About this Abstract | 
  
   
    | Meeting | 
    MS&T23: Materials Science & Technology
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    | Symposium 
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    Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic-based Materials: Process Development, Materials, Process Optimization and Applications
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    | Presentation Title | 
    Ultra-fast Laser Sintering of Ceramics and Glasses, and Machine Learning-based, Processing-microstructure-property Predictions for Laser-sintered Ceramics and Glasses | 
  
   
    | Author(s) | 
    Xiao  Geng, Jianan  Tang, Siddhartha  Sarkar, Yunfeng  Shi, Liping  Huang, Rajendra K Bordia, Dongsheng  Li, Hai  Xiao, Fei  Peng | 
  
   
    | On-Site Speaker (Planned) | 
    Fei  Peng | 
  
   
    | Abstract Scope | 
    
We report ultra–fast sintering of alumina and silica under scanning laser irradiation, and machine learning predictions of the processing-microstructure-property relationship during laser sintering.  Using CO2 laser irradiation, we found that alumina and silica powders can be sintered close to full density within a few tens of seconds. The grain size – density master curve of laser–sintered alumina were different from those of the furnace–sintered alumina. The laser-sintered silica glass exhibits high optical transparency. We developed machine learning models to predict the following processing-microstructure-properties of laser-sintered ceramics: (1) the microstructure under arbitrary laser powers, (2) the microstructure at a laser spot during sintering, (3) the microstructure from a desired hardness and (4) the hardness from microstructure input. |