A materials scientist at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany has been awarded a prestigious "ERC Proof of Concept Grant" from the European Research Council to further develop and refine a ...
Glass is heat-treated for two reasons: the first is to increase its strength to resist external stresses such as wind and snow loads, or thermal loads caused by the sun’s energy. The second is to ...
The team’s findings, published in Science, might one day open new bio-inspired routes for toughening brittle ceramics in various applications. As part of the study Professor Nicola Pugno, from QMUL’s ...