Posts by Lisa McDonald
Porous silica nanoparticles offer potential solution to combat counterfeiting
In today’s world of global commerce, product identity is a significant issue with considerable economic repercussions. TruTag Technologies is developing porous silica nanoparticles that use unique spectral signatures to authenticate goods.
Read MoreProtecting equipment in steel production: Thermal barrier coatings created from steel waste stream
Thermal barrier coatings protect equipment against high temperatures in steel production. Researchers from Bartin University in Turkey found ferrochromium slag, a waste product from stainless steel production, could be used to create such coatings.
Read MoreControlling crack formation—grain shrinkage predicts macroscale cracks
Despite its ubiquity, the influence of grain shrinkage on cracking remains largely unexplored. Researchers from Princeton University investigated the phenomenon, and the results of their studies are described in two papers published this year.
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news of the week
Lucideon publishes 2020 training schedule, Nanovis awarded designation for bioceramic nanotube surface, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for October 25, 2019.
Read MoreVideo: World’s largest optical lens moves toward completion
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, targeted to begin operations in October 2022, is currently under construction in Chile. Funded through the National Science Foundation, LSST will contain both the largest convex mirror and largest optical lens ever made.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Contain a nuclear accident with ground-up minerals, align single-wall carbon nanotubes along common axis, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 23, 2019.
Read MoreAchieving high-temperature superconductivity—the potential of superhydrides
Atomic structure plays an important role in understanding element properties. As the International Year of the Periodic Table nears its end, a new study looks at the potential superhydrides, specifically CeH9, hold as high-temperature superconductors.
Read MoreRepair tooth enamel by growing it
Enamel is the hardest tissue in the body—but it cannot self-repair when damaged. Due to its complex structure, creating enamel in the laboratory is difficult, but a new technique proposed by researchers in China may make growing enamel a reality.
Read MoreCeramic and glass business news of the week
Siemens to invest 500 million euros in Colombia energy and infrastructure, widespread defective or missing concrete in New Zealand, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for October 18, 2019.
Read MoreVideo: Creating pencils from scratch
Pencils are one of the most well-known applications of graphite, but do you know how pencils are created? Take a behind-the-scenes look at the pencil manufacturing process at Faber-Castell, one of the world’s largest and oldest manufacturers of pencils and office supplies.
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