Advances in nanotechnology offer great new promise in new multifunctional systems that experts predict to be a major economic force within the next decade. Ceramic materials enable new developments in such areas as electronics and displays, portable power systems and personnel protection. This issue will present the results of current basic and applied research and potential commercial applications.
This book is comprised of papers from the Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 22-27, 2006, Cocoa Beach, Florida. Organized and sponsored by The American Ceramic Society and The American Ceramic Society's Engineering Ceramics Division in conjunction with the Nuclear and Environmental Technology Division.Content:
Chapter 1 Nanoparticle Colloidal Suspension Optimization and Freeze?Cast Forming (pages 1โ10): Kathy Lu and Chris S. Kessler
Chapter 2 Synthesis, Characterization and Measurements of Electrical Properties of Alumina?Titania Nano?Composites (pages 11โ22): Vikas Somani and Samar J. Kalita
Chapter 3 Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Barium Strontium Titanate Ceramics (pages 23โ32): Vikas Somani and Samar J. Kalita
Chapter 4 Nanoparticle Hydroxyapatite Crystallization Control by Using Polyelectrolytes (pages 33โ40): Mualla Oner and Ozlem Dogan
Chapter 5 Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes and Silicon Carbide Nanofibers as Composite Reinforcing Materials (pages 41โ48): Hao Li, Abhishek Kothari and Brian W. Sheldon
Chapter 6 3?D Microparticles of BaTiO3 and Zn2SiO4 Via the Chemical (Sol?Gel, Acetate, or Hydrothermal) Conversion of Biological (Diatom) Templates (pages 49โ56): Ye Cai, Michael R. Weatherspoon, Eric Ernst, Michael S. Haluska, Robert L. Snyder and Kenneth H. Sandhage
Chapter 6 Polymer Fiber Assisted Processing of Ceramic Oxide Nano and Submicron Fibers (pages 57โ68): Satyajit Shukla, Erik Brinley, Hyoung J. Cho and Sudipta Seal
Chapter 8 Phase Development in the Catalytic System V2O5/Tio2 Under Oxidizing Conditions (pages 69โ80): D. Habel, E. Feike, C. Schroder, H. Schubert, A. Hosch, J. B. Stelzer, J. Caro, C. Hess and A. Knop?Gericke
Chapter 9 Synthesis and Characterization of Cubic Silicon Carbide (??SiC) and Trigonal Silicon Nitride (??Si3N4) Nanowires (pages 81โ88): Ratine Saulig?Wenger, Mikhael Bechelany, David Cornu, Samuel Bernard, Fernand Chassagneux, Philippe Miele and Thierry Epicier
Chapter 10 High Energy Milling Behavior of Alpha Silicon Carbide (pages 89โ93): Maria Aparecida Pinheiro dos Santos and Celio Albano da. Costa Neto
Chapter 11 Synthesis of Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Engineering Applications (pages 95โ102): Janet Hurst, David Hull and Daniel Gorican
Chapter 12 Comparison of Electromagnetic Shielding in GFR?Nano Composites (pages 103โ111): Woo?Kyun Jung, Sung?Hoon Ahn and Myong?Shik Won
Chapter 13 Densification Behavior of Zirconia Ceramics Sintered Using High?Frequency Microwaves (pages 113โ120): M. Wolff, G. Falk, R. Clasen, G. Link, S. Takayama and M. Thumm
Chapter 14 Manufacturing of Doped Glasses Using Reactive Electrophoretic Deposition (REPD) (pages 121โ127): Dirk Jung, Jan Tabellion and Rolf Clasen
Chapter 15 Shaping of Bulk Glasses and Ceramics with Nanosized Particles (pages 129โ136): Jan Tabellion and Rolf Clasen