Flash Sintering Research Perspective: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

Flash Sintering (FS), a relatively new Field-Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST) for ceramic processing, was proposed for the first time in 2010 by Prof. Rishi Raj’s group from the University of Colorado at Boulder. It quickly grabbed the attention of the scientific community and since then, the field has rapidly evolved, constituting a true milestone in materials processing with the number of publications growing year by year. Moreover, nowadays, there is already a scientific community devoted to FS. In this work, a general picture of the scientific landscape of FS is drawn by bibliometric analysis. The target sources, the most relevant documents, hot and trending topics as well as the social networking of FS are unveiled. A separate bibliometric analysis is also provided for Reaction or Reactive Flash Sintering (RFS), where not only the sintering, but also the synthesis is merged into a single step. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of this nature carried out in this field of research and it can constitute a useful tool for researchers to be quickly updated with FS as well as to strategize future research and publishing approaches.

Reactive flash sintering in a bilayer of zirconia and lanthana: Measurement of the diffusion coefficient in real time

“…3 More recent review papers include Biesuz and Sglavo 4 and Guillon et al 5 A collection of papers in a recent issue of the MRS Bulletin presents stateof-the-art concepts and views on this topic. 6 A history of flash sintering has been described by Pérez-Maqueda et al 7 These reviews affirm the generality of the flash method for sintering of ceramics, where sintering can occur in mere seconds at unusually low furnace temperatures by the application of modest electrical fields, typically 100 V cm −1 , and current densities in the range of 100 mA mm −2 .…”

Reactive Flash Sintering of Ceramics: A Review

“…A bibliometric analysis has just demonstrated how this technique gained attention over the past 5 years. [ 14 ] RFS is an even more cost‐effective ceramic processing, not only because furnace temperatures and annealing times are drastically reduced but also because sintering and synthesis can be achieved in a single experiment without a separate step for the reaction. For example, the RFS of BiFeO 3 –BaTiO 3 represented 84% less energy consumption when compared to the conventional method (solid‐state reaction followed by sintering).…”

Room temperature flash of single crystal titania: Electronic and optical properties

“…4 Moreover, Todd 5 has written about a possible relationship between the influence of high-heating-rate-sintering and flash-sintering. Just recently, the time line of the developments in this fledging field was published by Gil-González et al 6 A recent edition of the MRS Bulletin has been dedicated to field-assisted sintering. 7 Flash sintering is a young field.…”