Dendritic growth in undercooled melts represents a critical phenomenon in materials science, underpinning both the microstructural development and the performance properties of advanced alloys. The ...

Researchers from Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have created a new technique that allows the printing of metal contacts on just about anything without needing heat to do it. Eliminating ...

An advance in composite materials might spell the beginning of the end for soldering irons, those age-old workhorse tools used in electronics manufacturing and do-it-yourself electrical repairs. A ...

Researchers at the Department of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, in Xi'an, China, are engaged in revealing the mysteries of solidification process and the development of new ...

The Department of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xi'an, China-Research, has shown that the substantial undercooling of liquid state brings about novel microstructural ...