Abstract

The 11th International Conference on the Science of Hard Materials (ICSHM11) attempts to bring together scientists, technologists and manufacturers of Hard Materials (cemented carbides, cermets, advanced ceramics, composites and super-hard materials). As it has been the tradition in the previous ten conferences, the aim of ICSHM11 will be to provide an interdisciplinary forum for presentation, discussion and exchange of modeling, experimental and applied concepts that contribute in the advancement of Hard Materials.