The paper "Understanding the effect of surface flaws on the strength distribution of brittle single crystals", authored by M. Gruber, A. Leitner, I. Kraleva, D. Kiener, P. Supancic, and R. Bermejo, was recognized as one of the most-read publications in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society from January 2018 to December 2019. The collaboration between the chairs of Structural and Functional Ceramics and Materials Physics in a COMET project conducted at the Materials Center Leoben was dedicated to understand the influence of surface properties on the mechanical reliability of piezoelectric materials used as frequency filters in the new 5G communication technology. Congratulations to Dr. M. Gruber and the project team on this important success.
