annealing

Zinc oxide has numerous commercial device applications. Polycrystalline ZnO varistors, for example, are widely used in high voltage and power-related applications in industries such as microelectronics. One of the ways to control the properties of ZnO is its annealing in various environments, including oxygen, which leads to increased hardness and fracture toughness of ceramics.

The methods of nanostructures adjustment in cross-linked epoxy polymers were considered. The large potential of changing mechanical properties of these materials by nanoclusters relative fraction variation was shown.