Kiyoshi Hirao

Microstructural Design of Silicon Nitride with Improved Fracture Toughness: I, Effects of Grain Shape and Size

Paul Becher, Ellen Y. Sun, Kevin P. Plucknett et al. · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 1998 · 458 citations

Larger Elongated Grains, Engineering, Severe Plastic Deformation +22

A Tough Silicon Nitride Ceramic with High Thermal Conductivity

You Zhou, Hideki Hyuga, Dai Kusano et al. · Advanced Materials · 2011 · 309 citations

Materials Science, Materials Engineering, High Thermal Conductivity +9

Processing Strategy for Producing Highly Anisotropic Silicon Nitride

Kiyoshi Hirao, Masayoshi Ohashi, Manuel E. Brito et al. · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 1995 · 254 citations

Elongated Grains, Engineering, Severe Plastic Deformation +17

Microstructural Design of Silicon Nitride with Improved Fracture Toughness: II, Effects of Yttria and Alumina Additives

Ellen Y. Sun, Paul Becher, Kevin P. Plucknett et al. · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 1998 · 240 citations

Engineering, Severe Plastic Deformation, Mechanical Engineering +20

Microstructure Control of Silicon Nitride by Seeding with Rodlike β‐Silicon Nitride Particles

Kiyoshi Hirao, Takaaki Nagaoka, Manuel E. Brito et al. · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 1994 · 239 citations

Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Material Innovation +18