Composite Materials: Reinforcing Metal with Ceramics

Reinforcing Metal with Ceramic

Combining a ductile metal matrix with brittle ceramic additions leads to new composite materials with superior mechanical properties, which appears to be ideal for structural and crash-absorption applications.

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Rolling Titanium into Scrolls: New Microstructures for Medical Implants

Microporous titanium rolled into scrolls

A group of researchers examined a new method for creating 3D micro-architectured Ti structures and found an attractive combination of stiffness, strength, and ductility.

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Forging an Alliance between Steel and Aluminum

steel-aluminum forging

University of Hanover researchers have found the optimum production parameters for compound forging of steel-aluminum parts.

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2010 Impact Factors in Materials Science Announced!

impact-factors-are-on-the-rise

The ISI have released their 2010 impact factors – we give you the materials science breakdown.

Technology for Crank Shafts – Little Loss and a Proper Shape

Crank shaft analysis

Polish scientists improved forging technology for crank shafts. Results revealed how to obtain the lowest loss of material and a proper shape.

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Increasing Interface Interaction for Titanium Medical Implants

A titanium suface interface

A new approach to the development of functional and biocompatible coatings for titanium metal implants aims to reduce their failure rates by altering the nano-morphology of the surface.

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A Proven Software for the Calculation of Materials Properties

The JMatPro software calculates a wide range of materials properties for metallic alloys. It is particularly aimed at multi-components alloys used in industrial practice.

New Diodes (Quantum) Tunnel Their Way To Improved Electronics

Metal-insulator-metal diodes for better electronics

Researchers at Oregon State University develop cutting edge metal-insulator-metal diodes, harnessing quantum tunneling of electrons to increase performance of electronics.

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Patterned Graphene Growth

Graphene thin films

Graphene films grown over epitaxial metal films deposited on single-crystalline substrates give unique micropits with rectangular and triangular shapes, reflecting the crystallographic orientation of the substrate.

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Now published: Advanced Optical Materials

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