MultiComp is a COST Action designed to bring together theorists, experimentalists and industrialists in the field of nano-carbon materials technology. Although graphite, carbon nanotubes, graphene and Few-Layer Graphene (FLG) have been used to improve the properties of composite materials, two main problems remain to be solved before these composite materials can realize their full potential: (1) adequate dispersion of the nano-carbon reinforcement material, and (2) strong enough interfacial bonding between the nano-carbon reinforcement elements and the composite matrix.
Project funding:
COST actions
Project results:
During the participation in the activities of COST, the graphite-metal oxide (GMO) composite coatings were deposited plasma spraying and tribological properties of GMO coatings were investigated. Metal-doped diamond-like carbon (Me-DLC) films were formed using magnetron sputtering and the optical and mechanical properties of these coatings were investigated. The structure, surface morphology, elemental composition, optical, tribological and electrical properties of GMO composite coatings and Me-DLC films were investigated. The influence of technological process parameters (temperature, gas type and ratio, metal oxide layer thickness and type, metal type and concentration) on the properties of GMO composites and Me-DLC films was determined and evaluated. The research results were published in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science with Impact Factor (4 articles) and presented at 7 international/events conferences.
Period of project implementation: 2016-04-07 - 2020-04-06
Project partners: Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Spain, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Suomija, North Macedonia, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, United Kingdom
