Sintering 2026

Session

Photonic sintering

31 Aug 2026, 14:10

138. Laser Sintering of alumina

Teiichi KIMURA (Japan Fine Ceramics Center)

31/08/2026, 14:10

Photonic sintering

2. Invited speaker (by invitation only)

A direct laser sintering process that uses a high-intensity continuous wave (CW) laser as the heat source has been developed and 1 mm thick alumina was successfully sintered by laser irradiation for 1 minute. In this process, a YAG laser (or a fiber laser with a similar wavelength) with weak absorption was used instead of a conventional CO₂ laser, which is strongly absorbed by alumina. We...

59. Evaluation of Laser-Assisted Sintering as an Advanced Processing Technique in Traditional Ceramic Industry

Berkay Yazırlı (Kaleseramik Research Center, Çanakkale, Türkiye), Mr Mehmet Uğur Taşkıran (Kaleseramik Research Center, Çanakkale, Türkiye)

31/08/2026, 14:40

Photonic sintering

3. Oral presentation

Traditional ceramic products are widely used in the construction sector due to their high mechanical strength and chemical resistance. Owing to their ability to maintain performance throughout the lifetime of a building, these products offer significant sustainability advantages compared to alternative materials. However, the ceramic industry is an energy-intensive sector, mainly because of...

79. Microstructure and mechanical properties of photonic sintered silver doped yttria stabilized zirconia

Carsten Teucher (IKMT Universität Stuttgart)

31/08/2026, 15:00

Photonic sintering

3. Oral presentation

Photonic sintering is a promising alternative to conventional furnace sintering, offering extremely high heating rates and significantly reduced processing times. The process relies on high-intensity light irradiation to directly couple energy into the surface of ceramic powder compacts, enabling rapid heating and densification.
In this work, photonic sintering of silver-containing 3 mol%...

116. Photonic Sintering of Fe-doped SrTiO3: Impact on sintering, microstructure evolution and functional grain boundary properties

Pascal Zahler (Universität Stuttgart)

31/08/2026, 15:20

Photonic sintering

3. Oral presentation

Conventional sintering methods are costly, energy intensive and rather inefficient processes. Photonic sintering (illuminating ceramic samples with high intensity light) has been proven to be an effective method for sintering ceramics. The process readily works for many material systems, yet the fundamental understanding on how the process can be controlled, or how it impacts the ceramics...

174. Flash Lamp Annealing of Ferroelectric Films

Sebastjan Glinsek (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology)

Photonic sintering

3. Oral presentation

Crystallization and sintering of ferroelectric oxides on non-conventional substrates enables flexible and/or transparent electromechanical devices. However, due to the mismatch between the processing temperatures of these oxides and the maximum thermal stability of the target substrates, such integration remains challenging.
Flash lamp annealing (FLA), where the film is selectively heated by...

176. Photonic sintering of BaZrO3-based proton conductors

Julian Ebert (IKMT - Universität Stuttgart)

Photonic sintering

3. Oral presentation

Conventionally, ceramics are densified by sintering in a furnace, a time-consuming and energy-intensive process. Several advanced sintering technologies such as FAST-SPS, UHS, and photonic sintering have been developed to improve the sintering process. For photonic sintering, ceramics are directly heated with a light source (e.g., a blue laser) enabling rapid heating rates of up to several...