Ceramic Tech Today

Double perovskites developed for high-temp applications

By / February 18, 2011

A schematic of a double perovskite heterostructure magnetic tunnel junction. (Credit: OSU.) Last month I shared a story on the work Ohio State University researchers’ development of a computer-controlled “blowtorch”…

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By / February 18, 2011

So many materials stories, so little time: Cornell study: Graphene grains make atomic patchwork quilts Dynamically tunable hemispherical electronic eye camera system with adjustable zoom capability Eyeglasses that use liquid crystals…

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DOE: $5 million available for GATE centers, student graduate fellowships in automotive materials, engineering

By / February 17, 2011

Are you someone at (or near) the start of your graduate studies in engineering, and do you have an interest in advanced energy storage, propulsion systems and lightweight automotive materials?…

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DOE gives loan guarantee to southwestern transmission project

By / February 16, 2011

Map of southwestern grid transmission project, Southwest Intertie Project. Credit: DOI. The DOE announced it is using Recovery Act monies to provide a loan guarantee for $343 million to assist a consortium…

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Not yet in home LED heaven – but maybe next year

By / February 16, 2011

Because several ACerS members are directly or indirectly involved with LED research and development, and because I am doing some remodeling at my house, I figured that now would be…

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Japanese group ‘prints’ amorphous silicon photovoltaic cell created using silicon inks

By / February 16, 2011

JAIST researchers have developed three types of silicon ink:  aB-doped p-type, an i-type (intrinsic) and a P-doped type.Credit T. Shimoda; JAIST. Typically, photovoltaic units composed of thin-film silicon materials do…

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Video of the week: Z.L. Wang on piezoeletronics and piezophotoeletronics

By / February 15, 2011

[flash https://ceramics.org/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/zl_wang.flv mode=1 f={image=/ceramictechtoday/wp-content/video/zl_wang.jpg}] Georgia Tech’s Zhong-Lin Wang was a plenary speaker at the recent 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites. There, I was able to catch up…

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Larger grains at lower temperatures: Possible poly-silicon production cost breakthrough?

By / February 15, 2011

A new process creates poly-silicon with crystal grains up to 150 micrometers, roughly 30 times larger than grains currently produced in the photovoltaic industry. (Credit: H. Naseem.) Researchers from the…

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Micromeritics offers free materials characterization workshop

By / February 15, 2011

Micromeritics, a manufacturer of particle and nanotechnology instruments and equipment, is offering a free materials characterization workshop and plant tour on March 15, 2011, at its headquarters located in Norcross, Ga.…

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Cure for the winter blues: SEM images of snowflakes

By / February 8, 2011

We’ve reported in the past on the incredible magnification powers of scanning electron microscopes. An SEM is a type of electron microscope that images the sample surface by scanning it…

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