Posts by Lisa McDonald
Ceramics and glass business news of the week
Ceramics and glass business news of the week for September 19, 2014.
Read MoreI come from a Land Down Under—Where the Oct/Nov 2014 Bulletin goes to explore ceramic wonder
The latest issue of the ACerS Bulletin—including features on the Australian ceramics industry, CAREER awards Ceramics Class of 2014, and the MS&T14 pre-meeting planner—is now available online!
Read MoreVideo: With ceramics, all things are possible—including the new Apple iPhone 6
A video from the American Chemical Society Reactions series explains some of the components inside smartphones—including how ceramics help make all that sweet technology possible.
Read MoreCeramics turned electronics made beautiful
Ceramic artwork is beautiful—but ceramic materials can be just as pretty to look at, particularly when they are fashioned into pieces of art in their own right.
Read MoreOther materials stories that may be of interest
Other materials stories that may be of interest for September 17, 2014.
Read MoreThermal barrier coating, like a phoenix, is born from ash of industrial waste
A team of researchers at Mexico’s Center for Research in Advanced Materials is fabricating a thermal barrier coating, based on coal combustion byproduct fly ash, that pulls double duty to protect jet engines and reduce environmental pollutants.
Read MoreMaking ceramics perfect—and perfectly bendable—with air
Researchers from California Institute of Technology say that bendable ceramics are more than possible—they report the fabrication of alumina nanostructures that are 99.9% air and can bend and deform with the best of them, springing back to shape after compressions of over 50% strain.
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics world
News from the glass and refractory ceramics world.
Read MoreMolybdenum disulfide field-effect transistors make supersensitive biosensors
Researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara have fabricated a molybdenum disulfide field-effect transistor—which holds great promise as a single molecule biosensor—that’s 74 times more sensitive than those of graphene.
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Ceramics and glass business news of the week for September 12, 2014.
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