• Growth and processing of micro and nano-objects
  • Effect of stress, composition, processing route

• Experimental methods 
  • Stress and strain mapping: TEM, X-Rays, contact,…
  • Mechanical testing: AFM, nanoindentation, micropillar, nanobeams, microtensile…

• Modeling and simulation:
  • Mesoscale methods: Finite Element, Discrete Dislocation Dynamics,
  • Atomic scale methods : Molecular Dynamics, Ab initio

• Mechanisms at small scale:
  • Stress relaxation, dislocation, Grain Boundary (GB) engineering, twinning, crack propagation

Ruth Schwaiger       Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Riccardo Gatti         LEM-ONERA-CNRS, France

Julien Godet            Insitut PPrime, Poitiers, France

Jonathan Amodeo  MATEIS-INSA Lyon, France

Abstract submission: Feb 18th, 2017 - March 18th, 2017

Final Program: March 20th, 2017

The conference will take place at CEMES-CNRS, 29 rue Jeanne Marvig, 31500 Toulouse