Far more than a material for crockery and tableware, ceramics are getting an upgrade in engineering. From electric fields to AI, researchers are transforming these traditional composites. Ceramics are ...

High-entropy ceramics and oxides represent a burgeoning class of materials in which multiple principal elements are combined in near-equimolar ratios to form single-phase solid solutions. This ...

A five-element ceramic aerogel compresses by 98% and recovers its shape from cryogenic to 1500 degrees C temperatures, ...

Flash sintering is a novel field assisted sintering technique, whereby ceramics can be sintered in just a few seconds. For example, 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia (3YSZ) was shown to sinter in 5 ...

Scientists have successfully been able to transfer the experience from furnace to laboratory while synthesizing nanoscale materials using simple and highly efficient flame technology. This "baking" of ...

Oxide ceramic nanoparticles such as silica, alumina, titania, zirconia, have all been produced with improved properties. Silica nanoparticles have been used for biomedical applications, such as in ...

The material’s high proton conductivity and chemical stability at temperatures of 200–500 °C can pave the way for more durable fuel cells Fuel cells offer a promising solution for clean energy by ...

As the name suggests, rare earth elements are difficult to obtain in large amounts due to being evenly distributed over the Earth. Due to their similar chemical characteristics and their original ...

The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC; Tarragona, Spain) has launched a new pilot line for the manufacturing of ...

Based on Laser-Induced Slipcasting (LIS) technology, the Lithoz 3D printer uses laser slurry drying, or net shaping, technology to guide computer-controlled light amplification by stimulated emission ...