ADVANCED MATERIALS

In the last two decades, we have observed quite a rapid growth in different technological areas. This was not possible without the matching efforts by the materials’ research community. As a consequence, we have seen significant development in various fields of Materials’ Science and Engineering, which is also reflected by the publications appearing in the journals. Alongside developments of the conventional polymers, ceramics and alloys, new materials have also emerged due to better understanding of their properties at nano-level and also their integration. More diversified materials are now available for the uses in the equipment, devices, structures and other applications; this growth is likely to be continued.

The Advanced Materials track of IBCAST provides a forum to the professors, researchers, scientists, engineers and technologists, working in various fields of the materials, to share their latest and original research works, and also discuss new ideas.

The scope of this activity includes following areas:

• Polymers & Polymer Composite Materials
• Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
• Adhesives and Sealants
• Energetic Materials
• Electro-chemical Materials for Batteries
• Magnetic and Ferro-materials
• Photonic and Optical Materials
• Semiconductor Materials and Technology
• Peizo-ceramics & Peizo-composites
• Thin Film Coating and Surface Technology
• Materials for EMI and Microwave Shielding
• Science and Engineering of Meta-materials
• Ceramics and Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMC)
• Powder Metallurgy, Alloys and Metal Matrix Composites (MMC)
• Emergent Materials
• Modeling and Simulation of Materials