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High critical current density doped pnictide superconductors

By Eileen De Guire / July 25, 2012

High critical current density doped ferropnictide superconductors. (a) Magneto-optical image of a rectangular slab of (Ba0.6K0.4)Fe2As2 bulk material after zero field cooling the sample to 10 K and applying 167…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By / July 22, 2012

Here is what we are hearing: Kyocera introduces environmentally friendly epoxy molding compound for semiconductor encapsulation Kyocera Industrial Ceramics Corp., Chemical Sales Division, announced the introduction of its new environmentally…

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The end of ICC4 and my first blogging experience

By Bobby Harl / July 20, 2012

Peter Wray delivers the recap on the Security & Strategic Materials talks given at ICC4. Credit: Bobby Harl, ACerS. It is hard to believe ICC4 is already over, and I’m…

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ICC4 Day 2

By Lee Leonard / July 17, 2012

A large crowd listened to three presentations on Monday morning’s ICC4 Plenary Session I. Credit: Russell Lee Leonard, ACerS. Monday was the second day of the 4th International Congress on…

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ICC4: Packed with the future

By Bobby Harl / July 17, 2012

Edgar Lara-Curzio questions John Tracy after his lenary talk Monday. Credit: Bobby Harl, ACerS. Welcome to the second installment of this student’s perspective on the ICC4 conference. Today was the first full…

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Other materials science stories that may be of interest

By / July 16, 2012

Check ’em out: GE tests flight theory; ceramics are fragile, new to production and the future of an $18B unit (Wall Street Journal) Employees at the General Electric Co. plant…

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Faster simulation, award for new method

By / July 15, 2012

This is a simulation model of a automobile wheel, generated with Dominik Schillinger’s new method. Credit: TUM. (Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress…

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Moving towards copper oxide-based solar cells

By / July 13, 2012

(Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress that begins this weekend, so we had to put our normal writing on hold for a…

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New NIST-led consortium aims to improve process for making ‘soft materials’

By / July 13, 2012

(Editor’s note: Eileen and I are traveling and preparing for the International Ceramics Congress that begins this weekend, so we had to put our normal writing on hold for a…

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Other materials science stories that may be of interest

By / July 9, 2012

Check ’em out: New method knocks out stubborn electron problem A newly published article in Physical Review Letters eliminates one of the top unsolved theoretical problems in chemical physics as…

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