Porous silicon carbide ceramics have emerged as a versatile class of materials that combine exceptional thermal stability, chemical inertness and mechanical robustness with a high degree of ...

The field of porous ceramics has experienced significant progress due to advanced processing methods such as freeze casting, also known as ice templating. This technique harnesses the directional ...

Compared to metal and polymer-based materials, ceramics can better withstand high temperatures and corrosive environments, but their brittle nature often makes them susceptible to breakage. This ...

(a) The dependence of packing density of binary powder mixture on the weight fraction of fine powder and the ratios of particle size, (b) illustration of particle stacking with 20 wt% of coarse powder ...

A team of Chinese scientists from Guangzhou University's School of Materials Science and Engineering has unveiled a new porous ceramic with unprecedented strength and insulation capabilities, poised ...

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 ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nature has perfected what human engineering still struggles to achieve: creating materials that can adapt, sense their environment, and transform harmful substances into useful ...

Thermal insulation material is an essential part of the thermal protection system (TPS) of hypersonic vehicles. High-entropy ceramics have recently received considerable attention in thermal ...

Facing the challenging task of developing lightweight, high-strength ceramic materials, an engineer has turned to an unexpected collaborator for design inspiration: the knobby sea star from the ...