The current need to develop Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes capable of producing
defect-free, fully-dense functional ceramics could benefit from the knowledge consolidated …

Alumina-zirconia composites (ATZs) are a class of advanced ceramics that have attracted
significant attention due to their excellent mechanical properties. These properties make …

The protection of hot structures in modern turbine engines significantly relies on thermal
barrier coatings (TBCs). Considering the growing demand for enhanced gas turbine …

Aiming at shortage of metal materials, ceramic is increasingly applied in biomedicine due to
its high strength, pleasing esthetics and good biocompatibility, especially for dental …

The effects of manganese oxide, stainless steel and copper oxide doping on the sintering
behaviour and mechanical properties of alumina-toughened zirconia (ATZ) were …

Partially and fully sintered alumina-zirconia composites (ATZ ceramics), with porosities
decreasing from 53.5 to 1%, have been prepared by uniaxial pressing and firing at 1000 …

Advancement in nanotechnology supports system development to achieve rapid, affordable,
and intelligent health management and has raised the urgent demand to explore multimodel …

This study investigated the effect of copper oxide addition on the alumina toughened
zirconia composite ceramic using microwave sintering. CuO amounts (0.05–1 wt%) were …

Correlating the microstructure and tribo-mechanical properties is a promising approach for
evaluating the performance of any newly decorated high-temperature materials. Aiming to …

Objectives To process an alumina-toughened zirconia (ATZ) nanocomposite and to
characterize its crystalline phases, microstructure, residual stress, mechanical and optical …