Synthesis of inorganic solids using microwaves

KJ Rao, B Vaidhyanathan, M Ganguli… - Chemistry of …, 1999 - ACS Publications
Use of microwaves in the synthesis of materials is gaining importance. Microwave-assisted
synthesis is generally much faster, cleaner, and more economical than the conventional …

An overview on microwave processing of material: a special emphasis on glass melting

AK Mandal, R Sen - Materials and manufacturing processes, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Material processing adopting microwave heating has emerged as an alternative tool owing
to faster processing, a cleaner environment, and several other advantages. This review …

Recent advances in safe synthesis of energetic materials: an overview

DM Badgujar, MB Talawar, VE Zarko… - … , explosion, and shock …, 2019 - Springer
The development of novel energetic materials with highest possible performance is of
current interest. Synthesis of such materials is performed at various stages of pilot plant …

Synthesis of Ti, Ga, and V nitrides: microwave-assisted carbothermal reduction and nitridation

B Vaidhyanathan, KJ Rao - Chemistry of materials, 1997 - ACS Publications
A simple, novel, and fast method of preparation of metal nitride powders (GaN, TiN, and VN)
using microwave-assisted carbothermal reduction and nitridation has been demonstrated …

A rapid microwave initiated polyol synthesis of cerium oxide nanoparticle using different cerium precursors

S Soren, M Bessoi, P Parhi - Ceramics International, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Single phase cerium Oxide (CeO 2) nanoparticles have been synthesized by the
microwave mediated polyol method in just 10 min. Synthesis of cerium oxide nanoparticle …

Microwave heating and spark plasma sintering as non-conventional synthesis methods to access thermoelectric and magnetic materials

JP Siebert, CM Hamm, CS Birkel - Applied Physics Reviews, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The development of new—cheaper, more efficient, more sustainable, and more reliable—
functional materials with useful properties calls for ever-improving, smart, and innovative …

Ball-milling synthesized Bi2VO5.5 for piezo-photocatalytic assessment

M Kumar, R Vaish, I Kebaili, I Boukhris… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The mechanochemical ball milling followed by heating at 650° C for 5 h successfully
produced the single-phase Bi2VO5. 5 powder. Catalytic activity for methylene blue dye …

Novel synthesis of nitride powders by microwave-assisted combustion

B Vaidhyanathan, DK Agrawal, R Roy - Journal of Materials …, 2000 - cambridge.org
A novel and simple microwave-assisted combustion procedure for the synthesis of a number
of technologically important metal nitrides was demonstrated. The method involves the …

Rapid microwave synthesis of indium filled skutterudites: An energy efficient route to high performance thermoelectric materials

K Biswas, S Muir, MA Subramanian - Materials Research Bulletin, 2011 - Elsevier
Filled skutterudites are promising thermoelectric materials due to reduced thermal
conductivity upon inserting a guest atom or 'rattler'into the CoSb3 structure. By using an …

Microwave-assisted low temperature fabrication of nanostructured α-Fe2O3 electrodes for solar-driven hydrogen generation

S Saremi-Yarahmadi, B Vaidhyanathan… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
It is demonstrated for the first time that significant enhancement of photoelectrochemical
performance could be achieved by using microwave-assisted annealing for the fabrication of …