Acknowledgements xvii

I. Basic Science, Design, Modeling and Simulation

FRACTURE STATISTICS OF SMALL SPECIMENS 3
Robert Danzer and Peter Supancic

STRUCTURE AND PROPERTY OF Ti-AI-C/TiB2 COMPOSITE CERAMICS 13
Xinmin Min, Gang Xu, and Bin-Chu Mei

THE EFFECT OF DOPED SINTERING AIDS FOR Nd(Mg0 5Ti0 5)03 MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC CERAMICS PROPERTIES 17
Kok-Wan Tay and Teng-Yi Huang

MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF (1-x)(Mg0.6Zn0.4)o.95Co005Ti03-xSrTi03 CERAMIC SYSTEM 25
Jun-Jie Wang, Chun-Huy Wang, Ting-Kuei Hsu, and Yi-Hua Liu

OXYNITRIDE GLASSES: EFFECTS OF COMPOSITION ON GLASS FORMATION AND PROPERTIES WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOUR OF SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS 31
Stuart Hampshire and Michael J. Pomeroy

THE HYDROLYSIS OF ALUMINIUM NITRIDE: A PROBLEM OR AN ADVANTAGE 39
Kristoffer Kmel and Tomaz Kosmac

PREPARATION AND COMPARISION OF TWO TYPICAL CVD FILMS FROM CH4 AND C3H6 AS CARBON RESOURCES 47
W. B. Yang, L. T. Zhang, L. F. Cheng, Y. S. Liu, and W. H. Zhang

KINETIC INVESTIGATION ON THE DEPOSITION OF SiC FROM METHYLTRICHLOROSILANE AND HYDROGEN 55
Cuiying Lu, Laifei Cheng, Chunnian Zhao, Litong Zhang, and Fang Ye

II. Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies

SYNTHESIS OF HEMATITE-ZIRCON-SILICA NANO COMPOSITE AS A NON TOXIC CERAMIC PIGMENT BY SOL-GEL METHOD 65
Maryam Hosseini Zori

FORMATION OF NANOCRYSTALLINE á-ALUMINAS IN DIFFERENT MORPHOLOGY FROM GEL POWDER AND BOEHMITE POWDER: A COMPARATIVE STUDY 71
Xiaoxue Zhang, Yanling Ge, Simo-Pekka Hannula, Erkki Levänen, and Tapio Mäntylä

SYNTHESIS AND IN VITRO RELEASE OF GENTAMICIN FROM CaMCM-41/PLLA COMPOSITE MICROSPHERES 79
Yufang Zhu and Stefan Kaskel

HIGHLY ORDERED CUBIC MESOPOROUS COBALT OXIDE BY AN ACCURATELY CONTROLLED INCIPIENT WETNESS TECHNIQUE 85
Limin Guo, Xiangzhi Cui, and Jianlin Shi

PREPARATION OF Fe304 NANOPARTICLES BY TWO DIFFERENT METHODS 93
Mingxin Geng, Futian Liu, and Zengbao Zhao

NANO-ZIRCONIA/MULLITE COMPOSITE CERAMICS PREPARED BY IN-SITU CONTROLLED CRYSTALLIZATION FROM THE Si-AI-Zr-0 AMORPHOUS BULK 99
Liang Shuquan, Zhong Jie, Zhang Guowei, and Tan Xiaoping

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Er:Gd203 POWDERS 109
Rong Zhang, Lian-Jie Qin, Bo Wang, Zhi-Qiang Feng, and Ru Ge

III. Ceramics in Energy Conversion Systems

CMC MATERIALS AND BIOMORPHIC SiSiC FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS 117
B. Heidenreich, J. Schmidt, Sandrine Denis, Nicole Lützenburger, J. Goring, P. Mechnich, and M. Schmücker

CRYSTALLIZATION, MICROSTRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTY OF NEW TYPES OF BOROSILICATE GLASS-CERAMICS 125
Shufeng Song, Zhaoyin Wen, Liu Yu , Qunxi Zhang, Jingchao Zhang, and Xiangwei Wu

vi · Ceramic Materials and Components for Energy and Environmental Applications

A STUDY OF Al203 AND YSZ CERAMIC SUPPORTS FOR PALLADIUM MEMBRANE 131
M. Kitiwan and D. Atong

SYNTHESIS OF OLIVINE (LiFeP04) and Ni/OLIVINE (LiFeP04) CATALYSTS FOR UPGRADING SYN-GAS PRODUCTION 139
D. Atong, C. Pechyen, D. Aht-Ong, and V. Sricharoenchaikul

FABRICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CERMET MEMBRANE FOR HYDROGEN SEPARATION 147
S. Vichaphund and D. Atong

POROUS CERAMICS FOR HOT GAS CLEANING; DEGRADATION MECHANISMS OF SiC-BASED FILTERS CAUSED BY LONG TERM WATER VAPOUR EXPOSURE 155
Pirjo Laurila and Tapio Mantyla

IV. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs): Materials and Technologies

DEVELOPMENT OF NANO-STRUCTURED YSZ ELECTROLYTE LAYERS FOR SOFC APPLICATIONS VIA SOL-GEL ROUTE 165
Feng Han, Tim Van Gestel, Robert Mücke, and Hans-Peter Buchkremer

DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE-CHAMBER SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS: PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION AND MICRO-STACK DESIGNS 173
Bo Wei, Zhe Lü, Xiqiang Huang, Mingliang Liu, Dechang Jia, and Wenhui Su

DEVELOPMENT OF BUNDLE/STACK FABRICATION TECHONOLOGY FOR MICRO SOFCS 179
Toshio Suzuki, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Yoshinobu Fujishiro, Masanobu Awano, and Yoshihiro Funahashi

AN OVERVIEW OF SCANDIA STABILIZED ZIRCONIA ELECTROLYTE DEVELOPMENT FOR SOFC APPLICATION 185
K. Ukai, M. Yokoyama, J. Shimano, Y. Mizutani, and O. Yamamoto

FABRICATION OF Ni-GDC ANODE SUBSTRATE BY TAPE CASTING PROCESS 191
Fu Chang Jing, Chan Siew Hwa, Liu Qing Lin, and Ge Xiao Ming

V. Ceramics in Environmental Applications

INFLUENCE OF LATTICE STRAIN ON THE Ce0 5Zr0 502 AND Al203 DOPED Ce0.5Zr0.5O2 CATALYTIC POWDERS 199
Chia-Che Chuang, Hsing-I Hsiang, and Fu-Su Yen

MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF CORDIERITE-BONDED POROUS SiC CERAMICS PREPARED BY IN SITU REACTION BONDING 207
Shifeng Liu, Yu-Ping Zeng, and Dongliang Jiang

FABRICATION OF LIGHTWEIGHT CLAY BRICKS FROM RECYCLED GLASS WASTES 213
Vorrada Loryuenyong, Thanapan Panyachai, Kanyarat Kaewsimork, and Chatnarong Siritai

THE PERFORMANCE OF GEOPOLYMER BASED ON RECYCLED CONCRETE SLUDGE 221
Z.X. Yang, N.R. Ha, M.S. Jang, K.H. Hwang, B.S. Jun, and J.K.Lee

STRUCTURE AND MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF THE 2.02L¡2O-1Nb?O5-1T¡O2 CERAMICS 225
Qun Zeng, Wei Li, and Jing-kun Guo

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES AND X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY OF ZnO MICROTUBES SYNTHESIZED BY AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION METHOD 231
Liwei Lin, Masayoshi Fuji, Hideo Watanabe, and Minoru Takahashi

THE DYNAMICS OF WATER MOLECULES ON YV04 PHOTO- CATALYST SURFACE 237
Mitsutake Oshikiri, Akiyuki Matsushita, Jinhua Ye, and Mauro Boero

PREPARATION OF SILICON CARBIDE HOLLOW SPHERES BY A TEMPLATE METHOD 243
Lei Zhang, Jiu-jun Yang, Xue-ping Wang, and Feng-chun Wei

NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF DEFECT IN A C/SÍC COMPOSITE 249
Hui Mei, Xiaodong Deng, and Laifei Cheng

VI. Advanced Structural Ceramics

FABRICATION OF BARIUM ALUMINOSILICATE-SILICON NITRIDE-CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITES BY PRESSURELESS SINTERING 259
Bo Wang, Jian-Feng Yang, Ji-Qiang Gao, and Koiichi Niihara

NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER STEADY THERMAL STRESSES IN A Zr02/FGMATi-6AI-4V COMPOSITE EFBF PLATE WITH TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT MATERIAL PROPERTIES 265
Yangjian Xu, Daihui Tu, and Chunping Xiao

EFFECT OF MULLITE GRAINS ORIENTATION ON TOUGHNESS OF MULLITE/ZIRCONIA COMPOSITES 273
Y. K. Tür, A. E. Sünbül, H. Yilmaz, and C. Duran

CONTROLLED CRYSTALLISATION OF GRAIN BOUNDARY-TYPE Y-SIALON GLASS TYPICAL OF THOSE FOUND IN SILICON NITRIDE CERAMICS 279
Michael J. Pomeroy and Stuart Hampshire

HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPRESSION CREEP BEHAVIOR OF AMORPHOUS Si-B-C-N CERAMICS IN CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE 285
Ravi Kumar, C. Eswarapragada, A. Zimmermann, and F. Aldinger

FABRICATION AND PROPERTIES OF SÍ3N4/BN COMPOSITE CERAMICS BY PRESSURELESS SINTERING WITH Yb203-Al203-Y203 AS SINTERING ADDITIVES 291
Yongfeng Li, Ping Liu, Guanjun Qiao, Jianfeng Yang, Haiyun Jin, Xiangdong Wang, and Guojun Zhang

EFFECT OF B4C ADDITIONS ON THE PRESSURELESS SINTERING OF ZrB2-SiC ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS 297
Hui Zhang, Yongjie Yan, Zhengren Huang, Xuejian Liu, and Dongliang Jiang

TRANSLUCENT AND TOUGHENED Dy-a-SiAION CERAMICS WITH LiF AS SINTERING ADDITIVE 303
Qian Liu, Junming Xue, and Wei He

PROPERTIES OF SILICON CARBIDE CERAMIC FROM GELCASTING AND PRESSURELESS SINTERING 309
Jingxian Zhang, Dongliang Jiang, Qingling Lin, Zhongming Chen, and Zhengren Huang

MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF Nb203-Zn0.95Mg0.05TiO3+0.25TiO2 CERAMICS WITH Bi203 ADDITION 315
Ying-Chieh Lee, Hui-Hsiang Huang, Wen-Hsi Lee, Yen-Lin Huang, and Shin-Feng Chien

FABRICATION OF YTTRIA-STABILIZED ZIRCONIA CERAMICS WITH RETICULATED PORE MICROSTRUCTURE BY FREEZE-DRYING 321
Yuan Zhang, Kaihui Zuo, and Yu-Ping Zeng

THE NOTCHED BALL TEST—A NEW STRENGTH TEST FOR CERAMIC SPHERES 327
Peter Supancic, Robert Danzer, Zhonghua Wang, Stefan Witschnig, and Oskar Schöppl

LIQUID PHASE SINTERED á-SILICON CARBIDE WITH AIN-Re203 AS SINTERING ADDITIVE 337
Yuhong Chen, Laner Wu, Yong Jiang, Youjun Lu, and Zhenkun Huang

PREPARATION OF Si3N4 CERAMICS FROM LOW-COST Si3N4 POWDER WITH HIGHER ß PHASE AND OXYGEN CONTENT 345
Yong Jiang, Laner Wu, Fei Han, and Zhenkun Huang

MICROSTRUCTURE OF LIQUID PHASE SINTERED SILICON CARBIDE CERAMICS WITH HIGH FRACTURE TOUGHNESS 349
Yong Jiang, Laner Wu, Yuhong Chen, and Zhenkun Huang

VII. Advanced Ceramic Coatings

DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROSPINNING TITANIA WEB FROM SUSPENSION 357
W. D. Teng and Nassya M. Said

HIGH-SPEED ENGINEERING CERAMIC COATING BY LASER CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION 363
Takashi Goto, Teiichi Kimura, and Rong Tu

A REVIEW OF NANOCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND/ß-SiC COMPOSITE FILMS 371
Vadali. V. S. S. Srikanth, Thorsten Staedler, and Xin Jiang

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE FIELD ON DEPOSITION OF BORON CARBIDE COATING FORM BCI3-CH4-H2 SYSTEM 379
Yongsheng Liu, Litong Zhang, Laifei Cheng, Wenbin Yang, Weihua Zhang, and Yongdong Xu

EFFECT OF DEPOSITION RATE ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY OF YSZ FILMS PREPARED BY MOCVD 387
Rong Tu and Takashi Goto

VIII. Novel Processing of Ceramics

PREPARATION OF Na-ß"-AI203 GREEN BODIES THROUGH NONAQUEOUS GEL-CASTING PROCESS 397
Xiaogang Xu, Zhaoyin Wen, Ning Li, Xiangwei Wu, Jiu Lin, and Zhonghua Gu

ROD-LIKE ß-SIALON POWDER PREPARED BY A NEW N2-ASSISTED CARBOTHERMAL REDUCTION OF CARBON AND ALUMINUM NANOCASTED MESOPOROUS SILICA 403
Tongping Xiu, Qian Liu, Minghui Wang, and Qiang Yan

CERIA-STABILIZED ZIRCONIA/ALUMINA NANOCOMPOSITE SUITABLE FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION IN THE FABRICATION OF DENTAL RESTORATIONS 407
Takashi Nakakmura, Hisataka Nishida, Tohru Sekino, Xuehua Tang, and Hirofumi Yatani

PREPARATION OF POROUS ALUMINA BY GEL-CASTING PROCESS USING COMMERCIAL STARCHES AS A GELLING AGENT 413
Vorrada Loryuenyong, Ajcharaporn Aontee, Daruni Kaeoklom, and Adisorn Sridej

THE EFFECT OF POLYVINYL ALCOHOL ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE OF THE POROUS Ti02 SHEETS FABRICATED BY FREEZE TAPE-CASTING 417
Linlin Ren, Yu-Ping Zeng, and Dongliang Jiang

PRECERAMIC PAPER DERIVED FIBRILLAR CERAMICS 421
Cynthia M. Gomes, Bjoern Gutbrod, Nahum Travitzky, Tobias Fey, and Peter Greil

IX. Composites

IN-SITU SYNTHESYS AND PROPERTIES OF TiB2/Ti3SiC2 COMPOSITES 431
Wei Gu, Jian Yang, and Tai Qiu

EFFECT OF La203 ADDITIVE ON MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF Si3N4-AIN COMPOSITE CERAMICS 437
Peng Xu, Jian Yang, and Tai Qiu

VAPOR SILICON INFILTRATION FOR FIBER REINFORCED SILICON CARBIDE MATRIX COMPOSITES 443
Qing Zhou, Shaoming Dong, Haijun Zhou, and Dongliang Jiang

TAILING PROPERTIES OF C/SiC COMPOSITES VIA MODIFICATION OF MATRIX COMPOSITION 449
Shaoming Dong, Zhen Wang, Yusheng Ding, Xiangyu Zhang, Ping He, and Le Gao

STATUS AND CRITICAL ISSUES OF SiC/SiC COMPOSITES FOR FUSION APPLICATIONS 455
Zhou Xingui, Yu Haijiao, Cao Yingbin, Liu Rongjun, Wang Honglei, Zhao Shuang, and Luo Zheng

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF C/SiC-ZrB2 COMPOSITES VIA PRECURSOR INFILTRATION AND PYROLYSIS PROCESS 467
Jun Wang, Haifeng Hu, Yudi Zhang, Qikun Wang, and Xinbo He

FABRICATION OF Cf/SiC-BN COMPOSITES USING POLYCARBOSILANE(PCS)- BORON-SiC FOR MATRIX DERIVATION 473
Zhen Wang, Shaoming Dong, Le Gao, Haijun Zhou, Jinshan Yang, and Dongliang Jiang

SINTERABILITY, THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND MICROWAVE ATTENUATION PERFORMANCE OF AIN-SiC SYSTEM WITH DIFFERENT SiC CONTENTS 479
Wenhui Lu, Xiaoyun Li, Weihua Cheng, and Tai Qiu

EFFECT OF ALKALINE EARTH OXIDES ON DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF POLYCRYSTALLINE BaTi205 PREPARED BY ARC MELTING 485
Xinyan Yue, Rong Tu, Takashi Goto, and Hongqiang Ru

JOINING AND INTEGRATION OF ADVANCED CARBON-CARBON AND CARBON-SILICON CARBIDE COMPOSITES TO METALLIC SYSTEMS 493
M. Singh and R. Asthana

JOINING OF ZIRCONIUM DIBORIDE-BASED CERAMIC COMPOSITES TO METALLIC SYSTEMS FOR HIGHTEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS 505
M. Singh and R. Asthana

X. Bioceramics

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERISATION OF PLGA-COATED POROUS BIOACTIVE GLASS-CERAMIC SCAFFOLDS FOR SUBCHONDRAL BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING 517
Timothy Mark O'Shea and Xigeng Miao

CERAMIC MATERIALS FOR BONE TISSUE REPLACEMENT AND REGENERATION 525
W. Swieszkowski, Z. Jaegermann, D.W. Hutmacher, and K. J. Kurzydlowski

CHEMICAL INTERACTION BETWEEN HYDROXYAPATITE AND ORGANIC MOLECULES IN BIOMATERIALS 531
K. Tsuchiya, T. Yoshioka, T. Ikoma, and J. Tanaka

POROUS Al203 PREPARED VIA FREEZE CASTING AND ITS BIOCOMPATIBILITY 537
Jing Li, Kaihui Zuo, Wenjuan Liu, Yu-Ping Zeng, Fu-Qiang Zhang, and Dongliang Jiang

XI. Laser Ceramics

PREPARATION OF TRANSPARENT CERAMIC Nd:YAG WITH MgO AS ADDITIVE 547
Yongchao Li, Tiecheng Lu, Nian Wei, Ruixiao Fang, Benyuan Ma, and Wei Zhang

SYNTHESIS OF La, Yb CODOPED Y203 POWDER AND LASER CERAMICS 553
Yihua Huang , Dongliang Jiang , Jingxian Zhang , and Qingling Lin

MICROCRYSTALLIZATION IN OXYFLUORIDE Nd3+ DOPED GLASS DUE TO LASER IRRADIATION 561
S. González-Pérez, P. Haro-González, and I. R. Martin

OPTICAL GAIN BY UPCONVERSION IN Tm-Yb OXYFLUORIDE GLASS CERAMIC 567
P. Haro-González, F. Lahoz, I. R. Martin, S. González-Pérez, and N. E. Capuj

FEMTOSECOND LASER MODIFICATION ON STRONTIUM BARIUM NIOBATE GLASSES DOPED WITH Er3+ IONS 573
P. Haro-González, I. R. Martín, S. González-Pérez, L. L. Martin, F. Lahoz, D. Puerto, and J. Soli's

INFLUENCE OF POWDER TYPE ON THE DENSIFICARON OF TRANSPARENT MgAI204 SPINEL 579
Adrian Goldstein, Ayala Goldenberg, and Meir Hefetz

SINTERING EVOLUTION OF NOVEL Nd:YAG POWDERS WITH TEOS AS ADDITIVE 585
Ruixiao Fang, Tiecheng Lu, Nian Wei, Yongchao Li, Wei Zhang, and Benyuan Ma

THE EFFECT OF La203 ON THE PROPERTIES OF Nd3+-DOPED YTTRIUM LANTHANUM OXIDE TRANSPARENT CERAMICS 591
Hongxu Zhou, Qiuhong Yang, and Jun Xu

Lu203:Eu3+ ULTRADISPERSED POWDERS AND TRANSLUCENT CERAMICS 597
R.P. Yavetskiy, E. A. Vovk, M. B. Kosmyna, Z. P. Sergienko, A. V. Tolmachev, V. M. Puzikov, B. P. Nazarenko, and A. N. Shekhovtsov

FABRICATION AND SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF Nd:Lu203 TRANSPARENT CERAMICS FOR LASER MEDIA 605
Ding Zhou, Yan Cheng, Yu Ying Ren, Ying Shi, and Jian Jun Xie

FABRICATION AND LASER PERFORMANCE OF (Ybo.osYo.gs-xLa^Os CERAMICS 611
Qiuhong Yang, Chuanguo Dou, Hongxu Zhou.Qiang Hao, Wenxue Li, and Heping Zeng

A STUDY ON THE ZnO-AI203-Si02 SYSTEM NdF3-DOPED TRANSPARENT FLUORIDE-OXIDE GLASS-CERAMICS 617
Jing Shao, Guohui Feng , Hongbo Zhang , Guangyuan Ma , and Chunhui Su

SYNTHESIS OF NANO-SIZED Lu203 POWDER FOR TRANSPARENT CERAMICS FABRICATION USING CARBONATE DERIVED PRECURSORS 623
Xiaodong Li, Xudong Sun, Ji-Guang Li, Zhimeng Xiu, Di Huo, and Yan Liu

PREPARATION AND INVESTIGATION OF TRANSPARENT YAG CERAMICS DOPED WITH d1 IONS 629
V. B. Kravchenko, Yu. L. Kopylov, S. N. Bagayev, V. V .Shemet, A. A. Komarov, and L. Yu. Zaharov

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEODYMIUM- DOPED LZS TRANSPARENT GLASS-CERAMICS 635
Hongbo Zhang, Yimin Wang, Guang Cui, Jing Shao, Huashan Zhang, and Chunhui Su

PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ZnO-AI203-Si02 TRANSPARENT GLASS-CERAMICS 639
Jing Shao, Guohui Feng, Hongbo Zhang, Guangyuan Ma, and Chunhui Su

LUMINESCENCE OF Yb3+, Ho3+: Lu203 NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS AND SINTERED CERAMIC 645
Liqiong An, Jian Zhang, Guohong Zhou, and Shiwei Wang

MIRRORLESS CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER EMISSION FROM Nd:YAG CERAMIC FEMTOSECOND-WRITTEN WAVEGUIDES 649
A. Benayas, D. Jaque, A. Rodenas, E. Cantelar, L. Roso, and G. A. Torchia

Author Index 655