Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5440361 | Journal of the European Ceramic Society | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A novel oriented attachment growth mechanism of nanograins has been suggested for spark plasma sintering and annealing of NiO nanopowder. A hierarchical microstructure built by cube-shaped nanograins was observed during pressure-less spark plasma sintering at temperatures above 1000 °C and when the powders were annealed in ambient atmosphere at and above 700 °C. Irrespective of the processing method used, a rotation assisted grain attachment of irregularly shaped nanocrystals results in such a microstructure with parallel epitaxy, twinning or line defects at the grain interface. The unique microstructural features and the governing factors for the attachment process have been discussed.
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Authors
K. Akkiraju, S. Kashyap, Ajeet K. Srivastav, Niraj Chawake, L. Bichler, B.S. Murty,