Characterization of green-emitting translucent zinc oxide ceramics prepared via spark plasma sintering

International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 725-733

  Hong, Mei ^a,d   Fredrick, Daniela ^a   Devito, David M ^b   Howe, Jane Y ^b   Yang, Xiaocheng ^c   Giles, Nancy C ^c   Neal, John S ^b   Munir, Zuhair A ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Lonza Guangzhou Research and Development Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN EMISSIONS; IN-LINE; OXIDE CERAMICS; PRESSURE RANGES; RELATIVE INTENSITY; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING METHOD; TEMPERATURE RANGE; ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION; ZNO; ZNO CERAMIC; ZNO POWDER;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; ZINC;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79960037433     PISSN: 1546542X     EISSN: 17447402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7402.2010.02527.x     Document Type: Article

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