Preface ix
Introduction xi
Seeds Innovation and Bearing Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics 1
Katsutoshi Komeya
Comparison of Microwave and Conventionally Sintered Yttria Doped Zirconia Ceramics and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Nanocomposites 17
Mark R. Towler, Stuart Hampshire, Colin J. Reidy, Declan J. Curran, and Thomas J. Fleming
Recent Developments in High Thermal Conductivity Silicon Nitride Ceramics 27
You Zhou, Kiyoshi Hirao, Hideki Hyuga, and Dai Kusano
Microstructure Maps for Unidirectional Freezing of Particle Suspensions 35
Rainer Oberacker, Thomas Waschkies, and Michael J. Hoffmann
Interactions of Si3N4-Based Ceramics in Water Environment Under Sub-Critical Conditions 45
Pavol Sajgalik, Dagmar Galuskov??, Miroslav Hnatko, and Dusan Galusek
Smart Recycling of Composite Materials 59
Makio Naito, Hiroya Abe and Akira Kondo, Masashi Miura and Norifumi Isu, and Takahiro Ohmura
High Thermal Conductivity and High Strength Sintered Reaction - Bonded Silicon Nitride Ceramics Fabricated by Using Low Grade Si Powder 67
Dai Kusano, Shigeru Adachi, Gen Tanabe, Hideki Hyuga, You Zhou, and Kiyoshi Hirao
Electrical Conductive CNT-Dispersed Si3N4 Ceramics with Double Percolation Structure 77
Sara Yoshio, Junichi Tatami, Toru Wakihara, Tomohiro Yamakawa, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi Meguro
Fabrication of CNT-Dispersed Si3N4 Ceramics by Mechanical Dry Mixing Technique 83
Atsushi Hashimoto, Sara Yoshio, Junichi Tatami, Hiromi Nakano, Toru Wakihara, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi Meguro
Joining of Silicon Nitride Long Pipe by Local Heating 89
Mikinori Hotta, Naoki Kondo, and Hideki Kita
Joining of Silicon Nitride with Pyrex Glass by Microwave Local Heating 93
Naoki Kondo, Hideki Hyuga, Mikinori Hotta, Hideki Kita, and Kiyoshi Hirao
Mechanical Properties of Chemical Bonded Phosphate Ceramics with Fly Ash as Filler 97
H. A. Colorado, C. Daniel, C. Hiel, H. T. Hahn, and J. M. Yang
Ceramics Micro Processing of Photonic Crystals: Geometrical Patterning of Tiania Dispersed Polymer for Terahertz Wave Control 109
Soshu Kirihara, Satoko Tasaki, Toshiki Niki, and Noritoshi Ohta
Intergranular Properties and Structural Fractal Analysis of BaTiO3-Ceramics Doped by Rare Earth Additives 121
V. V. Mitic, V. Pavlovic, V. Paunovic, J. Purenovic, Lj. Kocic, S. Jankovic, I. Antolovic, and D. Rancic
Development of Numerical Method for Evaluating Microstructural Fracture in Smart Materials 133
Hisashi Serizawa, Tsuyoshi Hajima, Seigo Tomiyama, and Hidekazu Murakawa
Fabrication of Ceramic Dental Crowns by Using Stereolithography and Powder Sintering Process 141
Satoko Tasaki, Soshu Kirihara, and Taiji Soumura
Large-Sized Structural Ceramic Manufacturing by the Shaping of Thixotropic Slurries 147
Eugene Medvedovski
Oriented Alumina Ceramics Prepared from Colloidal Processing in Magnetic Field 159
Satoshi Tanaka, Atsushi Makiya, and Keizo Uematsu
Densification Mechanisms of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Based Amorphous Powders by Electric Current Assisted Sintering Process 165
Tatsuo Kumagai and Kazuhiro Hongo
Microstructure Control of Si3N4 Ceramics Using Nanocomposite Particles Prepared by Dry Mechanical Treatment 177
Junichi Tatami, Makoto Noguchi, Hiromi Nakano, Toru Wakihara, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi Meguro
Author Index 183
