The Chair of Structural and Functional Ceramics (ISFK) has received funding from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) for the sustainable production of functional ceramics using the innovative Cold Sintering Process (CSP). The project is led by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Raul Bermejo, with Dr.mont. Abdullah Jabr as the lead postdoctoral researcher.
CSP is a novel low-temperature sintering technique that enables the fabrication of dense ceramics at temperatures below 350 °C – in contrast to conventional sintering processes, which typically require temperatures above 1000 °C. Within the scope of the FWF-funded project “Sustainable fabrication of functional ceramics through the cold sintering process”, fundamental insights into microstructure development, grain boundary properties, and interfacial phenomena in cold-sintered materials will be deepened. A particular focus lies on combining ceramics with metals and polymers – material combinations that were previously not feasible due to the high temperatures required in conventional sintering. The goal is to establish the scientific foundations necessary to make CSP viable for future high-performance applications.
