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Welcome to the Structure and Properties of Materials Committee

The Structure and Properties of Materials Committee covers a wide range of topics and areas in materials science and engineering. Its remit is to promote the study and understanding of the relationships between the microstructure and the properties of inorganic metallic and ceramic materials and minerals, both structural and functional. This includes the development of the tools and techniques for microstructural characterisation and property evaluation. More about us

News

Down to the woods - quality control

Planks of wood
COST, the intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, has been running a series of R&D programmes in wood. Martin Parley reports on the final Cost Action E53 conference on quality control, held at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh, UK.
Wood Focus Magazine, 27 Aug 2010

Body armour made from cornstarch?

Researchers claim to have used the same scientific principles found in cornstarch to invent a lightweight, flexible composite material able to dissipate high-impact energy.
Defence, safety & security, 13 Aug 2010

Notice of IOM3 Annual General Meeting

The agenda and instrument appointing a proxy for the Institute's 2010 Annual General Meeting.
IOM3, 08 Jun 2010
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Features

Sporty polymers — polymer use in sports equipment

While much sports apparatus must be light and stiff, favouring composites and polymers, the transfer of force from product to athlete needs to be considered. The ability to alter dynamic properties in polymeric and polymer-matrix composites allows optimisation of these materials for sport.
Materials World Magazine, 01 Jun 2008

Nanomaterials in motion - Imaging materials at the micron scale and below

electron beam

Techniques to image materials at the micron scale and below include scanning and transmission electron microscopes (SEM and TEM) and scanning probe microscopes (SPM). The dynamical behaviour of nano-objects is quite different from those of ‘bulk’ materials. The development of SPM probes for electron microscopes is enabling real-time testing of nanovolumes of material, and is providing the opportunity to make movies of nanomaterials in motion.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Jan 2008

Big prospects - Nanotechnology for the future

Pitkethly nanotubes

Nanotechnology development in the UK is at a critical phase. The Chairman of the Institute's Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology Group takes a look at the industry and its goals for the future.

Materials World Magazine, 01 Jan 2008
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Events

CASC Summer School on Ceramics

14 Sep 2010 - 16 Sep 2010, London, UK
Various technical, hands-on tutorials run by the Centre for Advanced Structural Ceramics

OPTIMoM: Optimising Performance Through Integrated Modelling of Microstructure

26 Sep 2010 - 28 Sep 2010, Cambridge, UK
Programme and registration details available now.

Sir Henry Bessemer Lecture and Dinner

07 Oct 2010, London, UK
2010 Sir Henry Bessemer Lecture and Dinner
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Jobs

Materials and Process Engineer - Blatchford

£ Dep on experience, Basingstoke

Senior post in dedicated New Product Development team

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