Posts by Lisa McDonald
Ceramics in the semiconductor industry and more inside April 2018 ACerS Bulletin, now available online
The April 2018 issue of the ACerS Bulletin—featuring articles about ceramics in the semiconductor industry, refractory firebricks for energy storage, high-temperature furnace coatings, ceramic proppant supply, and additive manufacturing at Ceramics Expo 2018—is now available online.
Read MoreVideo: Tile Grid Shell transforms ceramic tiles into 3-D structure
Proving that it is possible to create a three-dimensional structure out of two-dimensional ceramic tiles, a group at Harvard Graduate School of Design built an 8-foot-tall structure that covers 145 square feet of interior space. Watch the video to see how they fabricated Tile Grid Shell.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Flat gallium joins roster of new 2-D materials, common bricks can be used to detect past presence of radioactive materials, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 14, 2018.
Read MoreNew materials for flexible electronics: Deposition technique bends possibilities with MXene thin films
A team of scientists from Texas A&M University has developed an aqueous deposition technique to build flexible MXene thin films that could enable new possibilities for future flexible electronics.
Read MoreSecret to dendrite-free lithium-ion batteries lies in a sugar cube
Researchers have found a way to reduce dendrite growth in lithium-ion batteries. Creating a 3-D porous substrate out of sugar cubes and silicone, they found that it relieved stress and inhibited dendrite growth.
Read MoreMaterials scientists and ACerS members weigh in on vibranium—a material with superpowers
In the movie “Black Panther,” the superhero gets his powers from vibranium—a nearly indestructible material with superior properties. Materials scientists Yury Gogotsi and Jayakanth Ravichandran offer their perspectives on the material in a Gizmodo interview.
Read MoreGE Aviation invests additional $105M to manufacture ceramic matrix composites for jet engines
GE Aviation is expanding two of its ceramic matrix composite manufacturing plants in North Carolina, one in Asheville and one in West Jefferson. The company will invest an additional $105 million in the plants, which manufacture jet engine components.
Read MoreVideo: Scanning tunneling microscope gets upgrade that could enable atomic-scale fabrication
In an effort to improve the scanning tunneling microscope, researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have pinpointed the problem that allows the microscope’s probe tip to crash into the sample it’s scanning and have devised a way to prevent it from happening.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Splitting crystals for 2-D metallic conductivity, nature-inspired design for new electrode could boost supercapacitors’ performance, and other materials stories that may be of interest for March 7, 2018.
Read MoreACerS Journals = valuable member resource
The American Ceramic Society journal editors and staff are making the journals more accessible to the ACerS members with new…
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