Experimental studies of the fundamental mechanism for phase formation in reactive solutions toward creation of the functional materials

In this work, we examined several modifications of solution combustion synthesis (SCS) method to produce new nanoscale non-oxide phases (nitrides, intermetallics, and alloys). In particularly two approaches were outlined: (i) so-called, catalytic SCS, where existence of one metal promotes reduction during combustion; (ii) synthesis by using media, which contains both reactive solution and solid metals, i.e. combination of solution and heterogeneous combustion.