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Happy birthday to Lilian!

June 27, 2019

Raj group wishes Prof. Lilian Menezes a happy birthday!

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In-situ synchrotron experiments at 28-ID-2 XPD at Brookhaven National Laboratory

June 26, 2019

In-situ X-ray Diffraction and Pair Distribution Function analysis at XPD at NSLS-II!

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Check out Viviana's paper on Reactive Flash Sintering of Powders of Four Constituents into a Single phase of a Complex Oxide in a Few Seconds below 700°C

June 9, 2019

Abstract Recent work on reactive flash sintering of powders of two oxides, bismuth and of iron oxide, into pure single phase bismuth ferrite, which was accomplished in a few seconds at low furnace temperatures, is expanded to four constituents, alumina, lithia, zirconia and lanthana, to produce reasonably dense polycrystals of...

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Bidding farewell to Rushi!

June 5, 2019

Rishi Raj Reseach group bids farewell to Rushi. Goodbye, Rushi!

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Tarini publishes paper on On the role of Debye temperature in the onset of flash in three oxides

June 4, 2019

Abstract Higher electric fields lower the temperature for the onset of flash. We explore the question “what can be the lowest temperature for initiating flash?”. Constant heating rate experiments at increasing electric fields reveal a surprising characteristic: the Debye temperature emerges as a the lower bound for the onset of...

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Happy Birthday, Spencer!

May 15, 2019

Raj group celebrated Spencer's birthday. Happy Birthday agian!

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Viviana and Bola win Best Poster award in the Graduate Student Poster Competition at the ECI conference!

March 21, 2019

Viviana's poster titled "Powders of four elemental oxides transformed and sintered by reactive flash" and Bola's poster titled "Insights into reactive flash sintering of MgO-Al2O3-(8YSZ) by in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction" win Best Poster award in the Graduate Student Poster Competition at the ECI conference in Tomar Portugal - Electric...

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Check out Bola's paper on On the Synchronicity of Flash Sintering and Phase Transformation

Feb. 4, 2019

Abstract There is growing evidence that oxides of complex chemistries can be formed in one step by reactive flash sintering of their elemental constituents. Here we explore the temporal relationship between phase transformation and sintering by combining measurements of sintering with in‐situ measurements of phase transformation. The experiments are carried...

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Xavier publishes paper on Influence of flash sintering on the ionic conductivity of 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia

Feb. 4, 2019

Abstract The ionic conductivity of flash-sintered, polycrystalline 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia (8YSZ) was enhanced compared with that of conventionally-sintered specimens. Flash sintering was carried out at a furnace temperature of 850 °C with an electric field of 100 V cm –1 to initiate flash. The current density limit was varied between 60...

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Check out Viviana's paper on Flash sintering of ceramic films

Jan. 9, 2019

Abstract We measure the sintering behavior of thin and thick films of ceramics made by stacking several layers of tapes. The stack thickness was varied from 0.12 to 0.50 mm. A powder pressed dog‐bone sample, ~1 mm thick served as the baseline. While all specimens exhibit flash sintering, the following...

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