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 …

Review of flash sintering with strong electric field

H Zhou, X Li, Y Zhu, J Liu, A Wu, G Ma, X Wang… - High …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Flash sintering is a novel field‐assisted sintering technology for ceramics that allows a
dramatic reduction in processing time and temperature. Since 2010, when flash sintering …

Recent advances in mechanism research and methods for electric‐field‐assisted sintering of ceramics

MZ Becker, N Shomrat, Y Tsur - Advanced Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Electric‐field‐assisted sintering of ceramic materials is under considerable attention during
recent years. The current research is reviewed with a focus on mechanism research …

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 …

Effect of external electric field on diffusivity and flash sintering of 8YSZ: a molecular dynamics study

W Xu, A Maksymenko, S Hasan, JJ Meléndez… - Acta Materialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The atomistic structural modification and ionic diffusivity in 8YSZ at elevated temperature
with the presence of an external electric field (E-field) were investigated by molecular …

The effects of external fields in ceramic sintering

SK Jha, XL Phuah, J Luo… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Field‐assisted processing techniques can enhance the kinetics of powder synthesis,
accelerate sintering processes, and drive phase transformations at significantly lower …

Flash sintering: A new frontier in defect physics and materials science

R Raj, A Kulkarni, JM Lebrun, S Jha - MRS Bulletin, 2021 - Springer
Interest in ultrafast sintering has been expanding from different directions that include not
only electric and electromagnetic field driven accelerations, but also the influence of heating …

Touch‐free flash sintering with magnetic induction within a reactor activated by the usual flash method

SIA Jalali, R Raj - Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We describe a new system for flash sintering where a reactor is built with walls made from
dog‐bone specimens that are held in Stage III of flash under current control. The reactor is …