Researchers have found that aluminum oxide glass can flex and stretch without breaking (Science 2019, DOI: 10.1126/science.aav1254). Most glass is made of silica, an amorphous solid in which atoms are ...

Tricky technique: the new glass was made using pulsed laser deposition. (Courtesy: Jonne Renvall and Erkka Frankberg) Flexible glass that does not shatter on impact could soon be made using insights ...

(Nanowerk News) Structure of amorphous materials clarified. This project has so far been a big challenge due to the complexity of this material class. Modern preparation methods in combination with ...

Researchers explain the dissolution behavior of silica glasses manufactured by different processes, a natural biologically produced silica and a synthetic, dispersed or colloidal silica. Their ...

Aluminum oxide or alumina is the fruit fly of materials science: thoroughly researched and well-understood. This compound, with the simple chemical formula Al 2 O 3, occurs frequently in Earth's crust ...

Empa researchers led by Simon Gramatte (front) and Vladyslav Turlo have succeeded for the first time in simulating amorphous aluminum oxide with hydrogen inclusions with atomic precision. Aluminum ...