Forty years ago, Garvie and his Australian co‐workers reported that the stress‐induced
transformation of metastable tetragonal zirconia grains to the monoclinic symmetry could …

In the present work, the recent advances and promising potential applications of new
developed ceramic (alumina, zirconia, spinel)/metal (Ni, Nb, W) micro/nanocomposites are …

Natural polymers are at the center of materials development for biomedical and
biotechnological applications based on their biocompatibility, low-toxicity and …

The effects of the ZrO 2 content and the particle size of ZrO 2 powders on the microstructure,
phase composition, physical and mechanical properties, and the abrasion wear resistance …

In this paper, we present a novel Al 2 O 3/ZrO 2 amorphous/solid solution powder that
exhibits a low pressureless sintering temperature and can precipitate numerous ultra-fine …

In this work, we propose a novel amorphous/solid solution Al 2 O 3/ZrO 2 powder with a low
sintering temperature, capable of precipitating many ultra-fine nanoparticles in the ceramics …

Zirconia toughened alumina ceramics have found broad applications in industrial scale as
they can provide high strength, toughness and wear resistance. Processing and …

It is difficult to synthesize ceramics with ultra-fine nanostructures because of inevitable grain
growth during the sintering process. In this work, a novel technique, ie combustion synthesis …

The wear resistance of Al2O3/2.5 vol.% Ni nanocomposites sintered by a conventional route
was studied under ball-on-disk dry sliding conditions and compared with the same …

Carbon nanofibers (CNFs), cylindrical nanostructures containing graphene, were
synthesized directly from South African fly ash (a waste product formed during the …