TOMSK, Aug 15 – RIA Tomsk, Yana Kuzminykh. Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) are engaged in the technology manufacturing of luminescent ceramics, which due to its low cost in the future will be able to replace the LEDs, the press service of the university said on Tuesday.
According to the press service, TPU scientists receive products from luminescent, transparent and nanoceramics on a spark-plasma sintering plant for powder materials. Ceramic powder is placed in a special shape and, heated by an impulse current, is compressed. Depending on the composition it is possible to get different spectra of ceramics luminescence.
"The technology of luminescent ceramics receiving, which can become a cheaper alternative to modern light sources, is developed by scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University. Transparent ceramics can replace LEDs in the future, its use will significantly reduce the cost of production of automobile headlights and other light sources", – is said in the report.
It is specified that one more advantage of luminescent ceramics is its higher strength. Ceramics is used in a variety of areas: electronic, defense, oil and gas, automotive and others, as well as in the fields of electricity and medicine.
It is added that for the development of technologies for the production of transparent and luminescent ceramics, the scientific team of the Department of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies of TPU received grants from the Russian Science Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. International research work is carried out with the University of Chongqing (China).
