Taking the stress out of nanomaterials design

EU-funded project ISTRESS has developed a new method for reducing the residual stress, intrinsic to nano-structured materials that should allow industry to improve reliability and strength of manufactured nanomaterials.

All materials contain residual stresses - intrinsic stresses that remain within a material, usually arising from the way they have been manufactured. ‘Component performance can be remarkably improved if residual stresses are properly controlled and assessed and that is what ISTRESS has investigated’ says Marco Sebastiani, a Materials Scientist from Roma Tre University Italy and ISTRESS project coordinator. The three year EU-funded project, completed in 2016, has developed methods to analyse and modify these stresses at the nano-scale.

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