Covered topics

Experimental methods and modeling approaches to characterize interfacial mechanisms

• High-resolution experimental methods at the nano and micro scales (DIC methods, in situ TEM, X-ray diffraction, nanoindentation, atomic force microscopy, atome probe microscopy…)
• Mechanical testing methods for interfaces (micro and nano-pillar tests, thin film peeling tests, ..)
• Advanced continuum models: non-local models, gradient plasticity and damage for interfaces, phase field models
• Algorithms and numerical methods dedicated to multiscale models for mechanics of interfaces (FE, FFT, ..)
• Data science for interfaces and AI-based methods and algorithms for interfaces
• Comparisons between simulations and experimental observations

Grain boundary mechanics

• Discrete (atomistic, DDD) simulations of grain boundary defects and interactions, slip transfer at grain boundary, intrinsic grain boundary properties, grain boundary motion, grain boundary sliding
• Advanced continuum models: higher order continuum models, phase field models, continuum simulations accounting for dislocation/grain boundary interactions, field dislocation/disclination mechanics, solute trapping at grain boundaries
• Grain boundary networks, multiscale modelling (discrete to continuum-based models)
• Enriched polycrystallline plasticity with grain boundary mechanics
• Machine-learning methods for grain boundary mechanics

Interfaces of heterogenous materials

• Micromechanics of interfaces in composite materials, imperfect interfaces
• Modelling of interfaces in microelectronic devices, multilayered systems, reliability issues
• Curved and structured interface for mechanical performance
• Mechanical description of interfaces in controlled or mixed modes

Interfacial multiphysical couplings

• Hydrogen storage at interfaces
• Multiphysical couplings in interfaces for in-service and environmental applications
• Role of interfaces in diffusion mechanisms
• Role of interfaces in battery for emobility