University of Bayreuth

Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / December 20, 2023

Piezoceramics for root canal treatments, 3D-print steam turbine blades, and other materials stories that may be of interest for December 20, 2023.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / August 16, 2023

Mussel-inspired element recovery, paracrystallized aluminosilicate glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for August 16, 2023.

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Multifunctional materials for next-gen devices: Flame-resistant composite achieves low thermal and high electrical conductivities

By Lisa McDonald / May 12, 2023

As new energy conversion and miniaturized electronic systems are developed, it is desirable to have a material that exhibits both extremely low thermal and high electrical conductivities. University of Bayreuth researchers fabricated a flexible carbon/silicon nonwoven composite with such properties, as well as being flame resistant and thermally stable.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / July 20, 2022

3D printing single crystals, electronics built on stones, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 20, 2022.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / May 5, 2021

Vertical turbines for wind farms, researching Native American obsidian objects, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 5, 2021.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Lisa McDonald / July 10, 2019

Producing graphene from carbon dioxide, native ferroelectric material, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 10, 2019.

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Ceramic Matrix Composite Brakes

By / February 10, 2010

At the ICACC’10 conference in Daytona Beach, one of the keynote speakers was the University of Bayreuth’s Walter Krenkel.

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Video(s) of the week: Ceramic matrix composite brakes

By / January 27, 2010

I’m currently in Daytona Beach, Florida for the ICACC’10 conference. One of the keynote speakers was the University of Bayreuth’s Walter Krenkel. Krenkel invented a liquid silicon infiltration process for…

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