Chemical Processing of Ceramics

Part 1 Precursor Chemistry: Molecular Design of Transition Metal Alkoxide Precursors; Metal Alkoxides for Electro-optical Ceramics. Part 2 Powder Synthesis and Characterization: Chemical Synthesis of Metal Oxide Powders; Multicomponent Ceramic Powders; Chemical Synthesis of Nonoxides; Techniques for Characterization of Advanced Ceramic Powders. Part 3 Powder Processing: Colloid Interface Science for Ceramic Powder Processing; Ceramic Particles in Nonaqueous Media; Synthesis and Dispersion of Barium Titanate and Related Ceramic Powders; Rheology and Mixing of Ceramic Mixtures Used in Plastic Moulding. Part 4 Sol-Gel Processing: Processing of Monolithic Ceramics via Sol-Gel; Bulk Optical Materials for Sol-Gel; Aerogel Manufacture, Structure, Properties, and Applications; Fractal Growth Model of Gelation. Part 5 Ceramics Via Polymer Chemistry: Nonoxide Ceramics via Polymer Chemistry; Polymer Pyrolysis. Part 6 Processing of Specialty Ceramics: Processing of Lead-Based Dielectric Materials; Synthesis of Magnetic Particles; Chemical and Processing of High Temperature Superconductors; Preparation and Properties of Tantalum Oxide Thin Films by Sol-Gel; Crystalline and Amorphous Thin Films of Ferroelectric Oxides; Ceramic Membrane Processing.