Flash sintering of ceramics

M Biesuz, VM Sglavo - Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2019 - Elsevier
Flash sintering is a novel densification technology for ceramics, which allows a dramatic
reduction of processing time and temperature. It represents a promising sintering route to …

What's new in ceramics sintering? A short report on the latest trends and future prospects

M Biesuz, S Grasso, VM Sglavo - Current Opinion in Solid State and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite sintering has a history even longer than human civilization (its discovery dates back
at least to 25,000 years ago), in the past decade, new exciting challenges have emerged in …

[HTML][HTML] Intrinsic intermediate gap states of TiO2 materials and their roles in charge carrier kinetics

B Liu, X Zhao, J Yu, IP Parkin, A Fujishima… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) is regarded as an important prototype photocatalytic material for
several decades. The charge carrier kinetics determines the photocatalytic properties of TiO …

Current-rate flash sintering of gadolinium doped ceria: microstructure and defect generation

TP Mishra, RRI Neto, R Raj, O Guillon, M Bram - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
In current-rate flash-sintering experiments the current is injected into the specimen from the
very start and then increased at a constant rate, while the furnace is held at a constant …

The impact of flash sintering on densification and plasticity of strontium titanate: high heating rates, dislocation nucleation and plastic flow

W Rheinheimer, XL Phuah, L Porz, M Scherer… - Journal of the European …, 2023 - Elsevier
Flash sintering involves very rapid densification of ceramic powder compacts during a
thermal runaway induced by an applied voltage and current. The mechanisms of fast …

The role of point defects and defect gradients in flash sintering of perovskite oxides

W Rheinheimer, XL Phuah, H Wang, F Lemke… - Acta Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the impact of point defects and their redistribution on the flash
sintering process. Strontium titanate was chosen as a model system for the group of …

In-situ observation of oxygen mobility and abnormal lattice expansion in ceria during flash sintering

SK Jha, H Charalambous, H Wang, XL Phuah… - Ceramics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Flash sintering has been shown to be an effective method of sintering for many types of
ceramics. However, the characteristics of flash sintering for each type of ceramic varies …

[HTML][HTML] Design and synthesis of chemically complex ceramics from the perspective of entropy

J Liu, G Shao, D Liu, K Chen, K Wang, B Ma… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
High-entropy ceramics (HECs) have rapidly expanded from high-entropy oxides to high-
entropy ultrahigh temperature ceramics/coatings and have drawn extensive attention in the …

Inhomogeneous reduction and its relation to grain growth of titania during flash sintering

H Charalambous, SK Jha, H Wang, XL Phuah, H Wang… - Scripta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Flash sintering under DC electric field partially reduces titania (rutile) and promotes
abnormal grain growth near the anode. The resulting reduction in grain boundary density …

Effects of electric field on microstructure evolution and defect formation in flash-sintered TiO2

B Yang, Z Shang, J Li, XL Phuah, J Cho… - Journal of the European …, 2022 - Elsevier
Various ceramic materials have been successfully flash sintered via mostly direct current
(DC) and some by alternative current (AC). However, a direct comparison on the effects of …