Rapid growth and formation mechanism of ultrafine structural oxide eutectic ceramics by laser direct forming

H. J. Su, J. Zhang, L. Liu, J. Eckert, H. Z. Fu

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Abstract

Melt growth of oxide eutectic is an important and fast-growing research topic in the fields of both applied physics and materials science. Rapid one-step fabrication of melt-grown oxide ceramics with large size is developed using laser direct forming. The near 100 density of Al2O 3/YAG eutectic ceramic in situ composite free of pore and cracks is rapidly melted/solidified directly from Al2O3-Y 2O3 powder without any preforming or sintering. Uniform three-dimensional network of ultrafine nanostructured eutectic microstructure is obtained. The direct experimental evidence of faceted-nonfaceted eutectic transition at high growth rate is presented and the physical model of the microstructural formation based on atom cluster elementary process is proposed. This technology provides a rapid freeform fabrication of high-performance complex shaped ceramics for various applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number221913
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume99
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Nov 2011

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