Posts by Lisa McDonald
ceramicSOURCE now available in December 2012 Bulletin
They say, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” The just-published 2012-13 ceramicSOURCE buyer’s guide gives you…
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Lot’s of good stories here: India-Japan join hands to challenge China’s rare earth monopoly The Indian Prime Minister was forced…
Read MoreHarnessing strain to self-assemble nanocomposite superconductor films
[Image above] Spontaneous self-assembly of a multication nanophase in another multication matrix phase is a promising bottom-up approach to fabricate…
Read MoreNews from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds
• Allied Glass Containers plans to invest in new furnace technology (above) and install an EME batch charger. According to…
Read MoreIn London for dinner—with an Australian ceramic rocket
From Fresh Science: Melbourne University (Australia) researchers are doing rocket science with clay. They have developed a cheaper and more…
Read MoreFrom icy water to steam via SiO2/Au nanoshells and carbon nanoparticles
Researchers create solar steam using nanoparticles at Rice University. Credit: Rice University; YouTube From Futurity.org: New technology that uses nanoparticles…
Read MoreCeramics and glass business news of the week
Here is what we are hearing: PPG fiber glass joint venture starts fourth furnace in Kunshan, China PPG Industries announced…
Read MoreGood holiday reading: Wired’s ‘Glass Works: How Corning created the ultrathin, ultrastrong material of the future’
[Image above] Gorilla Glass bend test. Credit: Corning Inc. I meant to write a post about this several weeks…
Read MorePerovskite oxides: Group demonstrates technique for engineering ‘perfect’ heterointerfaces
[Image above] Schematic of the structure of a typical lanthanum aluminate-strontium titanate interface, left, and the abrupt, sharp interface obtained…
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In the spirit of the Thankgiving Day feast, we offer a wide sampling of interesting and perhaps unexpected stories to…
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