new materials

E. Bouyer, P. Juliet
Laboratory for Innovation in Technology Energy and Nanomaterials (LITEN), CEA, Grenoble, France

Abstract

SMART is a Specific Support Action funded within the 6th Framework Programme of the European Union. The SMART-project aims to create a European map of excellence in materials science with special focus on multifunctional and highly sophisticated materials, and to identify trends and visions in the respective materials R&D for the next two decades. The SMART-process is a two folded approach consisting of a traditional forecast branch with data screening, trend extrapolation and roadmapping and an innovative foresight branch taking studies with economic, social and security focus into consideration.

The methodology used for this roadmap will be presented. Some key examples will be extracted from the three thematic topics which are focusing on “Materials powering Europe”, “Materials for a Better Life” and “Materials for a Safe Europe”. By crosschecking these three topics with the five materials main fields (smart materials, nanomaterials, tailored macroscale materials, bioconceptional materials and modelling for materials technology) it was found, that all fields of materials technology are addressed. For advancement in materials technology not only scientific bottlenecks have to be solved by addressing them in European research strategies but non technical problems have to be addressed as well.

L. Jacak(a), J. Krasnyj(b), M. Krzyżosiak(a)
a: Institute of Physics, Wrocław University of Technology, Wyb. Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
b: Institute of Mathematics, University of Opole, Oleska 48, 45-051 Opole, Poland

Abstract

System of metallic spherical nanocrystals is considered within the random phase approximation (RPA). The bulk plasmon spectrum and the dielectric permeability are found and discussed. Interaction with the electromagnetic radiationis studied. The refractive index and the attenuation index are found.