Overview

Joint Project I-6593, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Slovenian Research Agency (ARIS)

Funding period 11/2023 - 10/2027

 

Aims

In this international project, we aim to develop new materials and techniques suitable for the generation of porous ceramics with magnetic heating capability, which can eventually be used in chemical conversion processes. By combining filament-based 3D printing with specific polymers which can subsequently be converted into ceramic materials, it is not only possible to drastically increase the freedom in parts design, but also to introduce additional functionalities such as magnetic nanoparticles, which can be selectively heated by the application of a magnetic field. This will eventually allow an on-demand, energy-efficient, and decentralized operation e.g. of catalytic reactors.

The international consortium involved in this project consists of research teams at TU Wien and JKU Linz (Austria) as well as at Jozef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana (Slovenia).

 

Project team

Principal investigators

Dr. Thomas Konegger (TU Wien, Austria, PI)

Dr. Milan Kracalik (JKU Linz, Austria, national project partner)

Dr. Aljaž Iveković (Institut Jožef Stefan, Slovenia, PI)

 

Project team members at TU Wien

Mussadiq Shah (PhD student, since 01/2024)

Tobias Felsberger (PhD student, since 09/2024)

Tobias Edtmaier (MSc student, 02/2025 - 07/2025)

 

Publications

Journal articles

  • M. Vukšić, T. Konegger, M. Schwentenwein, S. Gyergyek, A. Sedminek, S. Drev, M. Nečemer, A. Kocjan, A. Iveković:
    Additive manufacturing of polymer-derived SiOC (Fe) ceramic composites as a catalyst support exhibiting magnetic heating capability.
    Materials & Design 266 (2026), 116126 [DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2026.116126]

Presentations and Posters

  • T. Felsberger, A. Ivekovic, M. Vuksic, M. Stöger-Pollach, T. Konegger: “In-situ formation of magnetic nanoparticles in polymer-derived ceramics”, ECerS XIX Conference, Dresden, Germany, 31.08.2025-04.09.2025. Poster Presentation.
  • M. Shah, T. Edtmaier, F. Bauer, A. Ivekovic, M. Kracalik, T. Konegger: “Cross-linking strategies to improve structural integrity of polymer-derived ceramics for extrusion-based AM”; ECerS XIX Conference, Dresden, Germany, 31.08.2025-04.09.2025. Poster Presentation.

Theses

 

Project activities

06/2026Mussadiq gives a talk on results of his project at CIMTEC 2026 in Perugia, Germany.
04/2026The first publication involving project activities was published: 10.1016/j.matdes.2026.116126
12/2025Tobias Edtmaier successfully defends his Diploma Thesis. Congratulations, Tobias!
12/2025Annual project meeting in Ljubljana
09/2025Tobias Felsberger-Wess and Mussadiq Shah present their results as poster presentations at ECerS 2025 in Dresden, Germany.
02/2025Tobias Edtmaier joins the project team for his Diploma thesis - welcome!
01/2025Annual project meeting in Linz
09/2024Tobias Felsberger joins the project team - welcome!
02/2024Kick-Off-Meeting in Vienna
01/2024Mussadiq Shah joins the project team - welcome!
11/2023Official project start