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Supervisor:
prof. Małgorzata Anna Lewandowska
Faculty:
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
E-mail:
malgorzata.lewandowska@pw.edu.pl
Contact:
ul. Wołoska 141, 02-507 WIM PW, pok. 211
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# Research Area Dziedzina naukowa
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The objectives of the PhD project are: (1) to develop submicro- and nano-structured Cu-Mo composites with unprecedented and controllable mechanical and thermal properties as well as (2) to elaborate an in-depth understanding of the relationsship between the composite architecture, structure and properties at various length scales.  Heat removal was identified as one of the biggest challenge for high power devices due to increasing power and packaging density. Cu-Mo composites  exhibit an unique combination of high thermal and electrical conductivity and low thermal coefficient, which makes them promising heat spreaders and heat sinks materials for the future. Their thermal conductivity as well as coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) can be adjusted to the requirements ("materials on demand") by controlling the ratio of Cu-Mo, the composite microstructure, texture and interface properties. 

 

PhD projekt will be carried out within a project financed by National Science Center

Materials Engineering
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The PhD project will focus on searching microalloying elements which enables to eliminate the early precipitation stages taking place (just after water quenching but before ageing) in AlMgSi alloys at ambient temperature. The topic is of high importance for aluminium industry because such early precipitation has a detrimental effect on mechanical properties. The scope of the PhD project include the design of chemical composition of the alloy together with heat treatment procedures using ThermoCalc software, preparation of the designed alloys, study of their microstructure using electron microscopy techniques (TEM/SEM) as well as evaluation of their mechanical properties.

-PhD projekt will be carried out within a project financed by National Science Center

Materials Engineering