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7.4. PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

MATERIALS SCIENCE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE GROUP

Presentation of the RI group
Materials that are important for modern technologies greatly vary, ranging from metals to semiconductors and organic
materials. The mission of materials science is to explore their properties. The laboratories involved in the consortium
focus on research on a number of materials belonging to the above-mentioned families, that are also essential for in-
dustrial applications. The methods involved in the research of the RI group are: device test methods; X-ray diffraction
(ELTE TTK, EK MFA), atomic force microscopy, electron microscopy (EK MFA, ELTE TTK, ME), techniques for
determining magnetic properties, Foner magnetometer, Mössbauer spectroscopy, SQUID (Wigner FK), vibration mag-
netometer (DE), methods for measuring thermal properties, e.g. differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) (DE, ELTE
TTK, Wigner FK). These methods are complemented by mass spectrometry suitable for examining atomic composition
(DE, BME), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy suitable for the examination of electron structure characteristics (DE,
BME), Auger electron spectroscopy (BME), and the testing of mechanical properties through hardness tests, tensile
tests (ELTE), and the measurement of impact energy (DE). Many of the methods listed above allow to perform tests
in a special sample environment like low and high temperature, or high pressure. The laboratories also prepare a wide
range of samples. The methods applied here include: magnetron sputtering (DE), electron beam evaporation, heat treat-
ment furnaces, ball mills (DE, Wigner FK), focused ion-beam machining (DE, MFA, ELTE). In addition to the tradi-
tional macroscopic samples, the participating laboratories increasingly focus on examining nanostructures playing an
increasingly important role today.

National coordinator of the RI group: Background information
ELTE The working group is coordinated by István Groma, head of the
Department of Materials Physics at ELTE. Cooperation between
Contact: István Groma the partners is manifested in engaging in common themes, coor-
Email: groma@metal.elte.hu dinating the educational programs of the participating universities,
Website: http://wigner.hu/ and the joint participation in the PhD training of research insti-
tutions and universities. All members of the working group take
Partners: DE; MTA EK MFA; MTA Wigner FK; ME; BME; Bay Zoltán part in several foreign research programs. This is supported by the
Nonprofit Ltd. existing high-quality domestic research infrastructure.

ESFRI connection: ESRF; ELI Aim of the RI group
In the upcoming period, the infrastructure group will primarily
Status of the RI group: under implementation focus on the research of technologically interesting nanostructures.
Infrastructure improvements from the currently available funds
are also aligned with this goal. The individual research units have
a wide range of international contacts. The tasks for the near future
is to maintain them and open up towards the ELI ALPS. In addi-
tion to the scientific cooperation, the infrastructure group intends
to place greater emphasis on collaborating with industrial part-
ners.

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