Ceramic Tech Today

Smile: Nanocrystals in glass–ceramic dentures provide strength, natural appearance

By / January 10, 2012

Making glass-ceramics at Jena University. Credit: Jan-Peter Kasper, FSU. James Bond fans know well the villain Jaws, a character in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker. Jaws wasn’t concerned about…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / January 5, 2012

Check ’em out: High-speed CMOS sensors are used here to control production machinery. Credit: Fraunhofer IMS. High-speed CMOS sensors provide better images CMOS image sensors have long been the solution…

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Giving an order to hybrid materials

By John Uhlrich / January 5, 2012

A unique method for processing ZnO nanowires and polythiophenes results in a hybrid structure with nanometer scale ordering and a high crystallinity, showing great promis for the future of hybrid…

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Technical ceramics and art ceramics—only a brain apart

By Eileen De Guire / January 5, 2012

Teapot by Diane KW and Corey Lum featured in the Potters Council 2012 Teapot Collection calendar. Credit: Ceramic Publications Company. Is this a familiar experience? You are at a social…

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Previews from the Intl. Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology

By Eileen De Guire / January 5, 2012

New papers that have been accepted for publication in the International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology are posted to “Early View” on the Wiley website and can be read even…

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LED ceiling virtually recreates clouds drifting across the sky

By Eileen De Guire / January 5, 2012

A dynamic luminous LED ceiling gives office workers a feeling of working under an open sky. Credit: Fraunhofer IAO. If rainy days and Mondays get you down, a remedy is…

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By Eileen De Guire / December 22, 2011

Here’s what we’re hearing from press releases, news stories, blogs, etc.. Morgan Technical Ceramics’ ceramic end effectors set to become component of choice for handling 450mm semiconductor wafers Increased consumer…

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Video: Khan Academy—A fresh, fun approach to online learning

By Eileen De Guire / December 21, 2011

The Squeeze Theorem explained by Sal Kahn, the creator of the online learning resource, Kahn Academy. Credit: Kahn Academy. Here’s a gem of a website that I wish I had…

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Rendering cotton self-cleaning by coating with titania and silver iodide

By Eileen De Guire / December 21, 2011

Typical SEM images of (a) N-TiO2-cotton and (b) AgI-N-TiO2-cotton. Reprinted with permission from ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, DOI: 10.1021/am201251d. Copyright 2011 American Chemical Society. A recent press release from the…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By Eileen De Guire / December 20, 2011

Check ’em out: Red, green and blue OLEDs with an active surface area of 2×2 millimeters, being tested for performance. Credit: Deutscher Zukunftpreis/Ansgar Pudenz. Electronics made of plastic Researchers at…

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