1. Structure reminder

1.1 Nano-foam architecture

The various structures of metal nanofoams and their development are described in detail at [N 3 805] . The main characteristics and nomenclatures are listed below.

A definition of these objects would be :

"Metal nano-foams are bi-continuous cellular materials with porosity levels in excess of 50%, and nanometric structural dimensions – ligament lengths and diameters, pore sizes, grain sizes, wall thicknesses – that give them new properties,...