1. THE EFFECTS OF SINTERING AIDS ON DEFECTS, DENSIFICATION, AND SINGLE CRYSTAL CONVERSION OF TRANSPARENT ND:YAG CERAMICS Open Access Author: Stevenson, Adam Joseph Title: THE EFFECTS OF SINTERING AIDS ON DEFECTS, DENSIFICATION, AND SINGLE CRYSTAL CONVERSION OF TRANSPARENT ND:YAG CERAMICS Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering Keywords: transparent ceramicsgrain growthsinteringceramic processing File: Download Stevenson_Dissertation-FINAL.pdf Committee Members: Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorGary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-ChairElizabeth C Dickey, Committee MemberVenkatraman Gopalan, Committee MemberPatrick M Lenahan, Committee Member