A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has synthesized high-quality boride ceramic powders with an Archimedean shape, holding promising implications for the future of heat protection materials.
Continue readingChinese scientists develop ultrastrong, high thermal insulating ceramics
Scientists at the South China University of Technology have created a new porous ceramic that is ultrastrong at elevated temperatures and simultaneously high thermal insulating, two properties needed for making the shell of hypersonic aircraft.
Continue readingSpray Tips: Sol-Gel processing for nanoparticle synthesis
Sol-gel processing, a chemical engineering technique to manufacture ceramic powders successful in the preparation of bulk metal oxides, has been applied for nanoparticle synthesis.
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