Reducing oxide glass brittleness is an active area of research. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, created a tough oxide glass with a stress-modulus relationship near the theoretical limit by dispersing nanoparticles in a glass melt.
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A main shortcoming of oxide glasses is that they are brittle. Researchers in Denmark and the United States found they could increase the crack resistance of such glasses enormously by subjecting the glass surface to humid aging.
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Toughen glass using nanoparticles, “beyond 5G” wireless transceiver, and other materials stories that may be of interest for July 24, 2019.
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Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that adding caffeine to perovskite solar cells stabilizes their power conversion efficiency, due to caffeine forming a “molecular lock” with lead ions in the solar cells.
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Simulating the formation of ASR gels, solar cells work better with caffeine, and other materials stories that may be of interest for May 1, 2019.
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Graphene foam is squishy in cold, 3D print chalcogenide glass, and other materials stories that may be of interest for April 24, 2019.
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Flaws of battery fast charging, skin wound regeneration with bioactive nanoparticles, and other materials stories that may be of interest for February 20, 2019.
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New atomistic simulations by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles and Oak Ridge National Lab are revealing that irradiated materials are even more disordered that previously thought—calling into question the safety of vitrified nuclear waste.
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MS&T16 ended yesterday, bringing to a close the annual flagship event in materials science and engineering.
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