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Every discipline has its holy grail. For Siddha Pimputkar, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering in Lehigh University’s P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science, it ...

Researchers combine diamond and cubic boron nitride with a novel alloying process for a superhard material. Diamonds are forever, except when they oxidize while cutting through iron, cobalt, nickel, ...

Report by BC Professor of Physics David Broido and international colleagues confirm high thermal conductivity predicted for isotopically enriched cubic boron nitride Research by Professor of Physics ...

A recent case study on flexible cubic boron nitride (CBN) grit hones show how they are ideal for restoring the surface integrity of machined superalloys. By its very nature, high-nickel, iron or ...

Polymer nanocomposites are advanced materials with a polymer matrix reinforced with nanoscale fillers or additives. These fillers, typically nanoparticles, have at least one dimension less than 100 ...

Two-dimensional nanosheets of boron nitride improve the mechanical and thermal properties of polymer composites. Two-dimensional materials have garnered much interest since the successful isolation of ...

A material known as cubic boron arsenide has two major advantages over silicon, research shows. It provides high mobility to both electrons and holes, and it has excellent thermal conductivity. It is, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 8, 2015 -- Diamonds are forever, except when they oxidize while cutting through iron, cobalt, nickel, chromium, or vanadium at high temperatures. Conversely, cubic boron ...

Report by BC Professor of Physics David Broido and international colleagues confirm high thermal conductivity predicted for isotopically enriched cubic boron nitride Research by Professor of Physics ...