Klaus G. Nickel
University Tübingen, Germany
Biography
Klaus G. Nickel is Professor for Applied Mineralogy at the Faculty of Science of the University of Tübingen. His career involved a Dipl-Geol. from the University of Mainz (D), a PhD from the University of Tasmania (Hobart, AUS) and research positions at Max-Planck-Institutes (for Chemistry, Mainz, and Metals Research, Stuttgart). His main research interest is in materials science in the field of advanced ceramics and composites. The research covers processing, characterisation and evaluation of technical ceramics, typically alumina and zirconia in the oxides and carbon, carbides, nitrides, borides on the non-oxide side. Particular expertise exists in the chemical property evaluation (oxidation and corrosion). Other research goals are phase relations, mechanical properties and bionics of biomaterials and ceramics.
Abstract
Abstract : The potential of improving building construction materials by a biomimetic approach