Overview

Although ceramics have been known to mankind literally for millennia, research has never ceased. Apart from the classic uses as a bulk material in pottery, construction, and decoration, the latter half of the twentieth century saw an explosive growth of application fields, such as electrical and thermal insulators, wear-resistant bearings, surface coatings, lightweight armour, or aerospace materials. In addition to plain, hard solids, modern ceramics come in many new guises such as fabrics, ultrathin films, microstructures and hybrid composites. Built on the solid foundations laid down by the 20-volume series Materials Science and Technology, Ceramics Science and Technology picks out this exciting material class and illuminates it from all sides. Materials scientists, engineers, chemists, biochemists, physicists and medical researchers alike will find this work a treasure trove for a wide range of ceramics knowledge from theory and fundamentals to practical approaches and problem solutions.

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Author:   Ralf Riedel ,  I–Wei Chen
Publisher:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Edition:   Volume 1
Dimensions:   Width: 17.90cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.250kg
ISBN:  

9783527311552

ISBN 10:   3527311556
Pages:   612
Publication Date:   20 February 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface PART I: Introduction MODERN TRENDS IN ADVANCED CERAMICS Advanced Ceramics Conventional Synthesis and Processing of Advanced Ceramics Molecular Routes for the Synthesis and Processing of Advanced Ceramics Methods for Characterization of Advanced Ceramic Materials Applications of Advanced Ceramics Outlook PART II: Structure of Ceramic Materials: Atomic Level MODELING AMORPHOUS CERAMIC STRUCTURES Introduction Computational Approach Results Summary and Conclusions STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY OF CERAMICS Introduction Crystal Chemistry of Binary Oxides Complex Oxide Structures Nitrides and Related Materials DIFFUSION IN CERAMICS General Introduction Simple Oxides Diffusion in Complex Oxides Diffusion in Non-Oxide Ceramics STRUCTURES OF CERAMIC MATERIALS: THERMODYNAMICS AND CONSTITUTION Introduction Experimental Phase Studies Methods of Computational Thermodynamics Case Studies PART III: Structures of Ceramic Materials: Microstructural Level MICROSTRUCTURAL DESIGN OF CERAMICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT Overview An Introduction to Ceramics Determinants of Ceramic Microstructure Factors in Microstructural Design Amorphous Phases in Ceramics Silicon Nitride Ceramics: A Model System Theory and Modeling of Ceramics A Case Study in Theory and Modeling: Intergranular Films in Silicon Nitride Outlook MESOSCOPIC CERAMIC STRUCTURES IN ONE, TWO, AND THREE DIMENSIONS Ceramics at the Mesoscale Synthetic Routes to Mesoscaled Ceramic Structures One-Dimensional (1-D) Ceramic Structures Two-Dimensional (2-D) Ceramic Structures Three-Dimensional (3-D) Ceramic Structures BULK CERAMIC NANOSTRUCTURES Introduction Materials and Related Nanocomposites Formation of Nanoinclusions Materials Preparation Properties of Ceramic Nanocomposites High-Temperature Properties Electrical Properties GLASS CERAMICS: SILICA- AND ALUMINA-BASED Introduction Theory of Nucleation and Crystal Growth Glass Ceramics with Low Thermal Expansion Coefficients Glass Ceramics for Mechanical Applications Bioglass Ceramics Oriented Glass Ceramics Nano Glass Ceramics CELLULAR STRUCTURES Introduction Structure Properties Fabrication Methods Applications Summary CERAMIC THIN FILMS Introduction Fundamentals of the Chemical Solution Deposition Process Structure-Property Relationships The Application of CSD-Derived Ceramic Films Conclusions MULTIPHASE FIBER COMPOSITES Introductory Remarks Fibers for Ceramic Composites Processes to Fabricate Ceramic Fiber Composites Non-Brittle Composites and Associated Mechanisms Properties of Ceramic Fiber Composites Applications of Ceramic Fiber Composites

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This book will be a great tool...it will serve as an excellent reference source... ( Journal of Metals , August 21, 2008)

This book will be a great tool...it will serve as an excellent reference source... (Journal of Metals, August 21, 2008)

Author Information

Ralf Riedel has been a professor at the Institute of Materials Science of Darmstadt University of Technology since 1993. He received his degree in chemistry in 1984, followed by two years of dissertation work with Professor Ekkehard Fluck at the University of Stuttgart. After postdoctoral research at the Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research and the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart, he gained his lecturing qualification in the field of inorganic chemistry in 1992. He is a member of the World Academy of Ceramics and Guest Professor at the Jiangsu University in Zhenjiang, China, a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and a recipient of the Dionyz Stur Gold Medal for merits in natural sciences. In 2006 he received an honorary doctorate from the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia. Professor Riedel has published more than 300 papers and patents and is widely known for his research in the field of polymer derived ceramics and on ultra high pressure synthesis of new materials. I-Wei Chen is currently Skirkanich Professor of Materials Innovation at the University of Pennsylvania since 1997, where he also gained his master's degree in 1975. He received his bachelor's degree in physics from Tsinghua University, Taiwan, in 1972, and earned his doctorate in metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980. He taught at the University of Michigan (Materials) during 1986-1997 and MIT (Nuclear Engineering; Materials) during 1980-1986. He began ceramic research studying martensitic transformations in zirconia nano crystals, which led to work on transformation plasticity, superplasticity, fatigue, grain growth and sintering in various oxides and nitrides. He is currently interested in nanotechnology of ferroelectrics, thin film memory devices, and nano particles for biomedical applications. A Fellow of American Ceramic Society (1991) and recipient of its Ross Coffin Purdy Award (1994), Edward C. Henry Award (1999) and Sosman Award (2006), he authored over 90 papers in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society (1986-2006). He also received Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists (1997).

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