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Zirconium carbide (ZrC) ceramics, essential for hypersonic vehicles and next-generation nuclear systems, are notoriously difficult to sinter and are inherently brittle. Researchers have now developed ...

Dr. Hong-Ju Lee and Dr. In-Hyuk Song of the Nano Materials Research Division at the Korea Institute of Materials Science ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Ceramics are an important class of materials with widespread applications in electronics and energy storage due to their high thermal, mechanical, and chemical stability.

A new techno-economic analysis shows that the energy intensive ceramic industry would gain both financial and environmental benefits if it moved to free the cold sintering process from languishing in ...

Researchers developed ceramic membranes with near-defect-free surfaces that filter dyes from wastewater at tap-water pressure, cutting energy use in water treatment.

Scientists at Harbin University in China have devised a novel two-step process that uses ...

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For the first time, researchers have created a nanocomposite of ceramics and a two-dimensional material, opening the door for new designs of nanocomposites with such applications as solid-state ...

In an exciting development for the field of aerospace engineering, the lightweight materials of airplanes and rockets might soon be getting stronger. A new method for making ceramic materials — which ...