Hot isostatic pressing of optically active Nd:YAG powders doped by a colloidal processing route

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1489-1494

  Suarez M ^a,c   Fernandez A ^b   Menendez J L ^a   Nygren, M ^c   Torrecillas, R ^a   Zhao, Z ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b Parque Tecnológico de Asturias   (Spain)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colloidal route; Hot isostatic press; Nd:YAG; Transparent ceramics

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION CONTROL; COLLOIDAL PROCESSING ROUTE; DEAGGLOMERATION; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESS; IN-LINE; INFRARED REGIONS; NANO-SIZED POWDER; ND-DOPED; ND: YAG; ND:YAG CERAMIC; OPTICALLY ACTIVE; SINTERING ADDITIVES; TRANSPARENT CERAMIC; YAG; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

AGGLOMERATION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; NEODYMIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); SILICATE MINERALS; SINTERING; YTTRIUM;

HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING;

EID: 75949111223     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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