Ceramics often have microstructure and grain sizes that affect material performance. It is possible to optimize microstructure and grain boundaries with ceramic processing parameters for specific ...

Highlighting recent advancements in ceramic AM that are coming out of academic labs and are influencing the future of the segment.

In critical fields such as aerospace, military, and industrial manufacturing, surface protection of components has been a longstanding challenge. Ceramic materials with high melting points, hardness, ...

Researchers have used 3-D printing to create ceramic structures from silicon polymers. Scientists at HRL Laboratories LLC in Malibu, Calif., announced their process overcomes the limitations of ...

For a long time, the production of ceramic coatings has only been possible by means of sintering techniques conducted at more than 1,000 degrees Celsius. However, a novel spraying method, Powder ...

(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.

Providing multiple functional roles simultaneously, the composition of seashells and bones gradually vary throughout their structure making them part of a group of materials called Functionally Graded ...

The production of modern ceramic components generally involves two separate processing stages. First, powdered ceramic is dispersed in a liquid and then compacted to form the desired component shape ...

The worldwide demand for ceramic materials with wide-ranging applications is rising in the biomedical, aerospace industry, electronics, precision tools, and environmental fields. Advanced ceramics ...

A team of engineers and artists at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has revived an ancient Egyptian glass casting method and developed "Vitraglyphic," a technique ...