Special Session: Towards New Synthesis Technologies and Functionality Derived by External Field Effects

[2-17] Invited Talk : A route towards fabrication of ultra-tough yttria-stabilized zirconia ceramics by flash sintering

*Fei Shen ONG^1,2, Kohta NAMBU^5,6, Kenta KAWAMURA^1,3, Kohei HOSOI^1,3, Hiroshi MASUDA², Bin FENG^1,4, Koji MATSUI^1,4, Yuichi IKUHARA^1,4, Hidehiro YOSHIDA^1,2 (1. Next Generation Zirconia Social Cooperation Program, Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo, 2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 3. Inorganic Materials Research Laboratory, Tosoh Corporation, 4. Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo, 5. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyushu University, 6. National Institute for Materials Science )

Keywords:Flash sintering, Yttria-stabilized zirconia, Toughness, Densification, Phase transformation