The use of ceramics dates back some 25,000 years, to the oldest human settlements’ use of clay vessels and sculptures. These ceramics, as well as infrastructure components such as bricks, tiles, and ...

Toughening has always been an important research direction of structure ceramics. The addition of secondary phases to the ceramic matrix to prepare composite ceramics is an effective toughening ...

(Nanowerk News) IP NANOKER "Structural Ceramic Nanocomposites for Top-end Functional Applications" is a 4 year research project co-funded by the European Commission within the Sixth Framework ...

The major attraction of structural ceramics has always been the capability of operating at temperatures far above those of metals. Structural applications now include engine components, cutting tools, ...

With "Protoceramics," the Material Processes and Systems Group at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (MaP+S) sought to investigate the architectural possibilities of a material that might often be ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue researchers have observed a way that the brittle nature of ceramics can be overcome as they sustain heavy loads, leading to more resilient structures such as aircraft ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Having come a long way from pottery and tableware, modern advanced ceramics are high-performance materials that find use in things such as bio-medical implants, jet engine turbine ...

Benefiting the fast expansion of aircraft, geological exploration, and nuclear power generation, there is a largely need for piezoelectric materials capable of performing at high temperature.

Sam Ghosh is another in a line of former Eastman Kodak Co. workers who left the industrial giant and spun off his own successful start-up business. Ghosh headed the ceramics division and developed ...

Researchers in the UK and around the world are currently working on prototype technologies that could enable new types of aircraft to travel at hypersonic speeds – five times faster than the speed of ...

The recently opened four-star boutique hotel, Sant Antoni faced a challenging renovation, part of the solution was using the Flexbrick facade system for structural interior elements. Designed by TDB ...