Hierarchically structured materials for sustainability
CIC nanoGUNE Seminars
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Heiner Friedrich, Eindhoven University of Technology, Neetherlands
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2022/05/04
13:00 - Place
- nanoGUNE seminar room, Tolosa Hiribidea 76, Donostia - San Sebastian
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**Hierarchically structured materials for sustainability**
Heiner Friedrich
Eindhoven University of Technology, Neetherlands
Advanced functional materials are at the core of chemistry and engineering
research to address societal challenges related to health, energy, and
sustainability. One common feature of current advanced materials is that they
are structured not only on one, but over multiple length scales. This is on
account that functional properties (mechanical, mass and energy transport,
catalytic, optical, and others) can be optimized for specific applications by
tuning the materials multiscale composition and morphology. While in the past
the focus was mainly on the functionality of materials, future solutions need
to be sustainable, e.g., by using resources that are abundant, biocompatible
and/or renewable such as carbon- and silica-based building blocks. To realize
materials with optimized and/or new functionalities that are made from
sustainable building blocks, being able to rationally organize building blocks
over multiple length scales within a well-defined structural hierarchy will be
of utmost importance. In this lecture I will discuss, from a colloidal
perspective, our research into hierarchical structuring of materials. In
addition, I will highlight the importance of quantitative (in-situ & 3D)
microscopy to gain fundamental insights into process dynamics, materials
morphology and functional properties.
**Host:** J. M. Pitarke