Researchers in Penn State's Materials Research Institute, led by Clive Randall, recently discovered a process that could revolutionize the manufacturing industry. Known as cold sintering, the process could be used for developing materials we use every day, such as bricks and glass, at a much lower energy cost than the process used today. The … [Read more...]
Thin Layers of Water Hold Promise for the Energy Storage of the Future
Veronica Augustyn, Center for Dielectrics and Piezoelectrics faculty member at North Carolina State University has found that a material which incorporates atomically thin layers of water is able to store and deliver energy much more quickly than the … [Read more...]
CDP 2017 Fall Meeting – A Great Success
The Fall Meeting of the CDP held on Thursday, November 2 and Friday, November 3, 2017 at Sandia Resort and Casino in Albuquerque, NM was well attended by industry members, faculty and staff. On Saturday, November 4, 2017, members and faculty took part in a working breakfast to discuss the Roadmapping Exercise designed to brainstorm about … [Read more...]
Lowering the Heat Makes New Materials Possible While Saving Energy
A new technology developed by Penn State researchers, called cold sintering process (CSP), opens a window on the ability to combine incompatible materials, such as ceramics and plastics, into new, useful compound materials, and to lower the energy cost of many types of manufacturing. To see the work CDP's Clive Randall is engage in go here: [Read more...]
NC State Leads NSF Program to Train Future Leaders at Nexus of Big Data and Materials Science
North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University are launching a National Science Foundation-funded program to recruit and train researchers in new ways of applying advanced statistical tools to physical science data. To read more about the program CDP's Dr. Elizabeth Dickey is engaged in go here: [Read more...]
New Approach to Determining How Atoms Are Arranged in Materials
Jacob Jones and his colleagues from North Carolina State University, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a novel approach to materials characterization, using Bayesian statistical methods to glean new insights into the structure of materials. The work should inform the … [Read more...]