Jian Luo

Ultrafast high-temperature sintering offers rapid, pressureless production of high-quality glasses

By Lisa McDonald / September 16, 2022

In 2020, researchers led by the University of Maryland developed an ultrafast high-temperature sintering method to achieve rapid, pressureless sintering of ceramics. Now, they and colleagues from Alfred University and the University of California, San Diego used this method to fabricate high-quality silica glass.

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Ultrafast high-temperature sintering—opening the door to AI-driven materials discovery

By Lisa McDonald / May 15, 2020

Artificial intelligence techniques hasten the process of identifying new ceramic and glass compositions, but current synthesis methods limit how quickly new compositions can be experimentally tested. University of Maryland researchers and colleagues developed a new ultrafast high-temperature sintering method that could greatly speed up ceramic synthesis.

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Water assists flash sintering to densify ceramic to 98% theoretical density in just 30 seconds

By April Gocha / September 19, 2017

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a method called water-assisted flash sintering that can densify powders to 98% of theoretical density in just 30 seconds. Their method takes place at room temperature and requires no external heating.

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Other materials stories that may be of interest

By April Gocha / August 13, 2014

Other materials stories that may be of interest for August 13, 2014.

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Eileen’s five fave CTT posts in 2012 (and her liberal interpretation of the number five)

By Eileen De Guire / December 31, 2012

Background image: Molten glass. Credit: Michael Germann; Dreamstime.com. Peter and I thought it would be fun to share our five favorite posts from 2012. Finding that choosing only five was…

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Understanding the ‘between’ spaces: Interfacial phases and solid-state sintering

By Eileen De Guire / August 14, 2012

“A schematic illustration and a high-resolution transmission electron microscopy image showing that nanometer-thick, sintering-aid-based, quasi-liquid, intergranular and surface films form at a thermodynamic equilibrium below the bulk solidus line in…

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Luo, Jian (2012, 2010)

By / June 12, 2012

2012 Contact Information: Jian Luo, Clemson University, Clemson, SC jianluo@clemson.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program: Nanoscale Surface Adsorption and Disordering in Battery Materials 2012 Highlight: Presentation Material Keywords: Batteries, Oxides…

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Luo, Jian (2010)

By Eileen De Guire / January 20, 2011

Contact Information: Jian Luo, Clemson Universityjianluo@clemson.edu NSF Abstract in Ceramics Program: CAREER: Nanoscale Surficial Disordered Films: Multilayer Adsorbates in Oxide Ceramics 2010 Highlight: Presentation Material Keywords: Nano, Batteries, Oxides Area…

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