Disclosed herein are a ceramic particle comprising a ceramic core substrate and a conformal coating of a sintering aid film on a surface of the core substrate, wherein the conformal coating includes a plurality of distributed islands of the sintering aid film across the surface of the core substrate; methods for producing the ceramic particle by ALD or MLD; and methods of using the coated ceramic particles in additive manufacturing or in solid oxide fuel cells. In one example, the film may have a thickness of less than three nanometers. The disclosed ceramic particle may be non-reactive with water.

A ceramic dielectric including: a bulk dielectric including barium (Ba) and titanium (Ti); a ceramic nanosheet; and a composite dielectric of the bulk dielectric and the ceramic nanosheet.

A PCD body comprises a skeletal mass of inter-bonded diamond grains defining interstices between them. At least some of the interstices contain a filler material comprising a metal catalyst material for diamond, the filler material containing Ti, W and an additional element M selected from the group consisting of V, Y, Nb, Hf, Mo, Ta, Zr Cr, Zr and the rare earth elements. The content of Ti within the filler material is at least 0.1 weight % and at most 20 weight %. The content of M within the filler material is at least 0.1 weight % and at most 20 weight %, and the content of W within the filler material is at least 5 weight % and at most 50 weight % of the filler material.

A material that facilitates dissipation of heat is provided and includes hexagonal boron nitride and alumina.

The application discloses a preparation method of monocrystal uranium dioxide nuclear fuel pellets, comprising: granulating and pelleting UO.sub.2 powder to obtain UO.sub.2 pellets; then coating surfaces of the UO.sub.2 pellets with monocrystal growth additive micro powder to form core-shell structure particles; and activated-sintering the core-shell structure particles at high temperature, liquefying the monocrystal growth additive on the surface of the core-shell structure particle at high temperature and then diffusing into UO.sub.2 pellets, dissolving the UO.sub.3 in the liquid monocrystal growth additive, and recrystallizing the UO.sub.2 to form the monocrystal UO.sub.2 nuclear fuel pellets.

A coated component, along with method of forming the same, is provided. The coated component may include a substrate having a surface, a silicon-based bond coating on the surface of the substrate, and an EBC on the silicon-based bond coating. The silicon-based bond coating may include a silicon-phase contained within a refractory phase. The silicon-phase, when melted, is contained within the refractory phase and between the surface of the substrate and an inner surface of the environmental barrier coating. Such a coated component may be, in particular embodiments, a turbine component.

A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a body part including dielectric layers and internal electrodes disposed to face each other with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween; and external electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the body part and electrically connected to the internal electrodes. The dielectric layer includes grains including: a semiconductive or conductive grain core region containing a base material represented by ABO.sub.3, where A is at least one of Ba, Sr, and Ca, and B is at least one of Ti, Zr, and Hf, and a doping material including a rare earth element; and an insulating grain shell region enclosing the grain core region.

A process for post-treatment of electroceramic composite material is disclosed. The process comprises introducing electroceramic composite material and flow-able organometallic compound to a pressure chamber, and degassing (1) the electroceramic composite material by creating a vacuum or underpressure in the pressure chamber, while the electroceramic composite material is immersed (2) in said organometallic compound. Then the pressure is elevated to an atmospheric pressure, wherein said flowable organometallic compound is absorbed (3) into at least part of the pores of the composite material. The electroceramic composite material containing said organometallic compound absorbed into said pores, is then treated (4) with water, water vapour and/or other chemical, thereby producing metal oxide impregnated electroceramic material containing solid metal oxide absorbed into said pores. Instead of flowable organometallic compound, a suspension of metal or metal oxide nanoparticles may be used for the post-treatment.

An abrasive article includes a polycrystalline material comprising abrasive grains and a filler material selected from the group of materials consisting of tungstate, molybdate, vanadate, and a combination thereof. Earth-boring tools comprise a bit body and a cutting element carried by the bit body. The cutting element comprises a polycrystalline material comprising abrasive grains, a catalyst material, and a filler material selected from the group of materials consisting of tungstate, molybdate, vanadate, and a combination thereof.

Disclosed are a grain boundary and surface-doped rare earth zirconium-based ceramic material and a preparation method and application thereof, and part of doped elements are positioned at the grain boundary and surface of the rare earth zirconium-based ceramic material by a step-by-step doping method. The sintering activity of the rare earth zirconium-based ceramic material can be changed by adjusting the type and content of doping elements at the grain boundary and the surface, thereby enabling the control of the grain size and the grain boundary number and characteristics of the rare earth zirconium-based ceramic material, and finally optimizing the properties, such as electrical and mechanical properties, of the material. The doping method has the advantages of simple process, low cost and high universality, and can meet the requirements of different rare earth zirconium-based ceramics on doping elements, and thus is suitable for large-scale application.