Thermal shock synthesis (TSS) is a method in which materials are synthesized via rapid, high-temperature heating.
[1][4] As a result of these characteristics, TSS is particularly applicable for the discovery of new reactions and materials and enabling rapid manufacturing.
The TSS method was invented by Dr. Liangbing Hu and his team at the University of Maryland, College Park.
[1][3] The essence of TSS is the ability to precisely control the high temperature to ensure rapid “shock” heating.
Since high-temperature heating is ubiquitously used for reactions and materials synthesis, innovative TSS processes have been discovered and demonstrated, including microwave, laser, rapid radiative heating, and discharge flash heating,[4][7][8][9][10][11] enabling synthesis of diverse emerging materials, such as single atom and alloyed catalysts, high entropy alloy nanoparticles, nanoscale composites, battery cathodes and anodes, and high-quality graphene, etc.