The objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of sintering condition on matrix formation and subsequent drug release from polymer matrix tablet for controlled release. The present study highlights the use of a microwave oven for the sintering process in order to achieve more uniform heat distribution with reduction in time required for sintering. We could achieve effective sinte...

A computer model for the sintering of ceramic/polymer composite materials has been established based on empirical sintering rate data. The model calculates sintering depths which result from variations in the operating parameters which include laser power, beam speed, scan spacing, scan vector length, and initial temperatures of the powder and surroundings. Sintering depths measured in multiple...

We present fast sintering for silver (Ag) nanoparticle (NP) and flake layers printed using roll-to-roll (R2R) gravure printing. An infrared (IR) sintering module was applied to an R2R system to shorten the sintering duration of an R2R gravure-printed Ag layer. IR sintering of the conductive layer was improved by optimising the process condition. After printing of the Ag NP and Ag flake layers, ...

This paper describes thermoelectric properties of La-doped SrTiO3 prepared by using a combination of combustion synthesis (CS) with post spark plasma sintering (SPS), on which effects of sintering temperature were mainly examined. In experimental, combustion-synthesized (CSed) samples (Sr1 xLaxTiO3, x 1⁄4 0:08) were spark-plasma-sintered (SPSed) at temperatures from 1513 to 1663K and the thermo...

the fuel cells are distinguished as generating of green allocable energy and are electrochemical devices of low environmental impact. porous nanocrystalline strontium-doped lanthanum manganite la0.8sr0.2mno3 (lsm) cathode materials were prepared by mechanochemical route in various grinding times. carbon black was employed to produce pores. the formation of lsm single phase was studied by x-ray ...

The present research is devoted to the optimization of sintering schedule Ba (Co0.7Zn0.3)1/3Nb2/3O3 (BCZN) dielectric ceramics for microwaves applications. A novel approach heat treatment these based on rapid-rate (RRS) technique followed by a lower temperature annealing cycle has been developed. relationships among process optimization, structural, microstructural characteristics, and microwav...

Three different spark plasma sintering (SPS) treatments were applied to highly sinteractive, near-stoichiometric UO2.04 nanocrystalline (5 nm) powders produced by U(IV) oxalate hydrothermal decomposition at 170 °C. The conditions for reaching 95 % theoretical density (TD) in regular SPS, high pressure SPS (HP-SPS), and, the first time, two-step (2S-SPS), determined. Densification TD was achieve...

A two stage process including a sintering under a cyclic loading is proposed as an alternative fabrication method of dense FeAl intermetallics from elemental powder mixtures. The first stage (pre-sintering) is conducted at two temperature values (620 °C and 670 °C, respectively) under a static and a cyclic loading with a frequency of 20, 40 and 60 Hz. The second one includes a pressureless sint...

In the present paper the sintering behavior of 3 mol% yttria-stabilized zirconia (3Y-TZP) with and without small amount (0.2 wt %) of SiO2 additive was investigated. It has been studied the silica impact which was added in two ways (co-precipitation and mechanical mixing) on sintering kinetics of 3Y-TZP nanopowders at the initial sintering stage. It was found the silica additive leads to the ch...