High temperature deformability of ductile flash-sintered ceramics via in-situ compression

Jaehun Cho; Qiang Li; Han Wang; Zhe Fan; Jin Li; Sichuang Xue; K. S. N. Vikrant; Haiyan Wang; Troy B. Holland; Amiya K. Mukherjee; R. Edwin García; Xinghang Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04333-2

Nature Communications (May 2018)

High temperature deformability of ductile flash-sintered ceramics via in-situ compression

Jaehun Cho,
Qiang Li,
Han Wang,
Zhe Fan,
Jin Li,
Sichuang Xue,
K. S. N. Vikrant,
Haiyan Wang,
Troy B. Holland,
Amiya K. Mukherjee,
R. Edwin García,
Xinghang Zhang

Affiliations

Jaehun Cho: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
Qiang Li: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
Han Wang: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
Zhe Fan: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jin Li: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
Sichuang Xue: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
K. S. N. Vikrant: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
Haiyan Wang: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
Troy B. Holland: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University
Amiya K. Mukherjee: Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of California
R. Edwin García: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University
Xinghang Zhang: School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04333-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

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Flash sintering allows for rapid ceramic processing, but the mechanical behavior of such ceramics remains poorly understood. Here, the authors compress micropillars of yttria stabilized zirconia to show flash sintering promotes outstanding plasticity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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