A review on applications of metal-based inkjet inks for printed electronics with a particular focus on inks containing metal nanoparticles, complexes and metallo-organic compounds. The review describes the preparation of such inks and obtaining conductive patterns by using various sintering methods: thermal, photonic, microwave, plasma, electrical, and chemically triggered. Various applications...

In this paper the MBS (Magnesium borosilicate) based glass-ceramic have been prepared and characterised to find its suitability in Low temperature cofired ceramics (LTCC) technology. The glass-ceramics were prepared by using conventional solid state route. The experimental study was conducted on the MBS glass-ceramic containing MAS (Magnesium Alumino-Silicate) based glass-ceramic as an additive...

This research aims to deepen the understanding of the interaction mechanisms between microwave and matter in a metal-ceramic system based on in situ synchrotron radiation computed tomography. A special internal "core-shell" microstructure was discovered for the first time and used as an indicator for the interaction mechanisms between microwave and matter. Firstly, it was proved that the microw...

Present work focusses on the fabrication of Al-10% SiC-4% Kaoline HMMC by using conventional sintering, Microwave- assisted sintering (MAS) and Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) techniques. Tensile, Compression hardness tests were performed as per ASTM standards to study effect mechanisms fabricated specimens. Results reveal that an enhancement 13.3% in U.T.S 11.7% strength was observed Sintered whe...

The effect of the addition of V2O5 on the structure, sintering and dielectric properties of M-phase (Li1+xyNb1-x-3yTix+4y)O3 ceramics has been investigated. Homogeneous substitution of V5+ for Nb5+ was obtained in LiNb0.6(1-x) V0.6xTi0.5O3 for x ≤ 0.02. The addition of V2O5 led to a large reduction in the sintering temperature and samples with x = 0.02 could be fully densified at 900oC. The sub...

Hexagonal barium ferrite thick films (50–200μm) have been deposited on Si and Al2O3/Si substrates using a screen printing technique. X-ray diffractometry, scanning electron microscopy and magnetometry were used to characterize and correlate the ferrite films’ microstructure and magnetic properties. The experiments indicated that an Al2O3 underlayer was effective in preventing silicon diffusion ...

Reactive powders of stoichiometry Nd2(Ti2/3Al1/3)3O9-δ and thin films of (Ba0.7Sr0.3)TiO3 have been prepared by the conventional mixed-oxide method and the metal-organic deposition method, respectively. The corresponded phases after calcination and sintering are investigated by XRD diffraction. Single phase of Nd2(Ti2/3Al1/3)3O9-δ could be only obtained by sintering over 1400C for 4 h. (Ba0.7Sr...