Researchers have demonstrated a new bilayer ceramic coating to extend the service life of tools needed in the machining of ...

ZnO varistor ceramics were synthesised by cold sintering/spark plasma sintering and post-annealing treatment. Intriguingly, the ZnO varistor ceramics present ultrahigh potential gradient, high ...

Materials scientists have been exploring environmental barrier coatings (EBCs) materials that can withstand stable operation in oxidizing environments containing water vapor at temperatures of 1400 ℃ ...

The components of high-quality lasers can be made of many different materials. Many high-power and solid-state lasers use ceramic materials to generate a laser beam and are seen as an alternative ...

How additive manufacturing advanced the development of functionally graded materials. Why compositionally graded materials present a greater challenge to materials engineers. How computational ...