An article detailing our recent project to make industrial coatings that can resist erosion at higher temperatures appears on the BBC News website!
Micro Materials has recently led a project to make industrial coatings that can resist erosion at higher temperatures than was possible until now.
The coatings will be used in jet engines and concentrated solar power plants, enabling them to operate more efficiently. This could help save aviation fuel and generate more renewable energy, contributing to net zero targets.
Journalist Chris Baraniuk picked up on the significance of the project's results and his article about it has now been posted on the BBC's news website.
Check out the full version of his article here
In the article, Micro Materials' Director of Materials Development, Prof. Ben Beake, the project's Principle Investigator, explains in more detail what tests were carried out using our NanoTest instruments, the findings and the significant impacts these could have, particularly in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
To discover more about Micro Materials and our NanoTest nanomechanical testing platforms, capable of testing at the extremely high temperatures (upto and beyond 1000⁰ C) required for aerospace applications, please visit https://www.micromaterials.co.uk/high-temperature