Silicon nitride as a biomedical material: an overview

X Du, SS Lee, G Blugan, SJ Ferguson - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Silicon nitride possesses a variety of excellent properties that can be specifically designed
and manufactured for different medical applications. On the one hand, silicon nitride is …

Granulation of silicon nitride powders by spray drying: a review

SN Grigoriev, TN Soe, A Malakhinsky, I Makhadilov… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spray drying is a widely used method of converting liquid material (aqueous or organic
solutions, emulsions and suspensions) into a dry powder. Good flowability, narrow size …

[HTML][HTML] Achieving low wear in a complex concentrated alloy CrFeNiNb with multi-phase hierarchical microstructure

D Liang, R Duan, J Luo, L Yang, K Chu… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
We propose a strategy to achieve low wear in a complex concentrated alloy (CCA)
CrFeNiNb with multi-phase hierarchical microstructure. The CCA comprises a matrix of …

Cost-effective preparation of high-quality silicon nitride powders from silicon scrap through direct nitridation

K Raju, S Moon, M Kim, HN Kim, HK Lee, J Cho - Ceramics International, 2023 - Elsevier
This work reports a cost-effective and environmentally friendly method for preparing high-
quality and highly-crystalline silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4) powders from silicon (Si) scrap through …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting hardness of graphene-added Si3N4 using machine learning: A data-driven approach

A Qadir, S Ali, J Dusza, D Rafaja - Open Ceramics, 2024 - Elsevier
This study presents a data-driven framework based on machine learning (ML) using extreme
gradient boosting (XGBoost) for predicting the hardness of silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4) ceramics …

Study on the effect of multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) addition on the microstructure, mechanical and cutting performance of silicon nitride ceramic tools

L Huang, Y Dong, Z Wang, D Zhang, Z Yu - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4) ceramics incorporated with 0–1.5 wt% multi-walled carbon
nanotubes (MWCNTs) were synthesised by the spark plasma sintering technology. The …

[HTML][HTML] Structural Si3N4-SiO2 glass ceramics with bioactive and anti-bacterial properties

H Zhou, C Persson, O Donzel-Gargand… - Journal of the European …, 2024 - Elsevier
Silicon nitride-based bioceramics have been investigated for biomedical applications due to
their good thermo-mechanical, tribological and antibacterial properties. However, biological …

Effect of the post-heating temperatures on the microstructure, mechanical and electrical properties of silicon nitride thin films

L Huang, Z Ding, J Yuan, D Zhou, Z Yin - Ceramics International, 2022 - Elsevier
Silicon nitride (SiN x) thin film is a potential candidate for the fabrication of the insulating
layer of thin-film thermocouples, which can be utilised to measure cutting temperatures …

Transparent β-Si3N4 and γ-Si3N4 compacts synthesized with mixed-size precursor under high pressure and high temperature

S Ma, Y Zhao, R Tang, B Yang, Q Tao, Y Li… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Transparent polycrystalline ceramics exhibit improved mechanical and optical properties.
However, synthesizing transparent ceramics without additives is nontrivial. Herein, we report …

Influence of Defects in Surface Layer of Al2O3/TiC and SiAlON Ceramics on Physical and Mechanical Characteristics

SN Grigoriev, MA Volosova, AA Okunkova, SV Fedorov - Ceramics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The paper studies the influence of diamond grinding, lapping, and polishing on the surface
layer and defectiveness of the Al2O3/TiC and SiAlON ceramic samples. The index of …