The mechanical strength and toughness of engineering materials are often mutually exclusive, posing challenges for material design and selection. To address this, a research team from The Hong Kong ...

While a large number of resin and metal materials demonstrate plastic deformation behavior, ceramic and glass materials exhibit almost no plastic deformation. Rather, they are prone to brittle failure ...

What is Hall-Petch Strengthening? Hall-Petch strengthening is a phenomenon where decreasing the average grain size of a material leads to increased yield strength and hardness. This effect is ...

A recent study in Nature Communications explored nanoporous amorphous carbon nanopillars, produced using an innovative method that combines self-assembled polymeric carbon precursors with nanoimprint ...

Accurate particle size analysis is vital for mining and geology, driving efficiency, regulatory compliance, and the performance of construction materials.