Category: aerospace

Advancing microreactor materials technology: Next stop, the Moon!

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Miniaturizing nuclear reactors offers a robust solution for generating reliable and efficient electricity, crucial for supporting human missions beyond Earth. Such miniturization is not at all an easy task. I have been pursuing research in this area since 2015, when we designed a ~ 3x3 metre-sized small nuclear reactor core for biological shielding optimization studies. … Continue reading Advancing microreactor materials technology: Next stop, the Moon!

Montanuniversität Leoben highlights its research in Space

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On 8th November 2023, the Montanuniversität Leoben hosted a special event to introduce its research and development strategy for Science in Space in collaboration with the European Space Agency. The new rector, Professor Peter Moser, stressed the necessity for new materials as humankind ventures further into space. Professor Moser also mentioned the extreme conditions of … Continue reading Montanuniversität Leoben highlights its research in Space

Maximizing corrosion resistance of aerospace aluminium with self-healing coatings

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The use of sol-gel coatings to increase the corrosion resistance of commercial aerospace aluminium alloys is the topic of our most-recent paper at Corrosion Science. In combination with anodization treatment and the use of Ce nanoparticles to fill-in the pores of the anodic layer, we have observed that a post-treatment with sol-gel coatings further increases … Continue reading Maximizing corrosion resistance of aerospace aluminium with self-healing coatings