Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

Geologically-inspired strong bulk ceramics made with water at room temperature

  • Florian Bouville,
  • André R. Studart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14655
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Milder conditions for processing ceramics is of interest for a range of uses. Here authors report room temperature sintering of nanoparticulate powders using a solution-assisted route, yielding parts with centimetre-sized bulk parts with specific strength comparable to and possibly surpassing that of traditional structural materials like concrete.