Great news!

To the best of our knowledge for the first time in the world, J-Tech@PoliTO researchers have successfully achieved pressure-less, localized, laser-assisted joining of SiC/SiC composite tubes.

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceram.2025.100802 

Laser joining team at work: Manuela De Maddis, Patrik Prus,Koshika Pandey, Kurshid Aliev, and Monica Ferraris (who took the picture)