Advances in Hydrothermal Sintering and Crystal Growth
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 May 2021) | Viewed by 966
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Interests: material synthesis under high pressure in solid, liquid and gas phase; design of devices under high pressure, effect of high pressure processing on materials chemistry, materials science, biosciences; hydro/solvothermal processes (crystal growth, powder synthesis, cold sintering); densification (cold isostatic pressure, freeze isostatic pressure); sintering (conventional spark plasma sintering (SPS), under high pressure (HP-SPS))
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Interests: high-pressure syntheses; materials fabrication; composites; ceramics
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Dear Colleagues,
Hydrothermal processes are an integral part of the High-Pressure (HP) domain. Fluid under the combination of temperature and pressure is involved in applications in several existing fields, such as obtaining single crystals of a-quartz SiO2 by hydrothermal crystal growth. In materials science, hydrothermal pressure, in addition to temperature, allows obtaining solid material by sintering, consolidation, or densification. The solid materials obtained by sintering phenomena are generally in ceramic form, while consolidation phenomena result in monoliths with dense (by densification) or porous (by interparticle bridging) forms. Innovative hydrothermal/solvothermal processes were designed for growth of single crystals at low temperature and also for the fabrication of hybrid materials by sintering. Recently, innovative hydrothermal/solvothermal processes have emerged from the combination of technologies, opening new possibilities for obtaining these advanced functional materials.
The upcoming Special Issue, entitled “Advances in Hydrothermal Sintering and Crystal Growth” aims to cover an overview of the innovation in hydrothermal/solvothermal processes for the synthesis of advanced functional ceramics/composites and single crystals. To this end, it is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Alain Largeteau
Dr. Mythili Prakasam
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sintering
- densification
- consolidation
- crystallization
- polymorphism
- hydrothermal/solvothermal processes
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