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Article Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 2Sintering Under High Heating Rates(Annual Reviews, 2025) Karacasulu, Levent; Maniere, Charles; Vakifahmetoglu, Cekdar; Marinel, Sylvain; Biesuz, MattiaRapid sintering using a high heating rate is growing in technological and scientific interest. This is motivated by the promise of reducing the carbon footprint of sintering and developing materials with properties and microstructures different from those achievable by conventional heating. For instance, rapid heating can induce suppression of grain growth, the possibility of obtaining modified space charges and elemental segregations, and the development of out-of-equilibrium materials. Severe challenges still exist for the industrial exploitation of rapid sintering technologies, and, nowadays, only fast firing can be considered mature. Most of these limitations are related to the homogeneity of the sample and the possibility of obtaining complex shapes. This review investigates developments in rapid sintering by comparing different processes, suggested mechanisms, and future challenges.Article Design and Performance of SiOC Foam-Silica Aerogel Composites for Hot and Cold Thermal Management Applications(Elsevier Ltd, 2025) Icin, Oyku; Vakifahmetoglu, CekdarThis study focuses on the fabrication of monolithic preceramic polymer-derived ceramic (SiOC) foam-silica aerogel composites by filling the open cells of ceramic foam with a silica aerogel solution using the sol-gel technique. The effects of different drying techniques (ambient pressure vs CO2 supercritical drying) and surface modification agents, including trimethylchlorosilane (TMCS) and hexamethyldisilazane (HMDZ), are comprehensively investigated. These factors are analyzed for their influence on the composites' morphology, porosity, chemical structure, and thermal insulation performance. The drying technique and surface modification agents are found to play a critical role in achieving a high filling ratio of silica aerogel within the composites. Pure silica aerogels exhibit specific surface areas (SSAs) reaching similar to 1120 m(2).g(-1), while the SiOC foam-silica aerogel composites demonstrate SSAs of 385-440 m(2).g(-1). Nearly all samples achieve a total porosity of similar to 93 vol%. Surface modification effectively tailors the surface properties, imparting hydrophobicity with a water contact angle of 133 degrees. Thermal conductivity at room temperature ranges between 38 and 43 mW<middle dot>m(-1)<middle dot>K-1. The potential applications of these SiOC foam-silica aerogel composites as thermal insulators are assessed under extreme thermal conditions. For instance, a 14 mm thick composite has a temperature of -27 degrees C when subjected to a cold source at -78 degrees C. Instead, when exposed directly to a butane flame (similar to 1200 degrees C), the backside of the composite recorded only similar to 57 degrees C.Article Citation - WoS: 1Citation - Scopus: 1Pressureless Joining of Soda Lime Silicate Glass Using Polysilazane-Derived Silica at Near-Room Temperature(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2025) Karacasulu, Levent; Biesuz, Mattia; Pastorelli, Virginia; Vakifahmetoglu, Cekdar; Sglavo, Vincenzo M.; Ferraris, Monica; Soraru, Gian D.Perhydropolysilazane (PHPS) pre-ceramic polymer was used to join soda lime silicate glass at temperatures below 200 degrees C under pressureless conditions. The results show that: (i) the junction material is largely converted to silica at 100 degrees C and fully converted to glass at 150 degrees C; (ii) the samples treated at room temperature and 100 degrees C show a perfectly dense and clean bond, whereas porosity develops starting from 150 degrees C as a result of the hydrolysis reactions and solvent evaporation; (iii) a maximum tensile bond strength of about 5-6 MPa is obtained after treatments at 100 degrees C. Remarkably, after treatment at 500 degrees C, the junction remains intact. These preliminary findings provide the first successful attempt regarding the use of PHPS as a joining material to produce inorganic and transparent bonds for glass at relatively low temperatures.Article Citation - WoS: 5Citation - Scopus: 5Ultrafast High-Temperature Sintering of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia in Reactive N<sub>2</Sub> Atmosphere(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2025) Karacasulu, Levent; de Beauvoir, Thomas Herisson; De Bona, Emanuele; Cassetta, Michele; Vakifahmetoglu, Cekdar; Sglavo, Vincenzo M.; Biesuz, MattiaSo far, ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS) has always been carried out in an inert environment. In the present work, we investigated UHS of 3YSZ in nitrogen and argon atmosphere showing that "the atmosphere matters". Highly densified samples can be obtained in both environments but densification and grain growth are significantly retarded in N-2. Moreover, the phase evolution is strongly atmosphere-dependent with the samples treated in Ar remaining tetragonal and those treated under N-2 progressively reducing their tetragonality, eventually converting into cubic zirconia and rock salt oxynitride. The results can be explained by the incorporation of nitrogen within the ZrO2 lattice. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy demonstrates that while the ionic bulk conductivity are marginally influenced by the sintering atmosphere, the grain boundaries' capacitive behavior strongly changes. After UHS under 30 A, excellent ionic conductors were obtained without substantial grain boundary-blocking effects.Article Citation - WoS: 13Citation - Scopus: 13On the Temperature Measurement During Ultrafast High-Temperature Sintering (uhs): Shall We Trust Metal-Shielded Thermocouples?(Elsevier Sci Ltd, 2024) Biesuz, Mattia; Karacasulu, Levent; Vakifahmetoglu, Cekdar; Sglavo, Vincenzo M.Temperature measurement upon ultrafast high-temperature sintering (UHS) is a crucial task. Herein, we provide some arguments posing concerns about the use of metal-shielded thermocouples as temperature probes in UHS. The discussion is based on literature data and on some ad hoc experiments. In detail, we show at least two cases in the literature where the use of a shielded thermocouple causes a substantial underestimation of the UHS temperature. The argumentation is based on comparing the thermocouples read and the observed phase and microstructural evolution. Moreover, by means of a simple experimental design, we show that a metal shield on the thermocouple tip can substantially reduce the measured temperature. Since the metal shield is orders of magnitude more thermally conductive than the graphite felt used as heating element in UHS, it efficiently removes heat from the thermocouple tip region. As such, data acquired from shielded thermocouples must be treated with care.