Rishi Raj
Professor • Materials
rishi.raj@colorado.edu
303-492-1029

Office Location: ECME 212
Lab Location: ECME 150

Research Interests

Polymer-derived ceramics, materials science, flash sintering

Polymer-based methods, and additive manufacturing, are used to create novel ceramic nanostructures. We build models that blend concepts of thermodynamics, kinetics, mechanics and electrochemistry. Electric fields are employed to sinter ceramics by “flash sintering.” These scientific pursuits are leading to innovative technologies.

Selected Publications and Accomplishments

  • Raj, R., Cologna, M., & Francis, J. S. Influence of externally imposed and internally generated electrical fields on…sintering and related phenomena in ceramics, J Am Ceram Soc, (2011). DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.04652.x
  • Cologna, M., Rashkova, B., & Raj, R. Flash Sintering of Nanograin Zirconia in< 5 s at 850C. J Am Ceram Soc, (2010) DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.04089.x
  • Ahn, D., & Raj, R. Thermodynamic measurements pertaining to the hysteretic intercalation of lithium in polymer-derived SiCO . J. Power Sources, (2010). doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2009.12.116