Micro Materials in-person nano-mechanical testing conferences are back! 

For a nano-mechanical testing conference entitled "Advanced techniques in nano-mechanical testing" incorporating a  session on high temperature measurements,  Micro Materials Ltd is pleased to launch a CALL FOR PAPERS and POSTERS.  This will be our first in-person event since Covid and will take place on Monday April 7th (pm) and Tuesday April 8th (full day) 2025, kindly hosted by Prof. Jason Zhang at the  Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK

  How to register:
please visit https://www.micromaterials.co.uk/upcoming-events to download the registration form.  Email the completed form to alison.schaal@micromaterials.co.uk 

Places are limited, so register NOW to secure your seat
It's free to attend.  Participants must arrange and pay for their own hotel and travel.

Confirmed speakers include:

Professor Jason Zhang, University of Birmingham (HOST)
Nanomechanical properties of hydrogels

Professor Ben Beake - Micro Materials Ltd
Improved simulation of erosion and abrasion with spatially-distributed impact and scratch tests

Professor Vicky Chen - Loughborough University
Nanoindentation for biological applications

Dr James Gibson - UK Atomic Energy Authority
Irradiation Hardening in Advanced Reduced Activation Ferritic-Martensitic Steels for Future Fusion Applications

Professor Tomasz Liskiewicz - Manchester Metropolitan University
Optimising Y₂O₃ Film Density and Etching Resistance with Thermal Annealing

Dr Samuel McMaster - Pillarhouse International / Coventry University
Nanomechanics of DLC coating systems: insights into impact, scratch and fretting performance

Dr Miguel Monclus - IMDEA, Madrid
Push-in tests on composites 
High entropy alloys - testing at 700 degrees C

Dr Tomasz Stasiak - NCBJ Warsaw
High temperature nanoindentation of various materials for nuclear applications - discoveries and difficulties faced during high temperature testing

Dr Martin Stiehler - Cranfield University
Metallic Glasses for Extreme Environments

Dr Jan Tomáštík - Palacky University, Czech Republic
Acoustic Emission as an augmentation of nanoindentation and scratch test

 We are very much looking forward to  catching up with customers old and new,  and meeting a diverse range of researchers from the materials research community, be they working in academia or in industry.  Users of instruments other than our own  NanoTest Vantage or NanoTest Xtreme may also attend.

POSTERS:   Please submit the title and brief description of your poster by email to alison.schaal@micromaterials.co.uk before 26th March.  There will be prizes for the best poster submitted in 2 categories:  by a participant aged under 25 and by a participant aged over 25.