jožef Štefan Institute in Ljubljana, it is organized in three work packages:
WP1 – Metallurgy
WP2 – Crystal structures
WP3 – Physical properties

Partners: CNRS – Univ. Lorraine (Nancy, France) and Jožef Štefan Institute (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

European C-MetAC Network

The European Integrated Center provides a world leading cutting edge knowledge in material science and material science simulation of complex systems.
The central objective is to promote collaborative research in the field of metallic alloys and compounds at a European level, encompassing both basic science and applications. The delivery of higher education in the field of metallic alloys at an international level, is also a priority, in particular through the organization of a dedicated Euroschool. Improvement of equality and diversity in materials science, as well as committing to equal status and opportunities for all scientists in the Network, is a important point too.

Partners: 12 European Countries, 25 European Labs, 200 Researchers