Research

Research at LIMA is aimed at gaining further insight into fundamental aspects of material behaviour. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Crack formation & propagation in brittle materials (ceramics, pharmaceutics, etc.)
• Mechanical behaviour of metals, alloys, composites & foams
• Mechanical properties of biological systems, e.g. silk, tendons, bones, meniscus
• Characterisation of surface composition and adsorption kinetics, e.g. amides at polymer-air interface
• Development and applications of novel techniques for studying materials behaviour and interactions in-situ & at extreme environments, e.g. temperature

lima@eng.ox.ac.uk