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

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

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

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