A centuries-old materials bonding process is being tested aboard the International Space Station in an experiment that could pave the way for more materials research of its kind aboard the orbiting ...

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 researchers at Fudan University, China, reviewed the fundamental mechanisms and recent development in the selective laser sintering of polymers, which is of great help for researchers to learn ...

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 ...

(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 novel ultra-fast high-temperature pre-sintering (UHS) followed by conventional pressureless sintering (CS) strategy was employed for the first time to prepare transparent AlON ceramics. The prepared ...

Study using VPP to form SiC with sintering aids, achieving sub‑2000°C densification and improved microstructure.

A new 3D glass printing process developed at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, produces nanometer-fine quartz glass structures that can be printed directly onto semiconductor chips. A ...