Role of Pairwise Reactions on the Synthesis of LiLaTiO and the Resulting Structure-Property Correlations.

The performance of single-ion conductors is highly sensitive to the material's defect chemistry. Tuning these defects is limited for solid-state reactions as they occur at particle-particle interfaces, which provide a complex evolving energy landscape for atomic rearrangement and product formation. In this report, we investigate the (1) order of addition and (2) lithium precursor decomposition temperature and their effect on the synthesis and grain boundary conductivity of the perovskite lithium lanthanum titanium oxide (LLTO).

LaZrO Nanoparticle-Mediated Synthesis of Porous Al-Doped LiLaZrO Garnet.

In this work, we modified the reaction pathway to quickly (minutes) incorporate lithium and stabilize the ionic conducting garnet phase by decoupling the formation of a La-Zr-O network from the addition of lithium. To do this, we synthesized LaZrO (LZO) nanoparticles to which LiNO was added. This method is a departure from typical solid-state synthesis methods that require high-energy milling to promote mixing and intimate particle-particle contact and from sol-gel syntheses as a unique porous microstructure is obtained.

Planar and three-dimensional printing of conductive inks.

Printed electronics rely on low-cost, large-area fabrication routes to create flexible or multidimensional electronic, optoelectronic, and biomedical devices. In this paper, we focus on one- (1D), two- (2D), and three-dimensional (3D) printing of conductive metallic inks in the form of flexible, stretchable, and spanning microelectrodes. Direct-write assembly is a 1-to-3D printing technique that enables the fabrication of features ranging from simple lines to complex structures by the deposition of concentrated inks through fine nozzles (~0.