Scope

The HTC conferences aim at nearly all issues related to surfaces and interfaces, wetting, and capillarity in materials themselves as well as materials processing at elevated temperatures.

Topics (non-exclusive):

• Surface/Interfacial phenomena of high-temperature melts
• Metal-metal, metal-ceramic, metal-glass, and ceramic-ceramic interfaces: Wettability, adhesion, interfacial reactions, segregation, grain boundary wetting, and intergranular films.
• Capillarity in microgravity, levitation
• Gas-adsorption at liquid surfaces and interfaces
• Corrosion and embrittlement by liquid metals.
• Materials processing: Crystal growth, foundry processes, ..
• Joining, welding, bonding; joining of metals and ceramics.
• Advancement of techniques

Materials:

• Metals, Alloys
• Oxides
• Ceramics
• Refractories
• Slags
• Composite materials
• Eutectic alloys
• Metal-semiconductor alloys

Approaches:

• Theoretical study
  • Thermodynamic Modelling
  • Simulation
• Experimental studies
  • Levitation,
  • Levitation in microgravity,
  • Sessile drop experiments,
  • etc

Related processes:

• Additive manufacturing (AM)
• Metal matrix composite (MMC)
• Brazing/Joining
• Soldering
• Bonding
• Laser cladding
• Laser polishing
• Casting/Semi-solid metal casting
• Materials processing by liquid-assisted techniques