Advanced Ceramics and Composites Using Microwave Technology
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2023) | Viewed by 1697
Special Issue Editors
Interests: microwave sintering; composite and nano-composite materials; materials engineering; experimental characterization; ceramic materials; tribology; sintering mechanism; carbon materials; porous materials
Interests: microwaves and dielectric heating; advanced characterization techniques; ceramic and bioceramic materials; wear; mechanical properties: microstructure; sintering precursors; LTD; non-oxides ceramics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The transition towards more sustainable technologies requires energetically efficient and environmentally friendly processes. One route toward this goal is by using the microwave technology-processing of functional ceramics, which mainly concerns oxides. For most oxide ceramics, the conventional sintering temperature is typically above 1400 °C and the sintering time can be on the order of several hours (> 10 h). Ceramic oxide materials are ubiquitous in today’s technologies. For example, nowadays, the electronics industry uses millions of components based on dielectric oxides.
For these and many other reasons, microwave sintering is a very attractive technique for ceramic processing. However, it does require understanding, both from a physical and technological perspective, the main aspects of electromagnetic fields and the interactions in internal microwave cavities dedicated to ceramic sintering.
This Special Issue will focus on the development and design of ceramic materials using non-conventional microwave technology, with an emphasis on their dielectric properties and on the influence of electro-magnetic fields, and will also discuss their final properties and potential applications. This Special Issue will also be intentioned with the aim of not limiting the aspects that seem necessary to understand what occurs regarding microwaves inside ceramics.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Amparo Borrell
Dr. Rut Benavente
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microwave sintering
- multi and single-mode cavity
- electric and magnetic fields
- advanced characterization techniques
- ceramic and bio-ceramic-based materials
- mechanical properties
- microstructure
- sintering precursors
- sintering mechanism
- dielectric properties
- materials engineering
- non-thermal effects
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