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Synthesis and Processing of Advanced Ceramics

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced and Functional Ceramics and Glasses".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 November 2021) | Viewed by 6923

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Dr. Lavinia Petronela Curecheriu

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Faculty of Physics, Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi, Romania
Interests: dielectric properties; dc tunability; ferroelectric properties; electroceramics; core–shell composites
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Dear Colleagues,

Advanced ceramics have come of age in the 21st century. They offer unique physical, thermal, and electrical properties that have opened up a new world of development opportunities for manufacturers in a wide range of industries. Advanced ceramics provide the perfect solution and a cost-effective, high performance alternative to traditional materials such as metals, plastics, and glass. Innovative synthesis and processing techniques of advanced ceramics have also made extraordinary advances with the development of complex structures with novel combination of materials, which can be used to create innovative products both for consumers and the industry. In the future, developments in the advanced ceramics field can be expected to be driven by implementation of combination synthesis methods and novel processing techniques. In particular, tailoring the functional properties by controlling microstructure may enable new functionalities. Synthesis and processing methods have promoted a good wealth of fundamental and applied research into ceramics materials with the potential to meet stringent requirements placed by technological areas ranging from wireless communication, energy storage, sensors and actuators, just to mention a few.

It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.

Dr. Lavinia Petronela Curecheriu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Pb-free ceramics
  • wet chemistry methods
  • core-shell structures
  • electroceramics
  • optoceramics
  • processing
  • energy stogare

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Evaluation of Rhodamine B Photocatalytic Degradation over BaTiO3-MnO2 Ceramic Materials
by Iwona Kuźniarska-Biernacka, Barbara Garbarz-Glos, Elżbieta Skiba, Waldemar Maniukiewicz, Wojciech Bąk, Maija Antonova, Susana L. H. Rebelo and Cristina Freire
Materials 2021, 14(12), 3152; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14123152 - 8 Jun 2021
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Ferroelectric ceramics (BaTiO3_MnO2) with different Mn admixtures were prepared using solid-state synthesis. Elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and impedance spectroscopy confirmed that the BaTiO3 and MnO2 coexisted in the ceramics. In [...] Read more.
Ferroelectric ceramics (BaTiO3_MnO2) with different Mn admixtures were prepared using solid-state synthesis. Elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, and impedance spectroscopy confirmed that the BaTiO3 and MnO2 coexisted in the ceramics. In addition, the high purity and homogeneity of the element distributions in the ceramic samples were confirmed. The adsorptive and photocatalytic properties of the BaTiO3 (reference sample, BTO) and BaTiO3_MnO2 materials (BTO_x, where x is wt.% of MnO2 and x = 1, 2 or 3, denoted as BTO_1, BTO_2 and BTO_3, respectively) were evaluated using Rhodamine B (RhB) as the model dye in a photocatalytic chamber equipped with a UV lamp (15 W) in the absence of additional oxidants and (co)catalysts. No adsorption of RhB dye was found for all the materials during 360 min (dark experiment). All samples were photocatalytically active, and the best results were observed for the BTO_3 material, where RhB was 70% removed from aqueous solution during 360 min of irradiation. The photodegradation of RhB in the presence of MnO2-modified BTO ceramics followed a pseudo-first order model and the rate constant of BTO_3 was about 10 times higher than that of BTO, 2 times that of BTO_2, and 1.5 times that of BTO_1. The photocatalysts could be successfully reused after thermal activation. Full article
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Scale-Dependent Dielectric Properties in BaZr0.05Ti0.95O3 Ceramics
by Leontin Padurariu, Vlad-Alexandru Lukacs, George Stoian, Nicoleta Lupu and Lavinia Petronela Curecheriu
Materials 2020, 13(19), 4386; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13194386 - 1 Oct 2020
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In the present work, BaZr0.05Ti0.95O3 ceramics with grain sizes between 0.45 and 135 µm were prepared by solid-state reaction and classical sintering. The effect of grain size on dielectric properties was systematically explored, and it was found that [...] Read more.
In the present work, BaZr0.05Ti0.95O3 ceramics with grain sizes between 0.45 and 135 µm were prepared by solid-state reaction and classical sintering. The effect of grain size on dielectric properties was systematically explored, and it was found that dielectric permittivity reaches a maximum value for grain sizes between 1.5 and 10 µm and then rapidly drops for larger grain sizes. A numerical finite element method was employed to eliminate the effect of porosity on the effective values of permittivity. The results indicate that it is possible to have a critical size in slightly doped barium titanate ceramics with enhanced functional properties for a grain size between 1.5 and 10 µm. Full article
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