... and vice versa. Piezoelectricity refers to the ability of some materials, notably crystals and ceramics, to generate electricity when compressed. Over the last twenty years, micro-electro-mechanical ...
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Penn State professor of ceramic science and engineering, has been selected as one of six distinguished scientists from U.S. universities to form the inaugural class of the ...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., July 16 (UPI) -- People anxious for the microwave to ding could speed up the cooking with baking dishes made from an exotic ceramic material, a U.S. researcher says.
... , while saving on electricity. Researchers in Pennsylvania and Japan report development of new ceramic materials that heat up faster and retain heat longer than conventional microwave cookware while ...
Quicker microwave meals that use less energy may soon be possible with new ceramic microwave dishes and, according to the material scientists responsible, this same material could help with organic ...
Quicker microwave meals that use less energy may soon be possible with new ceramic microwave dishes and, according to the material scientists responsible, this same material could help with organic ...
... then sintering the resulting alumina "bricks" to promote brick densification and the formation of ceramic bridges between individual bricks.
Says Saiz, "Using such techniques, we have made complex ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- To most people, the word "ceramics," refers to opaque clay flower pots or translucent porcelain tea cups. But not all ceramics block or scatter light.
... applied to larger quantities used in manufacturing. It can thus, be applied to a wide range of ceramics".
Professor Pan, who has been investigating this process for the last 10 years, added that the ...
... follows from Utela's work. Three-dimensional printing was already possible for engineering-grade ceramics that have high firing temperatures. This is one of the first 3-D printers to use artist-grade ...
A new, not-so-secret recipe uses artist-grade ceramics powder for 3-D printing. Ceramics objects can now be printed for about three percent the cost of commercial printing mixes.
By measuring moisture recombination in ceramics, scientists have found a new way to date ancient pottery and brickwork
... would protect U.S. soldiers in Iraq from Improvised Explosive Devices. Or, what flexible ceramics might offer industry. Or, how everyone could benefit from new ways of producing and storing energy.
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... , leather goods and baskets, and can generate excellent images of denser museum pieces such as ceramics, stucco and beads. The company’s digital workstation—also on site—allows the museum to have one ...
... the 1980s scientists discovered a class of what they call high-temperature superconductors made of ceramic copper oxides, called cuprates. They found that at temperatures as high as about 135 K, or - ...
