Matériaux & Techniques

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Special Issue on ‘From Advanced Technology to Social Sciences, how to bring materials development into the Ecological Transition? ’, edited by J.P. Birat, A.L. Hettinger, A. Declich, L. Kolbeinsen, A. Jo, J.R. Gyllenram, A. Jarfors

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From Advanced Technology to Social Sciences, or how to bring Materials Development into the Ecological Transition?

Jean-Pierre Birat, Anne-Laure Hettinger, Andrea Declich, Leiv Kolbeinsen, J.R. Gyllenram, Anders E.W. Jarfors and Gaël Fick

Matériaux & Techniques, 113 2 (2025) E1

Published online: 01 July 2025
Special Issue on ‘From Advanced Technology to Social Sciences, how to bring materials development into the Ecological Transition? ’, edited by J.P. Birat, A.L. Hettinger, A. Declich, L. Kolbeinsen, A. Jo, J.R. Gyllenram, A. Jarfors

Critical materials, the EU, the Nordic mining cluster and China − background and reflections

Magnus Ericsson and Olof Löf

Matériaux & Techniques, 113 2 (2025) 201

Published online: 18 June 2025
The effect of sintering temperature and applied load on the microstructure and physical properties of local bricks

W. Melik and Z. Boumerzoug

Matériaux & Techniques, 113 1 (2025) 104

Published online: 29 April 2025
Special Issue on ‘Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Materials in Energy Storage and Conversion’, edited by Hamid Nasrellah, Fouad Belhora, Said Laasri and Mohamed El jouad

Synthesis, characterization and applications of materials in energy storage and conversion

Hamid Nasrellah, Fouad Belhora, Said Laasri and Mohamed El Jouad

Matériaux & Techniques, 113 1 (2025) E1

Published online: 09 April 2025
Experimental and numerical analysis of thrust force and torque during drilling of bi-directional graphene reinforced GF/epoxy polymer nano composite

Bishnu Prasad Mishra, Debadutta Mishra, Pranabini Panda, Prafulla Kumar Sahoo and Rajesh Kumar Behera

Matériaux & Techniques, 113 1 (2025) 101

Published online: 09 April 2025
Microstructural analysis of aluminum–graphite composites for electronics applications

Omotayo Oluwaseyi Taiwo, Adeolu Adesoji Adediran, Lawrence O. Osoba, Olayinka O. Adewunmi, Samson O. Adeosun, Patricia Popoola and Timothy Adeniyi Adekanye

Matériaux & Techniques, 113 1 (2025) 102

Published online: 09 April 2025
Structural and optical properties of (Li-TR(Nd, Er) co-doping sprayed ZnO thin films

Abderrahim El Hat, Imane Chaki, Rida Essajai, Abdelmajid Fakhim Lamrani and Boubker Fares

Matériaux & Techniques, 113 1 (2025) 103

Published online: 09 April 2025

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From Advanced Technology to Social Sciences, or how to bring Materials Development into the Ecological Transition?

Critical materials, the EU, the Nordic mining cluster and China − background and reflections

The effect of sintering temperature and applied load on the microstructure and physical properties of local bricks

Synthesis, characterization and applications of materials in energy storage and conversion

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How to tell the story of change and transition of the energy, ecological and societal systems

Hydrogen steelmaking, part 2: competition with other net-zero steelmaking solutions – geopolitical issues

The beginning and the end of the aluminium value chain

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