Electric-field Assisted Joining Technology for the Ceramics Materials: Current Status and Development Trend

Yan LIU; Keying ZHANG; Tianyu LI; Bo ZHOU; Xuejian LIU; Zhengren HUANG

doi:10.15541/jim20220400

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