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 …

A review of electromagnetic processing of materials (EPM): Heating, sintering, joining and forming

M Biesuz, T Saunders, D Ke, MJ Reece, C Hu… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Electricity is an efficient form of energy, and the growing interest in electricity-assisted
manufacturing is motivated by its inherent energy saving and reduced environmental impact …

Electronic conductivity in gadolinium doped ceria under direct current as a trigger for flash sintering

TP Mishra, RRI Neto, G Speranza, A Quaranta… - Scripta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we discuss the progression of flash sintering in 10mol% gadolinium-doped
ceria specimens. Flash transition is correlated with the generation of n-type electronic …

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 …

Fabrication and electrical characteristics of flash-sintered SiO2-doped ZnO-Bi2O3-MnO2 varistors

P Peng, Y Deng, J Niu, L Shi, Y Mei, S Du, J Liu… - Journal of Advanced …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The dense ZnO-Bi 2 O 3-MnO 2-x SiO 2 (ZBMS) varistors for x= 0, 1, 2, 3 wt% were
fabricated by flash sintering method under the low temperature of 850° C within 2 min. The …

Promoting microstructural homogeneity during flash sintering of ceramics through thermal management

GM Jones, M Biesuz, W Ji, SF John, C Grimley… - MRS Bulletin, 2021 - Springer
Flash sintering (FS) is a novel field-assisted sintering technology, where the ceramic is
heated internally by the Joule effect. While FS promises a tremendous reduction of ceramic …

Creep behavior of zirconia ceramics under a strong DC field

D Liu, K Wang, K Zhao, J Liu, L An - Scripta Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
The tensile creep of 3 mol% Y 2 O 3 stabilized tetragonal ZrO 2 ceramics under a DC field
was systematically investigated. The results show that the deformation mechanism of the …

Monitoring micro-structural evolution during aluminum sintering and understanding the sintering mechanism of aluminum nanoparticles: A molecular dynamics study

J Jiang, P Chen, W Sun - Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to explore the structural
evolution and underlying sintering mechanism of aluminum nanoparticles. The structural …

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 …