Ceramics & Oxides
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Intergranular and Interphase Boundaries in Materials
Continuing the scope of the preceding Conferences on Intergranular and Interphase Boundaries in Materials, the present conference focused on the atomic-level modeling of interfaces, the structural and chemical characterization of internal interfaces, on their thermodynamic, kinetic, mechanical, electrical, magnetic behavior and high-Tc superconductivity, and on the application of current knowledge to the design of polycrystalline materials having improved properties. Particular attention was paid to non-equilibrium segregation in irradiated materials. -
Bioceramics
The purpose of this monograph is to provide a concise, up-to-date reference on these important biomaterials. Engineered materials play a critical role in modern biomedical applications, and crystalline ceramics (as well as the chemically-related, non-crystalline glasses) are finding increasingly wide uses. -
Advances in Abrasive Technology VIII
This book presents a wealth of valuable up-to-date information for active researchers and engineers, and will certainly form a solid basis for any future research, in the field of abrasive technology, which is aimed at creating new and practical machine tools, systems and processes, or at identifying new characteristics. -
Fractography of Advanced Ceramics II
The aim of this book is to make an important contribution to the development of new functional and structural ceramic materials which exhibit enhanced performances and have improved lifetimes and reliability, by fostering a better understanding of the mechanisms of their deterioration and failure under various stress conditions and at various operating temperatures. The publication covers the topics of basic failure phenomena; indentation fracture; fracture and fractography of structural, electro- and bio- ceramics; fracture of fiber-reinforced composites; fracture of porous and laminated ceramics; defect - strength and microstructure - fracture toughness relationships; damage mechanisms in nanoceramics; Fracture and fractography of multilayered ceramics and coatings; machining cracks and edge-chipping; and the fracture and fractography of composites and nanocomposites. -
Advanced Biomaterials VI
This volume contains a selection of carefully chosen papers from the Sixth Asian Symposium on Biomedical Materials, held in Emei, Chengdu, China, from the 19th to the 22nd July 2004. The conference welcomed some 300 delegates from 15 countries and areas: including the USA, Canada, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, etc. -
Advanced Si-Based Ceramics and Composites
Significant progress has been made over the past 30 years in handling silicon-based ceramics such as silicon nitride, silicon carbide, SiAlON, silicides and composites. A better understanding of processing parameters in various forming techniques, and of microstructure-property relationships, has led to substantial improvements in thermomechanical performance and reliability; as well as in cost reduction. -
Bioceramics 17
Bioceramics 17 is comprised of the papers presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (ISCM) held on December 8 thru 12, 2004 in New Orleans, Louisiana USA. -
High-Performance Ceramics III
Sponsored by the Chinese Ceramic Society, the China International Conference on High-Performance Ceramics (CICC) aims to provide an international forum for the presentation, discussion and review of the latest advances in the science and technology of high-performance ceramics. The present volume contains selected papers from the third conference in the CICC series: CICC-3, which was held from the 9th to the 12th of May, 2004, in Shenzhen, China. It also contains 19 papers which were specially selected by Prof. Chang-Chun Ge and Prof. Jing-Feng Li from among the papers that were submitted to the First International Workshop on Layered and Graded Materials, which was organized as a special session within the framework of CICC-3. -
European Powder Diffraction 5
The EPDIC-5 Proceedings present the latest papers in this successful series of European Conferences on Powder Diffraction. They demonstrate the evergrowing interest from materials scientists, physicists, chemists, geologists - both industrial and academic- all having a direct interest in the practical application of this powerful and non-destructive method of analysis. -
On the Convergence of Bio-, Information-, Enrivonmental-, Energy-, Space- and Nano-Technolgies
This two-volume set contains the Proceedings of the 1st International Women's Conference on BIEN-Technology, held at Paichai University in Daejeon, Korea, on November 13th - 16th, 2003. This conference provided female scientists with the opportunity to exchange their multidisciplinary expertise and research experience, to enhance interpersonal net-working, and to create a synergetic convergence of various emerging technologies such as Bio, Information, Environmental, Energy, Space and Nano technologies.