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Research activity





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          Research activity                                 Context and motivation of the

                                                            research
           The DIMANT (Design of Innovative MAterials
           for New Technologies) research group was         DIMANT brings together experts and skills on the
           founded in 2013 with the aim of creating         science and engineering of several materials and
           a synergy between research and teaching,         coatings: plastics, ceramics, metals, biomaterials and
           pursuing excellence in the first and effectiveness   geopolymers. DIMANT also deals with sustainable

           in the second, and offering support to regional   technologies for synthesis and transformation of
           companies operating in the production and        materials as well as the surface interactions between
           transformation of materials.                     materials and the environment, including tribological

                                                            and corrosion phenomena.


          Impact on society                                  National and international

                                                             academic relationships regarding
          DIMANT has successfully contributed to
          the development of different new materials,        the activity
          processes and products, including,
          for example, magnetocaloric alloys for             DIMANT is well integrated in several national and

          magnetic refrigeration, fuel cells and             international academic relationship with associated
          hydrogen production systems, processes             projects and cultural exchanges. DIMANT members
          for the valorisation of industrial wastes          are members of technical committees or associations
          to produce ceramic materials. More                 in the field of traditional and advanced ceramics
          information on the page:                           and glasses, powder metallurgy, coatings, polymers,
          www.dimant.unimore.it.                             electro-heat processing, safety and recycling.





















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