Water purification techniques, sodium-ion batteries, and expanding your impact make Jonathon’s list of top five favorite CTT posts from 2019.
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Hafnium oxide-based ferroelectrics are promising materials for nonvolatile memory devices, as they are compatible with modern semiconductor technologies. Researchers led by the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology came up with a unique method to better characterize these materials.
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Second rare earth exchange opens in China, US-Israel fund to invest $6M in joint clean energy projects, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for January 3, 2020.
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Tomato skin and graphene to generate electricity, how tungsten erodes in tokamaks, and other materials stories that may be of interest for January 1, 2020.
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Weyl semimetals, flexible glasses in bulk form, and multilayer ceramic capacitor shortage make Lisa’s list of top five favorite CTT posts from 2019.
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By incorporating electrospun nanofibers, The North Face’s new Futurelight gear is designed to be more breathable and lightweight than any other performance material currently on the market.
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The January/February 2020 issue of the ACerS Bulletin—featuring the history and industry impact of ferroelectric materials—is now available online. Plus—NSF CAREER Ceramics Program decadal overview.
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When grain sizes in ceramics become critically small, ceramics can appear to soften. Researchers led by the University of California, Davis, show this false impression is due to an extensive network of nanocracks caused by increased grain boundary energy.
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ACI to host Concrete Convention, nuclear tech company to locate research center in New Mexico, and more ceramic and glass business news of the week for December 20, 2019.
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Though construction season is mainly ended for the year, sometimes critical construction projects cannot wait until spring. Learn how to effectively pour concrete in cold weather.
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