In view of the considerable progress that has been made over the last several years on the
fundamental understanding of phase relationships, microstructural design, and tailoring of …

Purpose: The purpose of this review is to examine the development of silicon nitride and the
related sialons and their processing into a range of high-grade structural ceramic materials …

Silicon nitride has been researched intensively, largely in response to the challenge to
develop internal combustion engines with hot‐zone components made entirely from …

Rare‐earth‐doped oxynitride or nitride compounds have been reported to be luminescent
and may then serve as new phosphors with good thermal and chemical stabilities. In this …

In view of the considerable progress that has been made over the last 40 years on the
microstructural design of silicon nitride and related materials of tailored properties for …

Two different α-sialon compositions have been densified by either pressureless sintering or
capsul-free sinter HIPing using either single cation namely strontium, lanthanum, cerium …

Sialons are the spotlight of current investigation as low-cost and outstanding alternatives to
the currently used metal alloys in various applications. The excellent high-temperature …

Rare-earth-activated nitride and oxynitride phosphors are attractive converter materials for
white-LEDs applications due to their efficient luminescent characteristics, high thermal and …

In multilayered structures, sharp interface is formed between the layers of dissimilar
materials. At this interface, the large difference in thermal expansion coefficients of the two …

This chapter reviews one of the important engineering ceramics developed over the last 40
years, silicon nitride and the related SiAlONs, a “family” of structural materials with high …