Progress in research on sintering and microstructural development

This special section of the Journal of Materials Science includes a number of full-length articles based on research presented at the International Conference on Sintering 2011, which was held on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, on August 26–September 1, 2011. The meeting was chaired by Professors Suk-Joong L. Kang, Rajendra K. Bordia, Didier Bouvard, and Eugene Olevsky, who are also the Guest Editors for this special section. The Jeju Island...