Advanced sialon ceramics are designed for many high-temperature applications, competing with reputable technical ceramics and refractory materials with their high strength and durability features.

One particular area of success has been in enhancing heat transfer by using nanoparticles to improve the thermal conductivity of fluids used in these applications. Since the early 2000s, scientists ...

Great conductor: A sequence showing how thermal energy, which is carried by electrons, spreads through theta-phase tantalum nitride after the metallic material is struck by a pulse of light, from 0.1 ...