Ceramic Tech Today

News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By Eileen De Guire / March 3, 2013

• Corning Inc. has opened a liquid crystal display glass substrate manufacturing facility in China. It is located in the Beijing Economic Technological Development Area and is the company’s second…

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NIST calling for measurement science and engineering research proposals

By Eileen De Guire / March 2, 2013

Credit: J. Stroscio, R. Celotta/NIST. I am not sure how much (if any) of this could be affected by the sequestration decisions, but this is a reminder that NIST has issued…

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White House calls for increased access to federally funded research results

By Eileen De Guire / March 1, 2013

The White House hopes to increase innovation in industry and manufacturing, in part, by making federally funded scientific research results easier to access. Here, President Barack Obama listens to Jeffrey…

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‘A ceramic by another name would still be brittle’—Students, release your inner Shakespeare!

By Eileen De Guire / March 1, 2013

Scanning electron micrograph of a partially agglomerated suspension of alumina particles, which have been directionally freeze-­cast resulting in large alumina agglomerates laced with a fine freeze-­cast structure. Credit: Materials Science…

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ARPA-E seeking RANGE ‘re-envisioned battery’ proposals for electric vehicles

By Eileen De Guire / February 28, 2013

We have received word that ARPA-E is looking for proposals for “developing transformational electrochemical energy storage technologies that will accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption by dramatically improving their driving range,…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / February 28, 2013

Here is what we are hearing: AGC’s large-sized, chemically strengthened Dragontrail enables efficient production of thinner touchscreens Asahi Glass Co. will newly set up a chemical strengthening facility for Dragontrail,…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / February 26, 2013

Some other stories and papers worth looking into: Coupling the valley degree of freedom to antiferromagnetic order (PNAS) The exploration of novel electronic degrees of freedom has important implications in…

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Multidisciplinary approaches to materials discovery needed for MGI

By Eileen De Guire / February 26, 2013

Last week a National Science Foundation-sponsored workshop addressed multidisciplinary approaches to the Materials Genome Initiative. From left: Gregory Rohrer, Abby Kavner, Young-Shin Jun, and Amy Walker. Credit: ACerS. Genome (noun;…

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Hench to receive Toledo Glass & Ceramic Award

By Eileen De Guire / February 25, 2013

Hench. Credit: Imperial College. The Michigan/NW Ohio Section of The American Ceramic Society just announced that the recipient of the 2013 Toledo Glass & Ceramic Award is Larry Hench. The award will be…

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News from the glass and refractory ceramics worlds

By Eileen De Guire / February 24, 2013

• Glass tableware manufacturer Libbey plans to cut capacity and reduce staff within its North American business. The company said its realignment at its Shreveport, La., site would effect 200…

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