Congratulations to our PhD student Annalaura Zilio on winning the Best Poster Contest at the XIX Elctroceramics Conference held in Vilnius (19-22.08.24)!
She works with the support of a scholarship co-sponsored by PNRR funds (DM 117/2023) and DeAngeli Prodotti [https://lnkd.in/dj-zHDMk] on developing novel materials for electrical insulation, particularly from silicone polymers. Annalaura presented a novel strategy to produce nearly phase-pure forsterite and cordierite ceramics from silicone-based blends. By incorporating Mg and Al salts into silicone-acrylate mixtures as emulsions (as shown in https://lnkd.in/d8CxzCSC), these mixtures can coat various substrates. Photo-curing stabilizes the coating before firing, while also opening up possibilities for 3D printing to create insulating ceramic components with complex features.
Onwards and upwards!