Neck formation in reactive sintering: A model 2-D experiment

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1193-1197

  Murali, Sukanya ^a   Birnie, Dunbar P ^a  

^a Piscataway   (United States)

Author keywords

interparticle neck formation; liquid pendular bridge; Silica titania; sintering; SiO 2 TiO 2; spin coating; sub close packed layers

Indexed keywords

COATING DENSITY; FLAT SUBSTRATES; LOW DENSITY; NECK FORMATION; NECK REGION; PARTICLE NETWORK; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; REACTIVE SINTERING; SILICA PARTICLES; SILICA-TITANIA; SINGLE LAYER; SUB-CLOSE-PACKED LAYERS; TIO; TITANIA THIN FILMS; TITANIA/SILICA; TITANIUM ALKOXIDES;

COATINGS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SOLS; SPIN COATING; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SINTERING;

EID: 84862027804     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.47     Document Type: Article

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