Szilvia Kalácska

Szilvia Kalácska is a researcher at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) within the Department of Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures. Her work focuses on advanced materials characterization techniques, particularly 3D high-resolution electron backscatter diffraction (HR-EBSD) combined with focused ion beam (FIB) serial slicing to study plastic deformation at micron scales.

• Specializes in micromechanics and dislocation dynamics
• Investigates size, strain rate, and temperature effects in microscale samples
• Develops 3D models of geometrically necessary dislocations (GNDs)

Her research addresses fundamental challenges in understanding plastic deformation mechanisms in confined volumes, with applications in materials science and nanotechnology.

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