Tailoring Through Colloidal Processing

The Group use the Chemical-Physic of surfaces and colloids to achieve the synthesis and processing of ceramic and metallic materials, as well as composites with ceramic dispersed phases. By the control of the surface reactions of particles in a liquid there are developed forces and interactions between particles themselves and with the dispersion media. The surface additives and synthesis modifiers are studied to control the nanoparticles dispersion into the reaction media (one-pot processes). The colloidal control of the systems and the use of additives allows the rheological control to process powder suspensions as compacts or coatings, being those dense or porous, with controlled 2D and 3D shapes. The microstructural complex designs as dispersed phases as well as the multilayered or coating arrangement optimize the thermos-mechanical, biological and electrochemical response of the processed materials.