Ceramic materials are polycrystalline solids that are made up of metal and non-metal
elements, and inorganic crystal grains with specific crystal structures are fundamental …

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

Hardness and fracture toughness are some of the most important mechanical properties.
Here, we propose a simple model that uses only the elastic properties to calculate the …

Fracture toughness KIC plays an important role in materials design. Along with numerous
experimental methods to measure the fracture toughness of materials, its understanding and …

Sinteringof Ceramics provides the only comprehensive treatment ofthe theories and
principles of sintering and their application to the production of advanced ceramics. It …

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 …

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 …