Ceramic textiles, improved jet engine blades, 3-D printed ceramics and better batteries may soon become a reality, thanks to a recently patented polymer from a Kansas State University engineer. Using ...

Researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are seeking to patent a novel process for manufacturing a type of material called preceramic polymer-grafted nanoparticles, or "hairy nanoparticles" (HNP ...

The preparation of dense Si 3 N 4-based ceramics has attracted great attention due to the achievable improvements in mechanical properties and high-temperature oxidation resistance. In general, the ...

An ultrafast method can drastically reduce the time needed to synthesize ceramics, cutting prep time from several hours to less than a minute (Science 2020, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz7681). The ...

Ceramic coating is a protective measure used in car detailing. In some ways, it’s effectively replaced trusty old carnauba wax and polymer sealants as the go-to post-cleaning protectant. At a pro ...

CSIRO Manufacturing and Materials Technology, through its spin-off company Ceram Polymerik (Waverley Gardens, Australia), has commercialized what it claims to be the first polymer that in a blaze will ...

Some watches become legends because they perfectly embody their era. Others, more rarely, because they help shape the future.

Using five ingredients — silicon, boron, carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen — an engineer has created a liquid polymer that can transform into a ceramic with valuable thermal, optical and electronic ...