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Overview

Andreas Mortensen is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions in mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering. Mortensen's work also addresses mechanics of materials and atomic and molecular physics, and optics.

The scientist's main areas of study encompass various topics, including:

  • Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics
  • Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques
  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies

Frequent publication venues for Mortensen's work include:

  • Acta Materialia
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scripta Materialia
  • Acta Biomaterialia
  • Materials & Design

Their recent papers reflect a diverse range of materials science and manufacturing topics:

  • Mechanical properties and cytocompatibility of dense and porous Zn produced by laser powder bed fusion for biodegradable implant applications (2020, Acta Biomaterialia)
  • Kinetic processes in the high-temperature pressure-infiltration of Al into Al2O3 (2020, Acta Materialia)
  • Strong silicon oxide inclusions in iron (2022, Acta Materialia)
  • 3D metal freeform micromanufacturing (2021, Journal of Manufacturing Processes)
  • Investment casting of periodic aluminum cellular structures using slurry-cast table salt moulds (2022, Materials & Design)

Collaboration is a prominent feature of Mortensen's research profile, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Alejandra Slagter
  • Luciano Borasi
  • Joris Everaerts
  • Léa Deillon
  • Simone Frasca

Best Publications

  • Fundamentals of functionally graded materials

    S. Suresh;A. Mortensen

  • Geometrically necessary dislocations and strain-gradient plasticity: a few critical issues

    L.P Kubin;A Mortensen

  • Fundamentals of metal-matrix composites

    S. Suresh;A. Mortensen;A. Needleman

  • Functionally graded metals and metal-ceramic composites: Part 1 Processing

    A. Mortensen;S. Suresh

  • Solidification Processing Of Metal Matrix Composites

    A. Mortensen;I. Jin

  • Metal Matrix Composites

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  • Size dependent strengthening in particle reinforced aluminium

    M. Kouzeli;A. Mortensen

  • Fundamentals of functionally graded materials: processing and thermomechanical behaviour of graded metals and metal-ceramic composites

    S. Suresh;A. Mortensen

  • Functionally graded metals and metal-ceramic composites: Part 2 Thermomechanical behaviour

    S. Suresh;A. Mortensen

  • Solidification processing of metal-matrix composites

    Andreas Mortensen;James A. Cornie;Merton C. Flemings

  • Infiltration of fibrous preforms by a pure metal. Part I. Theory

    A. Mortensen;L. J. Masur;J. A. Cornie;M. C. Flemings

  • Permeability of open-pore microcellular materials

    Jean-François Despois;Andreas Mortensen

  • Deformation of open-cell aluminum foam

    C. San Marchi;A. Mortensen

  • Infiltration processing of fibre reinforced composites: governing phenomena

    V Michaud;A Mortensen

  • Thermal conductivity of Al–SiC composites with monomodal and bimodal particle size distribution

    J.M. Molina;J.M. Molina;J. Narciso;L. Weber;A. Mortensen

  • On the infiltration of metal matrix composites

    Andreas Mortensen;James A. Cornie

  • Concise encyclopedia of composite materials

    A. Mortensen

  • On plastic relaxation of thermal stresses in reinforced metals

    D.C. Dunand;A. Mortensen

  • Kinetics of diffusion-limited spreading of sessile drops in reactive wetting

    A. Mortensen;A. Mortensen;B. Drevet;N. Eustathopoulos

  • Alloy Microstructures in Cast Metal Matrix Composites

    Andreas Mortensen;M.N. Gungor;J.A. Cornie;M.C. Flemings

  • PROCESSING OF METAL AND CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE

    James A. Cornie;Yet Ming Chiang;Donald R. Uhlmann;Andreas Mortensen

Frequent Co-Authors

Véronique Michaud
Véronique Michaud École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
David C. Dunand
David C. Dunand Northwestern University
Ali Miserez
Ali Miserez Nanyang Technological University
Nicolas Eustathopoulos
Nicolas Eustathopoulos Grenoble Institute of Technology
William A. Curtin
William A. Curtin École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
T.W. Clyne
T.W. Clyne University of Cambridge
Francisco Rodríguez-Reinoso
Francisco Rodríguez-Reinoso University of Alicante

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