Recent observations of three classes of nanometer-thick, disordered, interfacial films in
multicomponent inorganic materials are reviewed and critically assessed. The three classes …

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 …

In this paper, a summary of the development of high‐temperature silicon nitride (T> 1200° C)
is provided. The high‐temperature capacity of various advanced commercial silicon nitrides …

The London dispersion forces, along with the Debye and Keesom forces, constitute the long‐
range van der Waals forces. London's and Hamaker's work on the point‐to‐point dispersion …

Silicon nitride (Si3N4) based ceramics are gaining more and more attention due to their
promising high-temperature thermal and mechanical properties. They have been expected …

The conditions for structural transitions at the core of a grain boundary separating two
crystals was investigated with a diffuse interface model that incorporates disorder and crystal …

Nickel-doped tungsten specimens were prepared with high purity chemicals and sintered.
Although activated sintering starts more than 400° C below the bulk eutectic temperature …

Direct atomic resolution images have been obtained that illustrate how a range of rare-earth
atoms bond to the interface between the intergranular phase and the matrix grains in an …

Activated sintering in Bi2O3‐doped ZnO has been studied with emphasis on the mechanistic
role of intergranular amorphous films. The atomic‐level microstructures and bismuth solute …

Nanograined (grain size 20nm) ZnO films with various Mn content (from 0 to 47at%) were
synthesized by the novel wet chemistry method. The solubility limit for Mn was determined at …