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YCN Photo Contest 2020
Here are the results of the 2020 Photo Contest:
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Gıyasettin Can Tatlısu, Eskisehir Technical University, Turkey
New Generation Thermal Insulation Material Affected by Covid-19 Pandemic Outbreak
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Onur Kagan Enni
Disguised Grasshopper
α, β SiAlON ceramic. Elongated hexagonal shaped β-SiAlON grains are growing after sintering above 1700 °C.
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Carmen Muñoz Ferreiro, Dpto. Física de la Materia Condensada (Universidad de Sevilla) ICMS (CSIC-US) and MATEIS (INSA Lyon)
A stone desert is born
The micrograph shows boron oxide nanocrystals (in the form of pilars) coming out from a zirconium oxide (3YTZP) matrix. The event occured after the oxidation of a boron nitride (BN) nanoplatelets/3YTZP composite at temperatures over 1000 ºC. We can also see that due to this oxidation, the 3YTZP grains on the surface have suffered a martensitic transformation from the tetragonal to the monoclinic phase (visible because of a higher grain size).
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YCN Newsletter 30 - Reflections from Alejandro Montón
Dear YCN Friends and Colleagues,
As my term on the Young Ceramists Network (YCN) committee comes to a close after a journey that began in December 2021 and ended this January 2026, I want to take a moment to share a few personal reflections and heartfelt thanks.
YCN Newsletter 30 - Building Bridges: Petar Kotevski Joins the Committee
Dear Young Ceramists Community,
It is my great pleasure to briefly introduce myself and my ideas to you.
My name is Petar Kotevski, a first-year PhD candidate, working on a collaborative project between INSA Lyon and 3DCERAM, under the main supervision of Prof. Jérôme Chevalier.
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