Energy Materials

Batteries and supercapacitors, fuel/solar cells

Electrolyzers, solar fuels and thermosolar power, catalysis

Hydrogen production and storage, water splitting

Hydrocarbon conversion and storage

Electronic conductors, thermoelectric materials

Ceramics for nuclear plants and for concentrated solar plants

Alternative energy vectors Computational science, etc…
Environmentally Friendly Materials

Refractories Ecomaterials

Geomaterials

Hydraulic binders

Construction materials

Thermal barriers, super-insulation

Wear resistant materials

etc…  
Materials for ICT

Electroceramics, linear and nonlinear dielectrics

Optical materials, electro-optic materials

Magnetic oxide materials, magnetoelectric materials

Phase change and phase transition materials

Microwave dielectrics, microelectromechanical systems

Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic materials

etc…
BioMaterials

Functional biomaterials

Calcium phosphates

Bioglasses, composites/hybrids

Biocompatibility, scaffolds

Drug delivery carriers, tissue engineering

Biomimetics, cell-material interactions

Nano/micro-biotechnology, bio-imaging

Bio-electromagnetism

etc…
Ceramics Synthesis and Processing

Chemical methods (Sol-Gel, PDC, precipitation, hydro-/solvothermal, …)

Shaping processes, 3D printing

Sintering methods, (nano)powders

Porous structures

Xerogels, aerogels, fibers Interfaces, coatings, films, 3D structures, dense materials

etc…
Modelling and AI for Materials Science

AI-empowered experimental materials characterization

Building materials/properties databases and AI tools

AI-empowered materials modeling beyond conventional time and length-scales

Advancing our understanding of physico-chemical properties of complex materials through AI

AI for materials design & discovery, AI-assisted high-throughput materials design, etc …
In Situ Characterization

Development of new methodologies (e.g. hardware for in situ testing and software tools) for material characterization and analysis

Artificial intelligence methods, spectroscopic/microscopic studies and implementation in electrochemical energy storage devices

3D characterization of materials (X-ray tomography, SEM, TEM, …)

In situ characterization across multiple length scales

etc…