Inter-American Collaboration on Negative Thermal Expansion Materials - CIAM

由美洲材料研究合作计划支持的拟议研究利用了四个实验室在材料研究方面的协同优势，即：材料热特性方面的专业知识（加拿大达尔豪斯大学化学系Mary Anne White）；在负热膨胀材料的合成和表征方面的专门知识（Bojan Marinkovic， Ciência材料和冶金系，Pontifícia巴西里约热内卢大学Católica do里约热内卢）；使用同步加速器进行衍射研究的专门知识（Fábio Ferreira Furlan, Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron，巴西）；微观结构稳定性方面的专业知识（Fernando Rizzo Assunção， Ciência材料与冶金系，Pontifícia universsidade Católica do里约热内卢de Janeiro，巴西）。总之，这个团队将能够显著推进对无机氧化物材料的热性能（热膨胀、导热性和热稳定性）的理解。这些研究将在热应力降低、高效热电材料等领域产生深远的影响。

The proposed research to be supported by the Inter-American Collaboration in Materials Research program capitalizes on synergistic strengths in materials research in four laboratories, namely: expertise in thermal properties of materials (Mary Anne White, Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Canada); expertise in synthesis and characterization of negative thermal expansion materials (Bojan Marinkovic, Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais e Metalurgia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); expertise in use of synchrotrons for diffraction studies (Fábio Ferreira Furlan, Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron, Brazil); expertise in microstructural stability (Fernando Rizzo Assunção, Departamento de Ciência dos Materiais e Metalurgia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). Together, this team will be able to significantly advance understanding of thermal properties (thermal expansion, thermal conductivity and thermal stability) of inorganic oxide materials. These studies will have far-reaching implications in areas such as thermal stress reduction, and higher-efficiency thermoelectric materials.