Featured Paper: First work on Flash Sintering

  • Cologna M, Rashkova B, Raj R. Flash sintering of nanograin zirconia in <5 s at 850°C. J Am Ceram Soc. 2010;93:3556-3559.

Recent Publications

2021

  • Campos JV, Lavagnini IR, Avila V, Yoon B, Ghose S, Raj R, Pallone EMJA, Jesus LM. On the Arrhenius-like behavior of conductivity during flash sintering of 3 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia ceramics. Scr Mater. 2021;203:114093
  • Avila V,Yoon B, Ghose S, Raj R, Jesus LM. Phase evolution during reactive flash sintering of Li6.25Al0.25La3Zr2O12starting from a chemically prepared powder. J Eur Ceram Soc. 2021;41:4552-4557
  • Kathiria R, Wolf DE, Raj R, Jongmanns M. Frenkel pairs cause elastic softening in zirconia: theory and experiments. New J Phys. 2021;23:053013
  • O'Toole RJ,Yoon B, Gump C, Raj R, Weimer AW.Flash sintering of yttria-stabilized cubic zirconia powders coated with alumina by particle atomic layer deposition. J Am Ceram Soc. 2021;104:2472-2482

2020

  • Jesus LM, Silva RS, Raj R, M’Peko JC. Electric field-assisted flash sintering of Bi2/3Cu3Ti4O12 starting from a multi-phase precursor powder. J Eur Ceram Soc. 2020;40:4004-4009
  • Yoon B, Avila V, Raj R, Jesus LM. Reactive flash sintering of the entropy-stabilized oxide Mg0.2Ni0.2Co0.2Cu0.2Zn0.2O. Scr Mater. 2020;181:48-52
  • Mishra TP, IngraciNeto RR, Speranza G, Quaranta A, Sglavo VM, Raj R, Guillon O, Bram M, Biesuz M, Electronic conductivity in gadolinium doped ceria under direct current as a trigger for flash sintering, ScrMater. 2020;179:55-60
  • Ingraci Neto RR, Raj R, The flash effect in electronic conductors: The case of amorphous carbon fibers, ScrMater. 2020;179:20-24
  • Avila V, Yoon B, Ingraci Neto RR,Silva RS, Ghose S,Raj R, Jesus LM.Reactive flash sintering of the complex oxide Li0.5La0.5TiO3 starting from an amorphous precursor powder. Scr Mater. 2020;176:78-82
  • Kiniger G, Sglavo V, Jha SK, Raj R.Flash-induced spreading of metals on zirconia. Scr Mater. 2020;176:73-77
  • Jo S, Raj R. Transition to electronic conduction at the onset of flash in cubic zirconia. Scr Mater. 2020;174:29-32
  • Gil-González E, Perejón A, Sánchez-Jiménez PE, Raj R, Pérez-Maqueda LA. Processing and properties of Bi0.98R0.02FeO3(R=La, Sm, Y) ceramics flash sintered at ~650°C in <5s. J Am Ceram Soc. 2019;103:136-144

2019

  • Avila V, Raj R. Reactive flash sintering of powders of four constituents into a single phase of a complex oxide in a few seconds below 700°C. J Am Ceram Soc. 2019;102:6443-6448
  • Clemenceau T, Andriamady N, Kumar M.K P, et al. Flash sintering of Li-ion conducting ceramic in a few seconds at 850 °C. Scripta Mater. 2019;172:1-5.
  • Mishra TP, Avila V, Neto RRI, Bram M, Guillon O, Raj R. On the role of Debye temperature in the onset of flash in three oxides. Scripta Mater. 2019;170:81-84.
  • Yoon B, Yadav D, Ghose S, Sarin P, Raj R.On the synchronicity of flash sintering with phase transformation. J Am Ceram Soc. 2019;102:3110-3116.
  • Avila V, Raj R.Flash sintering of ceramic films: the influence of surface to volume ratio.J Am Ceram Soc. 2019;102:3063-3069.
  • Yoon B, Yadav D, Ghose S, Raj R. Reactive flash sintering: MgO and α-Al2O3transform and sinter into single-phase polycrystals of MgAl2O4. J Am Ceram Soc. 2019;102:2294-2303.
  • Vendrell X, Yadav D, Raj R, West AR.Influence of flash sintering on the ionic conductivity of 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia. J Eur Ceram Soc. 2019;39:1352-1358.
  • Raj R, Pederiva L, NarisawaL M, Soraru GD.On the Onset of Fracture as a Silicon-Based Polymer Converts into the Ceramic Phase. J Am Ceram Soc. 2019;102:924–929.
  • KumarMK, YadavD, LebrunJM, RajR. Flash Sintering with Current‐Rate: A Different Approach.J Am Ceram Soc. 2019;102:823–835.
  • Kok D, Yadav D, Sortino E, McCormack S, TsengK, KrivenWM, Raj R, MecartneyM. α-Alumina and spinel react into single phase high-alumina spinel in < 3 seconds during flash sintering. J Am Ceram Soc. 2019;102:644–653.

2018

  • Jongmanns M, Raj R,Wolf D.Generation of Frenkel defects above the Debye temperature by proliferation of phonons near the Brillouin zone edge.New JPhys. 2018;20:093013.
  • Yoon B, Yadav D, Raj R, et al. Measurement of O and Ti atom displacements in TiO2during flash sintering experiments. J Am Ceram Soc. 2018;101:1811-1817.
  • Gil-González E, Perejón A, Sánchez-Jiménez PE, Sayagués MJ, Raj R, Pérez-Maqueda LA. Phase-pure BiFeO3produced by reaction flash-sintering of Bi2O3and Fe2O3. J Mater Chem A. 2018;6:5356-5366.
  • McLaren CT, Heffner WR, Raj R, Jain H. AC electric field-induced softening of alkali silicate glasses. J Am Ceram Soc. 2018;101:2277-2286.

2017

  • Lebrun JM, Hellberg CS, Jha SK, KrivenWM, StevesonA, SeymourKC, BernsteinN, ErwinSC, RajR. In-situ measurements of lattice expansion related to defect generation during flash sintering. J Am Ceram Soc. 2017;100:4965-4970.
  • Yadav D, Raj R. Two unique measurements related to flash experiments with yttria-stabilized zirconia. J Am Ceram Soc. 2017;100:5374-5378.
  • Yadav D, Raj R. The onset of the flash transition in single crystals of cubic zirconia as a function of electric field and temperature. Scripta Mater. 2017;134:123-127.
  • Raj R, Wolfenstine J. Current limit diagrams for dendrite formation in solid-state electrolytes for Li-ion batteries. J Power Sources. 2017;343:119-126.
  • Raj R, Ramanathan S. Flash transition as a possible origin for low open circuit voltage in thin film solid oxide fuel cells. J Power Sources. 2017;359:48-51.
  • Perez-Maqueda LA, Gil-Gonzalez E, Perejon A, Lebrun J-M, Sanchez-Jimenez PE, Raj R. Flash sintering of highly insulating nanostructured phase-pure BiFeO3. J Am Ceram Soc. 2017;100:3365-3369.
  • McLaren C, Roling B, Raj R, Jain H. Mechanism of electric field-induced softening (EFIS) of alkali silicate glasses. J Non-Cryst Solids. 2017;471:384-395.
  • Kok D, Jha SK, Raj R, Mecartney ML. Flash sintering of a three-phase alumina, spinel, and yttria-stabilized zirconia composite. J Am Ceram Soc. 2017;100:3262-3268.
  • Seo HK, Kim K, Min SY, Lee Y, Park CE, Raj R, Lee TW. Direct growth of graphene-dielectric bi-layer structure on device substrates from Si-based polymer. 2D Materials. 2017;4(2):024001.
  • Chelliah NM, Singh H, Raj R, Surappa MK. Processing, microstructural evolution and strength properties of in-situ magnesium matrix composites containing nano-sized polymer derived SiCNO particles. ‎Mater. Sci. Eng. A. 2017;685:429-38.

2016

  • Raj R. Analysis of the power density at the onset of flash sintering. J Am Ceram Soc. 2016;99:3226-3232.
  • Naik K, Jha SK, Raj R. Correlations between conductivity, electroluminescence and flash sintering. Scripta Mater. 2016;118:1-4.
  • Lebrun JM, Jha SK, Naik KS, Seymour KC, Kriven WM, Raj R. The change of X-ray diffraction peak width during in situ conventional sintering of nanoscale powders. J Am Ceram Soc. 2016;99:765-768.
  • Lebrun J-M, Jha SK, McCormack SJ, Kriven WM, Raj R. Broadening of diffraction peak widths and temperature nonuniformity during flash experiments. J Am Ceram Soc. 2016;99:3429-3434.
  • Jha SK, Lebrun JM, Raj R. Phase transformation in the alumina-titania system during flash sintering experiments. J Eur Ceram Soc. 2016;36:733-739.
  • Jha SK, Lebrun JM, Seymour KC, Kriven WM, Raj R. Electric field induced texture in titania during experiments related to flash sintering. J Eur Ceram Soc. 2016;36:257-261.
  • Jha SK, Terauds K, Lebrun JM, Raj R. Beyond flash sintering in 3 mol % yttria stabilized zirconia. J Ceram Soc Jpn. 2016;124:283-288.
  • Zoli L, Sciti D, Liew LA, Terauds K, Azarnoush S, Raj R. Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics Enabled by Flash Pyrolysis of Polymer Precursors with Nanoscale Layers. J Am Ceram Soc. 2016;99:57-63.
  • Azarnoush S, Laubscher F, Zoli L, Raj R. Additive Manufacturing of SiCN Ceramic Matrix for SiC Fiber Composites by Flash Pyrolysis of Nanoscale Polymer Films. J Am Ceram Soc. 2016;99:1855-1858.
  • Jesus LM, Silva RS, Raj R, M’Peko J-C. Electric field-assisted flash sintering of CaCu3Ti4O12: Microstructure characteristics and dielectric properties. J Alloys Compd. 2016;682:753-758.
  • Jesus LM, Silva RS, Raj R, M'Peko J-C. Electric field-assisted ultrafast synthesis of nanopowders: a novel and cost-efficient approach. RSC Adv. 2016;6:107208-107213.
  • Corapcioglu G, Gulgun MA, Kisslinger K, Sturm S, Jha SK, Raj R. Microstructure and microchemistry of flash sintered K0.5Na0.5NbO3. J Ceram Soc Jpn. 2016;124:321-328.
  • Bajpai I, Han Y-H, Yun J, Francis J, Kim S, Raj R. Preliminary investigation of hydroxyapatite microstructures prepared by flash sintering. Adv Appl Ceram. 2016;115:276-281.