Program

Electric Field Enhanced Processing of Advanced
Materials II: Complexities and Opportunities
March 10-15, 2019
Hotel Dos Templarios
Tomar, Portugal
Conference Chairs
Rishi Raj
University of Colorado, USA
Olivier Guillon
Forschungzentrum Jülich, Germany
Hidehiro Yoshida
The University of Tokyo, Japan

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Koji Morita, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
B. Reeja Jayan, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Martha Mecartney, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Univ. of California Irvine, USA
David Pearmain, Lucideon, UK
Haiyan Wang, Purdue University, USA
Anthony R. West, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sheffield University, UK
Dietrich Wolf, Department of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Previous conferences in this series:

Electric Field Assisted Sintering and Related Phenomena Far From Equilibrium
March 6-11, 2016
Tomar, Portugal
Conference Chairs:
Rishi Raj, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Thomas Tsakalakos, Rutgers University, USAConference Sponsors

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Office of Naval Research Global OfficeSunday, March 10, 201916:30 – 18:30

Conference Check-in

18:30 – 19:30

Welcome Reception with music

19:30 – 21:00

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Monday, March 11, 201907:30 – 08:30

Breakfast

08:30 – 10:00

Topic 1: Manufacturing (SPS, Large Samples, Sinter Forging, Additives)
Field assisted sintering of larger scaled ceramic parts using adapted tool
design and hybrid heating
Martin Bram, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Elaboration of complex shapes by spark plasma sintering
Antoine van der Laan, CIRIMAT, Université De Toulouse, CNRS, France
Flash sintering of injection molded zirconia under AC electric field forenhancement of optical properties
Andre L. G. Prette, Lucideon, United Kingdom
Electrical field assisted sintering of yttrium-doped ceria investigated bysinter-forging
Olivier Guillon, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00

Advantages of the method of high-voltage consolidation of powdermaterials
Evgeny Grigoryev, ISMAN, Russia
Flash sintering of beta-alumina solid electrolytes for sodium battery
applications
Gareth Jones, The University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Topic 2: In-Situ and Ex-Situ Characterization and Methods (X-ray, TEM,
Optical, Mechanical)
Electrochemical, optical and thermal effects during flash sintering of 8YSZ
Mattia Biesuz, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
Study of the phase transformation induced by flash sintering in Mn 2 O 3
and the investigation of the role of defects in flash sintering using in-situ
Raman spectroscopy
Shannon Murray, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA

12:00 – 12:45

Posters Highlights and Visits
NP-1

Field Assisted Material Engineering (FAME)
Mattia Biesuz, Queen Mary University of London, United
KingdomNP-2

Hybrid sintering – The beneficial combination of sintering
principles
Juergen Hennicke, FCT Systeme GmbH, Germany

Monday, March 11, 2019 (continued)
NP-3

Exploitation of industrial application of FLASH to sinterceramics
Ricardo Serrazina, University of Aveiro, Portugal

NP-4"Fields Matter" initiative in Germany
Olivier Guillon, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany

NP-5

Field assisted processing of 3D printed ceramics
Bala Vaidhyanathan, Loughborough University, United Kingdom

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 15:45

Topic 2 (continued): In situ and ex situ Characterization and Methods(X-ray, TEM, Optical, Mechanical)
Increase in hardness for flash sintered ceramics
David Kok, University of California, Irvine, USA
In-situ x-ray characterization of phase evolution during solid-state
reactions of multicomponent systems
Sanjit Ghose, NSLS II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA
Solute-drag vs solute-acceleration during microstructural evolution ofalumina
Wayne D. Kaplan, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

15:45 – 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 – 17:15

Dielectric behavior of FLASH sintered KNN
Paula M. Vilarinho, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Topic 3: Computational and Analytical (First Principles, Molecular
Dynamics, Models, Large Data)
Formation of defect-enriched phases far from equilibrium as a flash
sintering mechanism
Malte Jongmanns, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

17:15 – 18:00

Posters Highlights and Visits
NP-6

Influence of 3YSZ sample height at the onset temperature of
flash sinteringJoão Vitor Campos, University of São Paulo, Brazil

NP-7

Photoluminescence in SPS-processed transparent Ce:YAG
ceramics
Avital Wagner, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Monday, March 11, 2019 (continued)
NP-8

In situ measurements of partial discharge patterns on
porous YSZ pellets pressed between planar platinum
electrodes used for flash sintering
Jean-Francois Fagnard, University of Liege, Belgium

NP-9

A novel system for quenching during flash sintering
Mattan Becker, Technion, Israel

NP-10

In situ electron microscopy studies of electric field assisted
sintering of oxide ceramics
Danny Schwarzbach, Georg-August-University Goettingen,Germany

NP-11

Tensile strength of materials obtained by electric pulse
consolidation of powders
Evgeny Grigoryev, ISMAN, Russia

18:00 – 19:00

General Discussion (all hands present)

19:30 – 21:00

Dinner

21:00 – 23:00

Poster Viewing / Social Period

Tuesday, March 12, 201907:30 – 08:30

Breakfast

08:30 – 10:00

Topic 3 (continued): Computational and Analytical (First Principles,
Molecular Dynamics, Models, Large Data)
Deep learning of CVD growth and phase-transition pathways in layeredmaterials
Rajiv Kalia, University of Southern California, USA
Modeling of Joule heating in KNN FLASH sintering
Ricardo Serrazina, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Thermal runaway, dynamic stability and process control in flash sinteringJoão Pereira da Silva, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00

Kinetics of liquid-assisted densification during flash sintering of ceramic
nanoparticles
Rachman Chaim, Technion-Israel, Israel
Impedance characterization of calcia-stabilized zirconia as a function of
applied field
Julia Ramírez González, The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
High temperature tensile behavior of zirconia ceramics under DC current
Koji Morita, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
Densification and grain growth kinetics of 3mol% Y 2 O 3 stabilized zirconia
during flash sintering
Ke Ren, Northwestern Polytechnique University, China

12:00 – 12:45

Posters Highlights and Visits
NP-12

Microstructure evolution during high-pressure spark plasma
sintering (HPSPS) of transparent alumina
Barak Ratzker, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

NP-13

Impact of an external electric field on grain growth in oxides:
Comparison of flash sintered samples to field assisted grain
growthJan Preusker, KIT, Germany

NP-14

Pattern formation during current sintering (Simulation)
Lukas Engelke, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

NP-15

Microstructural evolution of 3YSZ flash sintered with current
ramp control
Isabela R. Lavagnini, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 (continued)
NP-16

Influence of the conformation method on flash sintering of
ZnO ceramics
Ana Storion, University of São Paulo, Brazil

NP-17

DC electric field assisted 3YSZ ceramic superplastic
deformation
Dianguang Liu, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 15:45

Topic 4: Ionic Materials and Glasses (YSZ, Urania, Ceria, Liquid Phase)
Deformation mechanisms of flash sintered yttria-stabilized zirconia via insitu micromechanical testing
Jaehun Cho, Purdue University, USA
Low temperature and high strain rate superplastic flow in structural oxide
ceramics induced by flash event
Hidehiro Yoshida, The University of Tokyo, JapanThe onset of flash sintering 8YSZ
Jinling Liu, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

15:45 – 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 – 17:15

Comparison of the electrical and structural properties of flash sinteredyttria-stabilized zirconia
Carolyn Grimley, North Carolina State University, USA
Study of flash phenomena on single crystals of cubic 8 mol% yttria
stabilized zirconia
Devinder Yadav, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, India

17:15 – 18:00

Poster Visits

18:00 – 19:00

General Discussion (all hands present)

19:30 – 21:00

Dinner

21:00 – 23:00

Poster Viewing and Social PeriodWednesday, March 13, 201907:30 – 08:30

Breakfast

08:30 – 10:00

Topic 4 (continued): Ionic Materials and Glasses (YSZ, Urania, Ceria,
Liquid Phase)
Electric field induced softening of glass: What can it tell about themechanism of flash sintering?
Himanshu Jain, Lehigh University, USA
Topic 5: Futuristic Discussion Topics (Heating Rate, Ionic/Electronic,
Phonons/Electrons, Interfaces and Electrode Effects)
Reaction flash sintering for producing high quality functional ceramics
within seconds
Luis A. Perez-Maqueda, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Sevilla (CSIC-US),
Spain
Charged grain boundaries and the microstructural evolution of ionicceramics
Edwin Garcia, Purdue University, USA

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00

Enhanced ionic conductivity of 8 mol% yttria stabilized zirconia by flash
sintering
Xavier Vendrell, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain
Local structure and kinetics of defect accumulation in titania flash events
Daniel Shoemaker, University of Illinois, USA
Mixed ionic electronic conductivity and flash sintering
Ilan Riess, Technion, Israel
Metastable nanomaterials and nanocomposites obtained by high-pressure
torsion powder consolidation
Stefan Wurster, Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austria

12:00 – 12:45

Posters Highlights and Visits
NP-18

Field-induced mass transport phenomena in flash sinteredhigh temperature ceramics explored by in situ SEM and TEM
Jaehun Cho, Purdue University, USA

NP-19

Flash sintering of ceramic films: The influence of surface tovolume ratio
Viviana Avila, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-20

Transition to partial electronic conductivity at the onset offlash measured by in-situ impedance spectroscopy
Seohyeon Jo, University of Colorado Boulder, USAWednesday, March 13, 2019 (continued)
NP-21

In-situ measurements of the elastic modulus of zirconia
polycrystals held in a state of flash induced by an electric
field
Rishi Raj, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-21A

Current rate flash of carbon fibers
Rishi Raj, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-22

Unusual atom displacements in TiO 2 during flash sintering
Bola Yoon, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-23

Powders of four elemental oxides transformed and sinteredby reactive flash
Viviana Avila, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 19:00

Excursion - Guided tour of the Convento de Cristo (a UNESCO World Heritage
Site), Tomar’s most famous landmark. The Convento is on a hill overlooking
town, within easy walking distance of the hotel. The Convento combines
architectural styles from the 12th through 17th centuries. An ornate octagonal
canopy protects the high altar of the Templo dos Templares, modeled after theHoly Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The grounds of the convent contain eight cloisters
embracing a variety of styles. After the Convento de Cristo, the tour will continue
in the historic area of Tomar.

19:30 – 21:00

Dinner

21:00 – 23:00

Poster Viewing and Social Period

Thursday, March 14, 201907:00 – 08:30

Breakfast

08:30 – 10:00

Topic 5 (continued): Futuristic Discussion Topics (Heating Rate,
Ionic/Electronic, Phonons/Electrons, Interfaces and Electrode Effects)
Some observations on the response of oxides to an applied field
Anthony West, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Topic 6: SPS and Microwave (Common Themes, Linkage to Flash)
Ultra-rapid microwave sintering of ceramics and powder metals
Kirill I. Rybakov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Effective colloidal processing for densification before SPS
Tohru S. Suzuki, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:00

The role of defects in microwave-assisted synthesis of cubic ZrO 2Nathan J. Nakamura, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Electric field assisted densification of 10 mol% gadolinium doped ceria(GDC 10)
Tarini Prasad Mishra, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Some strategies to (co)-sinter refractory functional oxides at low
temperature by spark plasma sintering
Catherine Elissalde, ICMCB/CNRS, France
Cool-SPS: Pulling down the temperature, pushing up the reactivity
Michaël Josse, Université de Bordeaux, ICMCB, France

12:00 – 12:45

Posters Highlights and Visits
NP-24

Lattice softening
Rishi Raj, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-25

A short review of FS mechanisms
Yoed Tsur, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

NP-26

β-SiAlON-based ceramic composites by combustion
synthesis and spark plasma sintering
Evgeny Grigoryev, ISMAN, Russia

NP-27

Evidence for microstructure-dependent hysteresis in SCO
molecular ceramics prepared by cool-SPS
Liza El Khoury, ICMCB/Bordeaux University, FranceThursday, March 14, 2019 (continued)
NP-28

W-Cr solid solution: Comparison of alloying in SPS and byball milling
Monika Vilémová, Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR, v.v.i.,
Czech Republic

NP-29

Flash joining of graphite with polymer derived ceramicinterlayer
Mattia Biesuz, Queen Mary University of London, United
Kingdom

13:00 – 14:30

Lunch

14:30 – 15:45

Topic 6 (continued): SPS and Microwave (Common Themes, Linkage toFlash)
Grain growth behavior during spark plasma sintering of ceramics
Byung-Nam Kim, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan
Topic 7: Metallic, Conductive and Non-Oxides (Metals, Semiconductors,
Carbon)Densification of NdFeB magnets by electro-discharge sintering Microstructure, mechanical and magnetic properties
Lennart Leich, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Lehrstuhl Werkstofftechnik, Germany
Electrical-field assisted flash joining of ceramic oxide-ceramic oxide andceramic oxide-metal
Yiguang Wang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

15:45 – 16:15

Coffee Break

16:15 – 17:15

Flash sintering of armor materials: Challenges and opportunities
Andrew Rosenberger, Army Research Laboratory, USA
Effect of the addition of doped-cobalt on the properties of recycled
tungsten carbide powder sintered by SPS
Alexandre Mégret, University of Mons, Belgium

17:15 – 18:00

Poster Highlights and Visits
NP-30

The effect of high current densities on iron-carbon alloy thinfilms
Thomas Brede, Institute of Materials Physics, Germany

NP-31

Effect of electric current annealing in phase transition of MnAl alloy
Fernando Maccari, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

NP-32

Insights into reactive flash sintering of MgO-Al 2 O 3 -(8YSZ) by
in-situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction
Bola Yoon, University of Colorado Boulder, USAThursday, March 14, 2019 (continued)
NP-33

Flash sintering of zirconia/alumina powders
Rebecca O'Toole, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-34

The influence of carbon on the microstructure of sinteredalumina
Rachel Marder, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

NP-35

Densification of classic and fragile ferroelectrics by CoolSPS
Flora Molinari, ICMCB-CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, France

NP-36

Eutectic microstructures by flash sintering
Martha Mecartney, University of California, Irvine, USA

18:00 – 19:00

General Discussion (all hands present)

19:30 – 21:30

Gala Dinner

21:30 – 23:00

Poster Viewing and Social Period

Friday, March 15, 201907:30 – 08:30

Breakfast

08:30 – 09:00

Discussion of Future Meetings and Community Building Activities

09:00 – 10:30

Topic 7 (continued): Metallic, Conductive and Non-Oxides (Metals,
Semiconductors, Carbon)
Anomalous twinning in AZ 31 magnesium alloy during electrically assisted
formingFranz Körkemeyer, Institut für Werkstoffkunde, Leibniz-Universität Hannover,Germany
Evidence of localized, incipient melting during field-assisted sintering ofoxide dispersion strengthened, nanocrystalline metals
Sean J. Fudger, US Army Research Laboratory, USA

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30

Topic 8 (continued): Complex Ceramics (Energy, Functional, Structural,
Optical)Triggering the catalytic activity of SrTiO 3 -based ceramics by flash sintering
Simone Mascotto, University of Hamburg, Germany
Atmosphere assisted FLASH sintering of KNN
Ana Senos, University of Aveiro, Portugal
New and ongoing research activities in Boulder
Rishi Raj, University of Colorado, USA

12:30

Lunch and departures

Posters

Electric Field Enhanced Processing of Advanced
Materials II: Complexities and Opportunities

Engineering Conferences International

Poster Presentations
NP-1

Field Assisted Material Engineering (FAME)
Mattia Biesuz, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

NP-2

Hybrid sintering – The beneficial combination of sintering principles
Juergen Hennicke, FCT Systeme GmbH, Germany

NP-3

Exploitation of industrial application of FLASH to sinter ceramics
Ricardo Serrazina, University of Aveiro, Portugal

NP-4"Fields Matter" intiative in Germany
Olivier Guillon, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany

NP-5

Field assisted processing of 3D printed ceramics
Bala Vaidhyanathan, Loughborough University, United Kingdom

NP-6

Influence of 3YSZ sample height at the onset temperature of flash sinteringJoão Vitor Campos, University of São Paulo, Brazil

NP-7

Photoluminescence in SPS-processed transparent Ce:YAG ceramics
Avital Wagner, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

NP-8

In situ measurements of partial discharge patterns on porous YSZ pellets
pressed between planar platinum electrodes used for flash sintering
Jean-Francois Fagnard, University of Liege, Belgium

NP-9

A novel system for quenching during flash sintering
Mattan Becker, Technion, Israel

NP-10

In situ electron microscopy studies of electric field assisted sintering of oxide
ceramics
Danny Schwarzbach, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Germany

NP-11

Tensile strength of materials obtained by electric pulse consolidation of
powders
Evgeny Grigoryev, ISMAN, Russia

NP-12

Microstructure evolution during high-pressure spark plasma sintering (HPSPS)of transparent alumina
Barak Ratzker, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

NP-13

Impact of an external electric field on grain growth in oxides: Comparison of
flash sintered samples to field assisted grain growth
Jan Preusker, KIT, Germany

NP-14

Pattern formation during current sintering (Simulation)
Lukas Engelke, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

NP-15

Microstructural evolution of 3YSZ flash sintered with current ramp control
Isabela R. Lavagnini, University of São Paulo, Brazil

NP-16

Influence of the conformation method on flash sintering of ZnO ceramics
Ana Storion, University of São Paulo, Brazil

NP-17

Dc Electric Field Assitd 3ysz Ceramic Superplastic Deformation
Dianguang Liu, Southwest Jiaotong University, China

NP-18

Field-induced mass transport phenomena in flash sintered high temperatureceramics explored by in situ SEM and TEM
Jaehun Cho, Purdue University, USA

NP-19

Flash sintering of ceramic films: The influence of surface to volume ratio
Viviana Avila, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-20

Transition to partial electronic conductivity at the onset of Flash measured byin-situ impedance spectroscopy
Seohyeon Jo, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-21

In-situ measurements of the elastic modulus of Zirconia polycrystals held in astate of flash induced by an electric field
Rishi Raj, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-21A

Current rate flash of carbon fibers
Rishi Raj, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-22

Unusual atom displacements in TiO2 during flash sintering
Bola Yoon, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-23

Powders of four elemental oxides transformed and sintered by reactive flash
Viviana Avila, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-24

Lattice softening
Rishi Raj, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-25

A short review of FS mechanisms
Yoed Tsur, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

NP-26

β-SiAlON-based ceramic composites by combustion synthesis and spark
plasma sintering
Evgeny Grigoryev, ISMAN, Russia

NP-27

Evidence for microstructure-dependent hysteresis in SCO molecular ceramics
prepared by Cool-SPS
Liza El Khoury, ICMCB/Bordeaux University, France

NP-28

W-Cr solid solution: Comparison of alloying in SPS and by ball milling
Monika Vilémová, Institute of Plasma Physics AS CR, v.v.i., Czech Republic

NP-29

Flash joining of graphite with polymer derived ceramic interlayer
Mattia Biesuz, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom

NP-30

The effect of high current densities on iron-carbon alloy thin films
Thomas Brede, Institute of Materials Physics, Germany

NP-31

Effect of electric current annealing in phase transition of Mn-Al alloy
Fernando Maccari, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany

NP-32

Insights into reactive flash sintering of MgO-Al2O3-(8YSZ) by in-situ
synchrotron X-ray diffraction
Bola Yoon, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-33

Flash sintering of zirconia/alumina powders
Rebecca O'Toole, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

NP-34

The influence of carbon on the microstructure of sintered alumina
Rachel Marder, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

NP-35

Densification of classic and fragile ferroelectrics by Cool-SPS
Flora Molinari, ICMCB-CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, France

NP-36

Eutectic microstructures by flash sintering
Martha Mecartney, University of California, Irvine, USA