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The Materials Technology Cluster groups the application driven research activities and services to society at the different campuses of KU Leuven in the field of materials technologies. The cluster plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between fundamental and conceptual research on the one hand and industrial valorisation and implementation on the other, in both research-driven and demand-driven innovation contexts.

Research topics are:

• Thermodynamics for material and process development

• Extraction and refining of metals
• Interaction of liquid slag and metals with refractory materials
• Thermodynamic and kinetic modeling of processes and interface reactions
• Material characterization