Science Direct Materials ELSEVIER Progress in Materials Science 52(2007)1-61 cience www.elsevier.com/locate/pmatsci A review on fundamentals and applications of electrophoretic deposition (epd Laxmidhar besra a, Meilin liu b Colloids and Materials Chemistry Gr Research Laboratory ( Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) swar 751013. Orissa. India School of Materials Science and ering, Georgia Institute of Technology 'I Ferst Drive. Atlanta. GA 30332-0245. USA Received 10 January 2006: accepted 5 July 2006 Abstract This review encompasses the fundamental aspects of electrophoretic deposition technique, factors infuencing the deposition process, kinetic aspects, types of EPD, the driving forces, preparation of electrophoretic suspension, stability and control of suspension, mechanisms involved in EPD, mul ticomponent/composite deposition, drying of deposits obtained by EPD. Numerous applications including coatings, nanoscale assemb aded materials, hybrid materials, infiltration in porous and patterned thin films, near shape ceramics and glasses, woven fibre preforms for preparation of fibre reinforced ceramic matrix composites, etc have been described. The use of mathematical modeling including kinetic equations for deposit formation and volumetric particle concentration in the suspension, together with brief description of discrete ele- ment modeling of EPd process is presented c 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved 1. Introduction 2. Electrophoretic deposition-definition 3. Factors influencing EPD m 0079-6425S see front matter 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved doi:l0.l016 pmatsci.2006.07.001A review on fundamentals and applications of electrophoretic deposition (EPD) Laxmidhar Besra a,*, Meilin Liu b a Colloids and Materials Chemistry Group, Regional Research Laboratory (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research), Bhubaneswar 751013, Orissa, India b School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 771 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0245, USA Received 10 January 2006; accepted 5 July 2006 Abstract This review encompasses the fundamental aspects of electrophoretic deposition technique, factors influencing the deposition process, kinetic aspects, types of EPD, the driving forces, preparation of electrophoretic suspension, stability and control of suspension, mechanisms involved in EPD, mul￾ticomponent/composite deposition, drying of deposits obtained by EPD. Numerous applications including coatings, nanoscale assembly, micropatterned thin films, near shape ceramics and glasses, solid oxide fuel cells, laminated or graded materials, hybrid materials, infiltration in porous and woven fibre preforms for preparation of fibre reinforced ceramic matrix composites, etc. have been described. The use of mathematical modeling including kinetic equations for deposit formation and volumetric particle concentration in the suspension, together with brief description of discrete ele￾ment modeling of EPD process is presented. 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Contents 1. Introduction . ..................................................... 3 2. Electrophoretic deposition – definition .................................... 3 3. Factors influencing EPD. ............................................. 5 0079-6425/$ - see front matter 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2006.07.001 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +91 674 481 635; fax: +91 674 581 637. E-mail address: ldbesra@rrlbhu.res.in (L. Besra). Progress in Materials Science 52 (2007) 1–61 www.elsevier.com/locate/pmatsci