Scientists produce a paper-like ceramic material which is as hard as copper, yet flexible enough to be rolled up or folded. The material has another advantage: it is electrically conductive.
Tough and pliable: a paper-like ceramic
April 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Fraunhofer IKTS partners with Mayur REnergy to develop affordable green energy
March 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Partnership seeks to solve the electricity situation in India and other developing countries with micro power plants installed in every house.
Tough tests for next generation ceramics
December 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Berkeley Lab researchers develop real-time CT-scan test rig for ceramic composites at ultrahigh temperatures.
Perovskite oxides: Group demonstrates technique for engineering ‘perfect’ heterointerfaces
November 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Scientists engineer a chemically stable and atomically sharp lanthanum aluminate monolayer between LaAlO3 and strontium titanate heterostructures.
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MaterialsViews Weekly Roundup
July 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This week on MaterialsViews – the top articles you might have missed.
LiNbO3-silica glass ceramics: a promising alternative for frequency conversion?
June 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Glass ceramics are of great interest for the development of optical elements with meter-scale dimensions for high power laser facilities.
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Interlocking Ceramic Elements Leads to Quasi-Plastic Properties
May 23, 2012 By 1 Comment
New work shows that the flexural deflection of ceramics can be increased by a factor of ten using segmented, interlocked structures.
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Reactive Fillers to Produce Wollastonite Bioceramics
April 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Scientists from Italy and the USA present an innovative processing method for the fabrication of 3D scaffolds for bone tissue engineering using either fused deposition or conventional hot extrusion.
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Corning delivers Gorilla Glass 2 for next-gen devices
March 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Corning claims new Gorilla Glass 2 enables a 20% reduction in device thickness while maintaining exceptional scratch resistance.
Owens Corning Research Scientist Manoj Choudhary on Mathematical Modeling of Glass Behavior
March 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Owens Corning research scientist Manoj Choudhary talks to MaterialsViews about his recent review on the mathematical modeling of glass behavior.
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