Tape casting is a well-established technique to fabricate ceramic tapes. This technique has
been usually applied to produce dense substrates for electronic applications, but recently …

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 …

In the last five decades, there have been vast advances in the field of biomaterials, including
ceramics, glasses, glass-ceramics and metal alloys. Dense and porous ceramics have been …

As nanocrystalline (NC) materials exhibit many unique properties, which are often superior
to the properties of their coarse-grained counterparts, they offer significant potential for use …

Ceramic materials have been widely used for structural applications. However, most
ceramics have rather limited plasticity at low temperatures and fracture well before the onset …

Ceria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (Ce-TZP) has become an interesting alternative for the
widely used yttria-stabilized zirconia (Y-TZP), whereas efforts are needed to control its …

Transparent polycrystalline magnesium aluminate spinel (PMAS), owing to its high optical
transparency with acceptable mechanical properties and chemical stabilities, exhibits great …

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 consolidation of nano-sized composite materials presents a challenge using
conventional hot pressing methods. Spark plasma sintering (SPS) technology has shown …

The incessant technological pursuit towards a more sustainable and green future depends
strongly on permanent magnets. At present, their use is widespread, making it imperative to …