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 …

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 …

Gas-discharge induced flash sintering of YSZ ceramics at room temperature

Y Zhu, H Zhou, R Huang, N Yan, X Wang, G Liu… - Journal of Advanced …, 2022‏ - Springer
This is the first study to conduct the flash sintering of 3 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia (3YSZ)
ceramics at room temperature (25° C) under a strong electric field, larger than 1 kV/cm. At …

A current-controlled flash sintering processing leading to dense and fine-grained typical multi-element ZnO varistor ceramics

J Niu, H She, Z Liu, M Cheng, J Xu, J Liu… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Comparing to conventional sintering, the densification, microstructure and electric properties
of typical multi-element ZnO-Bi 2 O 3-based varistor ceramics on different constant furnace …

Flash cold sintering: Combining water and electricity

M Kermani, M Biesuz, J Dong, H Deng… - Journal of the European …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
An innovative sintering method that combines Flash (ie electricity) and Cold Sintering (ie
water or other liquid) is presented. The electrolysis of water triggers Flash Cold Sintering …

Flash sintering with concurrent crystallization of Li1. 5Al0. 5Ge1. 5 (PO4) 3 glass

JV Campos, IR Lavagnini, VM Zallocco, EB Ferreira… - Acta Materialia, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Single-phase Li 1.5 Al 0.5 Ge 1.5 (PO 4) 3 NaSICON (Na superionic conductor)
glass-ceramic is obtained via a new route using flash-sinter crystallization. Green compacts …

Flash joining of metal-ceramic multi-layered sandwich structure

R Mundra, P Gupta, A Eqbal, T Chakrabarti… - Journal of the European …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The present study uses Flash joining technique to join sandwiched Titanium (Ti) metal with
two pre-sintered Titanium dioxide (TiO 2) pellets. This method employs Direct Current (DC) …

Beyond flash sintering: How the flash event could change ceramics and glass processing

M Biesuz, VM Sglavo - Scripta Materialia, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The broad and far-reaching (beyond sintering) implications of flash processes are critically
assessed. Different mass transport-based flash-like technologies are currently emerging …

High‐performance ZnO varistor ceramics prepared by arc‐induced flash sintering with low energy consumption at room temperature

A Wu, Z Zhu, X Wang, N Yan, H Zhou, R Huang… - High …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
The development of ultra‐high voltage transmission lines requires a ZnO arrester with
excellent electrical response and high voltage gradient. Compared with conventional …

Effect of La2O3 do** on microstructure and electrical properties of flash-sintered ZnO-Bi2O3 varistor

M Shi, L Zhang, Z Cheng, Z Wang, Q He, J Qin… - Journal of Materials …, 2022‏ - Springer
The crystal phase combination, relative density, microstructure, varistor properties and
dielectric properties of La2O3-doped ZnO-Bi2O3-based varistor at a furnace temperature of …