S11 – New Directions in Sintering and Microstructure Control for Electronic Applications

The development of new sintering techniques, such as field assisted sintering, spark plasma sintering, flash sintering, laser flash sintering, and cold sintering, has led to material consolidation at significantly lower temperatures and shorter times. Microstructure formation and corresponding structure-property relations of materials consolidated using these new techniques need to be determined for the optimum performance of redox materials, sensors, ferroelectric actuators, dielectrics, as well as oxygen- and lithium-ion conductors. Tailoring the materials’ sintering behavior, microstructure, grain boundary structure, local defect distribution, space charges, anisotropy of transport processes at interfaces, and texture enables new applications in energy harvesting and storage.

This symposium covers the fundamental understanding of sintering and grain growth in functional materials as well as their application to current technological challenges. Special emphasis is on new sintering techniques that go beyond traditional thermal processing.

Proposed Sessions

• Current issues in sintering science
• Laser flash sintering
• Selective laser sintering for additive manufacturing
• Cold sintering and hydrothermal processing
• Constrained sintering of multilayered materials
• Nanosintering
• Sintering in solid state batteries
• Field-assisted techniques
• Sintering and grain growth: transport and thermodynamics

Symposium Organizers

• Wolfgang Rheinheimer, Purdue University, USA, rheinheimer@purdue.edu
• Lauren Hughes, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, lauren.an.hughes@gmail.com
• John Blendell, Purdue University, USA, blendell@purdue.edu
• Klaus van Benthem, University of California Davis, USA, benthem@ucdavis.edu