Congratulations to Shafique Ahmed and Haixue Yan and their co-authors: Chunxiao Song, Jiyue Wu & Bo Li on their research paper, "Temperature dependence in ageing process in commercial zirconia dental ceramics" which has received the esteemed IOM3 Pfeil Awardfrom the IOM3.

The research sheds light on the behaviour of zirconia dental ceramics under low temperature degradation and highlights their suitability for dental applications, making remarkable strides in the field of ceramic materials.

The award was presented to Shafique and Haixue at the Annual Awards Ceremony at the IOM3 on 7th December 2023. It was noted at the awards ceremony that this was the third year in a row that this highly prestigeous international award has gone to researchers currently working at QMUL.

Updated by: Haixue Yan