New research shows that in the important ceramic material silicon carbide, carbon atoms collect at those grain boundaries when the material is exposed to radiation. The finding could help engineers ...

Ceramic materials are renowned for their unique properties including high compressive strength, thermal insulation and chemical stability, yet they are inherently brittle. Advances in materials ...

The components of high-quality lasers can be made of many different materials. Many high-power and solid-state lasers use ceramic materials to generate a laser beam and are seen as an alternative ...

Ceramic materials, defined by their inorganic, non-metallic nature and high-temperature processing, have long underpinned a multitude of industrial and architectural applications. Their intrinsic ...

Art and science are sometimes poles apart, but that isn’t the case in a research project described in ACS Omega. For this work, an interdisciplinary team merged scientific research, technological ...

Most CMCs are reinforced with continuous, multifilament tow ceramic fibers. Fiber tows typically consist of 500 to 1,000 filaments, with a diameter of 10 to 15 µm (0.40 to 0.59 mils) each. These fiber ...

From left to right, materials science and engineering doctoral student Aman Nanda discusses materials’ test results with Bed Poudel, research professor of materials science and engineering, and Mike ...

Researchers in Purdue University's College of Engineering have developed and validated a patent-pending method that could expand the industrial applications of ceramics by making them more plastically ...

Catalysts are substances that speed up chemical reactions or allow them to occur at lower temperatures or pressures. 1 When catalysts are used to control and enhance reactions, the process is called ...

Researchers have taken a step forward in developing batteries that can store 10 times more energy than existing lithium-ion batteries. The scientists have been experimenting with a “garnet ceramic” ...