U.S. to award up to $440 million for Puerto Rico rooftop solar power, Georgia Power inks deal to turn 8 million tons of coal ash into cement, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for November 6, 2023.
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Theoretical studies have predicted that 2D silicon carbide in a stable honeycomb structure is possible, but experimentally achieving this material has proven difficult. Two recent papers successfully synthesized monolayer silicon carbide using top-down and bottom-up synthesis methods, respectively.
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In recent years, several glass companies have started experimenting with replacing natural gas with hydrogen in glass production. The results from these tests are promising.
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Graphene-based e-textiles, 2D halide perovskites with ideal thickness, and other materials stories that may be of interest for November 1, 2023.
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In vitro studies have demonstrated the potential of graphene oxide to help treat Alzheimer’s disease by preventing the buildup of harmful amyloid-β aggregates. Researchers in Sweden and Denmark used yeast as a model system to explore graphene oxide’s potential in vivo.
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Malaysia witnesses the launch of its first university–industry research consortium, GPI makes glass quality case for bottle bills, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for October 30, 2023.
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Ceramic materials that can self-heal cracks would help reduce maintenance and inspection costs while enhancing component reliability and lifespan. Researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities made a counterintuitive discovery of a new way to self-heal cracks in ceramics—through electron beam radiolysis.
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As chocolate became a fashionable beverage throughout Europe in the 17th century, it became big business to design and sell cookware specifically designed for preparing chocolate. Learn about the European chocolatière, or chocolate pot, in today’s CTT.
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Harnessing piezoelectrics to regrow neurons, diamonds for UV photodetection, and other materials stories that may be of interest for October 25, 2023.
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The arrangement and movement of electrons within a ceramic material has the potential to greatly influence its resistance to brittle fracture. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego and Linköping University published an open-access paper demonstrating the effect that electronic structure has on plastic deformation in high-entropy carbides.
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