WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Something as simple as an electric field could soon make wartime missiles or drinking mugs easier to produce and more resilient for fracture. Items such as drinking mugs, ...

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 ...

Cold sintering presents a transformative approach to ceramic and composite fabrication, utilising markedly lower temperatures than conventional sintering methods. By employing either a transient ...

In this study, the layered anisotropic structure of β-Li₂TiO₃ enables preferential dislocation slip under high pressure, amplified by nanoscale stress concentration, driving plastic deformation to ...

(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.

While the method of flash sintering can reduce the temperatures and time required to process ceramics in comparison with traditional methods, the technique often ...

The dual-phase proton ceramic electrolyte produced by the low-temperature synthesis process exhibits enhanced sintering characteristics, enabling a reduction in the sintering temperature of ...

Among various decorative materials, ceramic enamel panel has gradually become a commonly used material for many large-scale public works due to its unique properties. Below, we will delve into it in ...

Powder properties in four phases (powder pretreatment, dispersion and mixing, molding, and sintering) typically impact the robustness of modern ceramic products. Particle size is the most important ...