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75
Citations
24569
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3413
National Ranking
952

Overview

Zuhair A. Munir is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States and specializes in materials science and engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields, particularly focusing on materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and mechanical engineering. Additional subfields of interest include ceramics and composites, as well as civil and structural engineering.

The main research topics covered by their work include:

  • Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
  • Thermal properties of materials
  • Click Chemistry and Applications
  • Advanced ceramic materials synthesis
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties

They have published extensively in notable venues such as:

  • Journal of Materials Science
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Journal of Material Science and Technology

Some recent publications include:

  • "1000 at 1000: The effect of electric field and pressure on the synthesis and consolidation of materials: a review of the spark plasma sintering method," 2020, Journal of Materials Science
  • "Perspectives on the spark plasma sintering process," 2020, Journal of Materials Science
  • "Suppression of Interfacial Diffusion in Mg3Sb2 Thermoelectric Materials through an Mg4.3Sb3Ni/Mg3.2Sb2Y0.05/Mg4.3Sb3Ni-Graded Structure," 2022, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Thermoelectric and mechanical characterization of the utilization of FeTe as an electrode for iodine-doped PbTe," 2022, Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • "Improvement of the conversion efficiency of Mg3Sb2 thermoelectric devices through optimizing the resistivity of the MgSbNi barrier layer," 2023, Journal of Material Science and Technology

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Wenhao Fan
  • Shaoping Chen
  • Yu Jiang
  • Yachao Wang
  • Jie Chen

Best Publications

  • 1000 at 1000: The effect of electric field and pressure on the synthesis and consolidation of materials: a review of the spark plasma sintering method.

    Zuhair A. Munir

  • Self-propagating exothermic reactions: the synthesis of high-temperature materials by combustion

    Zuhair A. Munir;Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini

  • Synthesis of high temperature materials by self-propagating combustion methods

    Z. A Munir

  • Electric Current Activation of Sintering: A Review of the Pulsed Electric Current Sintering Process

    Zuhair A. Munir;Dat V. Quach;Manshi Ohyanagi

  • Fundamental investigations on the spark plasma sintering/synthesis process: II. Modeling of current and temperature distributions

    U. Anselmi-Tamburini;U. Anselmi-Tamburini;S. Gennari;J.E. Garay;Z.A. Munir

  • Thermite reactions: their utilization in the synthesis and processing of materials

    L. L. Wang;Z. A. Munir;Y. M. Maximov

  • Combustion synthesis of titanium carbide: Theory and experiment

    J. B. Holt;Z. A. Munir

  • Fundamental investigations on the spark plasma sintering/synthesis process: I. Effect of dc pulsing on reactivity

    W. Chen;U. Anselmi-Tamburini;J.E. Garay;J.R. Groza

  • Enhanced growth of intermetallic phases in the Ni–Ti system by current effects

    J.E. Garay;U. Anselmi-Tamburini;Z.A. Munir

  • Fast low-temperature consolidation of bulk nanometric ceramic materials

    U. Anselmi-Tamburini;J.E. Garay;Z.A. Munir

  • Combustion and plasma synthesis of high-temperature materials

    Zuhair A Munir;J B Holt

  • An investigation of the synthesis of nickel aluminides through gasless combustion

    K. A. Philpot;Z. A. Munir;J. B. Holt

  • Transparent nanometric cubic and tetragonal zirconia obtained by high-pressure pulsed electric current sintering

    Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini;Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini;Joseph N. Woolman;Zuhair A. Munir

  • Electric current enhanced defect mobility in Ni3Ti intermetallics

    Javier E. Garay;Stephen C. Glade;Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini;Palakkal Asoka-Kumar

  • Fundamental investigations on the spark plasma sintering/synthesis process: III. Current effect on reactivity

    U. Anselmi-Tamburini;U. Anselmi-Tamburini;J.E. Garay;Z.A. Munir

  • SURFACE AREA REDUCTION DURING ISOTHERMAL SINTERING

    R. M. German;Z. A. Munir

  • Oxygen diffusion in nanocrystalline yttria-stabilized zirconia: the effect of grain boundaries

    Roger A. De Souza;Martha J. Pietrowski;Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini;Sangtae Kim

  • Modified interfacial reactions in Ag–Zn multilayers under the influence of high DC currents

    J.R Friedman;J.E Garay;U Anselmi-Tamburini;Z.A Munir

  • Spark plasma sintering and characterization of bulk nanostructured fully stabilized zirconia: Part II. Characterization studies

    U. Anselmi-Tamburini;J.E. Garay;Z.A. Munir;A. Tacca

  • Consolidation and properties of binderless sub-micron tungsten carbide by field-activated sintering

    Hwan-Cheol Kim;In-Jin Shon;In-Jin Shon;J.E. Garay;Z.A. Munir

Frequent Co-Authors

Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini
Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini University of Pavia
Filippo Maglia
Filippo Maglia BMW (Germany)
Javier E. Garay
Javier E. Garay University of California, San Diego
Manfred Martin
Manfred Martin RWTH Aachen University
Eric Gaffet
Eric Gaffet University of Lorraine
Giacomo Cao
Giacomo Cao University of Cagliari
Roberto Orru
Roberto Orru University of Cagliari
Roger A. De Souza
Roger A. De Souza RWTH Aachen University
Joshua D. Kuntz
Joshua D. Kuntz Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Glaucio H. Paulino
Glaucio H. Paulino Princeton University

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