Sintering dense nanocrystalline ceramics without final-stage grain growth

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6774, 2000, Pages 168-171

  Chen, I Wei ^a   Wang, X H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; NIOBIUM; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CRYSTAL; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034624687     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35004548     Document Type: Article

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