Nanostructured ceramics bend before breaking.(POLYMERS/CERAMICS)

Advanced Materials & Processes,  October, 2005  

Tags: computer, University of Wisconsin

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Atomic mechanisms that explain why nanostructured ceramic materials also exhibit unusual ductility are being studied by researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the University of Southern California by means of a massive computer simulation involving 128 computer processors and nearly 19 million atoms.

Unlike other exceptionally hard materials, these advanced ceramics tend to bend rather than break, meaning they could be shaped into extremely long-lasting yet lightweight parts for everything from automobile engines and high-speed machining tools to medical implants ...

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