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 …

Review of flash sintering: materials, mechanisms and modelling

M Yu, S Grasso, R Mckinnon… - … in Applied Ceramics, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Flash sintering (FS) is an energy efficient sintering technique involving electrical Joule
heating, which allows very rapid densification (< 60 s) of particulate materials. Since the first …

Reactive flash sintering of ceramics: a review

B Yoon, V Avila, IR Lavagnini… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a novel electric field‐assisted sintering technique, flash sintering (FS) has gained
significant interest over the past decade due to its compelling time and cost efficiency. This …

In‐situ measurements of lattice expansion related to defect generation during flash sintering

JM Lebrun, CS Hellberg, SK Jha… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We report results from in‐situ measurements of lattice expansion during flash sintering of 3
mol% yttria stabilized tetragonal zirconia taken at the Advanced Photon Source, Argonne …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Measurement of O and Ti atom displacements in TiO2 during flash sintering experiments

B Yoon, D Yadav, R Raj, E Sortino… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In‐situ flash experiments on rutile TiO2 were performed at the synchrotron at the
Brookhaven National Laboratory. Pair distribution function analysis of total X‐ray scattering …

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 …

Investigation of temperature approximation methods during flash sintering of ZnO

H Charalambous, SK Jha, RT Lay, A Cabales… - Ceramics …, 2018 - Elsevier
The lattice expansion in ZnO, using in-situ X ray diffraction, has been investigated during
flash sintering with varying current densities. While current flow through the specimen …