Ceramics have unique characteristics (e.g., high resilience and strength, tunable electronic and ionic transport, bio-compatibility, ferroelectric response) that make them desirable for a variety of different applications. At UF, ceramics research tackles material design and processing challenges related to gas-turbine engines, battery materials, nuclear energy, drug delivery, and many more!
Amanda Krause, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Inside a Ceramics Lab
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Graduate student Daniel DeLellis prepares to cut a sample on a high-speed, automatic saw -
The high-speed saw is used to cut very hard and dense powder-processed ceramic materials, and prepare them for observation under the scanning electron microscope -
Graduate student Bryan Conry inputs temperature controls for a high-temperature furnace run -
The box furnaces in our lab can reach temperatures exceeding 2100 degrees F. The extremely high temperature is necessary to fully densify ceramic materials and conduct grain growth studies across heat treatment timesteps