AlON (Oxy nitride of Aluminum) is a material with really interesting mechanical properties. Few companies has the know how to make it and the process is based on sintering: high temperature and pressure treatment of a mixture of Al2O3 and AlN powder. During this treatment a chemical reaction occurs to form AlON.
The goal of the internship is to study the influence of electric field on the process. The student will use a spark plasma sintering machine and a high temperature high pressure furnace to study and optimize the AlON formation process. To understand the physical phenomena leading to the final product, the student will have to do microstructure charaterisation using optical and electronic microscopy. During the internship the student will also have to tackle with modelisation and simulation accounting for electromigration effect.
The goal of the internship is to study the influence of electric field on the process. The student will use a spark plasma sintering machine and a high temperature high pressure furnace to study and optimize the AlON formation process. To understand the physical phenomena leading to the final product, the student will have to do microstructure charaterisation using optical and electronic microscopy. During the internship the student will also have to tackle with modelisation and simulation accounting for electromigration effect.
The student will be supervised by Dr. Sandrine Cotrino and Prof. Patrice Chantrenne.
The Practice will take place at INSA-Lyon-France in the Metals and Alloys Grooup https://mateis.insa-lyon.fr/en/content/metal
Details for the project: Prof. Patrice Chantrenne, patrice.chantrenne@insa-lyon.fr
Erasmus practice application: Link-AUTh, Erasmus Practice Coordinator for Physics: Prof. J. Arvanitidis, javran@physics.auth.gr
