NATO Science Series E

1: Structure and Microstructure.- Tutorial Lectures.- Electron Spectroscopic Determination of the electronic, Geometric and Chemisorption Properties of Oxide Surfaces.- Structure and Microstructure of Interfaces in Ceramic Materials.- Intergranular Phases in Polycrystalline Ceramics.- Invited Lectures.- Investigation of the Fractal Structure of the Pore-Grain Interface in Alumina Ceramics.- Structure and Properties of Grain Boundary in MgO Bicrystals.- Interfaces in Directionally Solidified Oxide-Oxide Eutectics.- Grain Boundaries in Hexagonal Carbide Ceramics.- Contributed Papers.- Interfaces Between Pigeonite, Clinoamphibole and Augite.- A Vibrational Study of Tetracyanoethylene Adsorbed on Magnesia.- Investigation of Surface Hydroxyls on Cordierite Aerogel By FT-IR Spectroscopy.- FT-IR Characterization of High Surface Area Silicon Nitride and Carbide.- 2: Segregation and Transport Properties.- Tutorial Lectures.- Theory of Dopant Segregation in Ceramic Oxides.- Surface and Grain Boundary Segregation in Metal Oxides.- Surface Diffusion And Surface Energies Of Ceramics with application to the behavior of volatile fission products in ceramic nuclear fuels.- Grain Boundary Diffusion in Ceramics.- Invited Lectures.- Segregation at Ceramic Surfaces and Effects on Mass Transport.- The Role of Grain Boundaries and Interfaces on Superconductivity.- Growth and Mass Transport in Ceramic Type Protective Scales on Metals.- Dynamic Segregation in Multicomponent Oxides Under Chemical Potential Gradients.- Contributed Papers.- Study of Non Stoichiometric Pure and Zr-Doped Yttria Surfaces By X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy.- Segregation in ZrO2-Y2O3 Ceramics.- Microstructural Changes and Dynamic Segregation Near an Interface Formed During the Reduction Of (FE1-x-yCay)O (Extended Abstract).- 3: Ceramic-Metal Interfaces.- Tutorial Lectures.- Thermodynamics and Chemistry Of Ceramic-Metal Interfaces.- Ceramic-Metal Interfaces.- Invited Lectures.- Small Particles and Thin Films Of Metals On Ceramic Oxides.- Modelling Of Metal-Oxide Interface Behaviour During Oxide Scale Growth Controlled by Cation Diffusion.- Contributed Paper.- Interfacial Tension and Contact Angle in Immiscible Systems by Capillary Pressure Measurements (Extended Abstract).- 4: Role Of Surfaces and Interfaces in Elaborating Ceramics Materials.- Tutorial Lectures.- Characterization, Properties and Processing of Ceramic Powders.- Some Current Issues on Polycrystalline Structures and Grain Growth.- Invited Lectures.- The Role of Surfaces in Ceramic Processes.- Some Aspects of the Influence of Particle Size on Properties and Behaviour of a Dielectric Material: Example of Barium Titanate.- Contributed Papers.- Variation with Processing Conditions of Bulk and Grain Boundary PTCR Phenomena in Doped BaTiO3.- Copper-Cordierite Cosintering.- Grain Boundary Phenomena in the Early Stages of Sintering of MO Oxides.- Sintering of Nd2O3 and Ceramic Stability to Hydration.- Control of Carbon-Silicate Interface Area in the Preparation of SiMON Ceramic Precursors from Clays.- Preparation of an Alumina-Zirconia Sol for Producing Microspheres.- 5: Interaction Of Ceramics With Environment.- Tutorial Lectures.- Solid-Gas and Solid-Solid Interactions of Ceramic Oxides at High Temperatures.- Growth of Ceramic Layers from Vapor Phase.- Reactions of Ceramic Oxides with Aqueous Solutions (Including Dissolution).- Invited Lecture.- Dissolution Mechanisms of Oxides and Titanate Ceramics - Electron Microscope and Surface Analytical Studies.- Contributed Papers.- The Role of Grain Boundary Modifications in the Thermal Decomposition of Mn-Ferrites.- Temptative Modeling of Surface Reactivity with Oxidizing-Reducing Mixtures on Rutile TiO2-? (Extended Abstract).- 6: Properties Related to Surfaces and Interfaces in Specific Ceramic Materials.- Tutorial Lectures.- Nanophase Ceramics, Membranes and Ion Implanted Layers.- Surface Determined Properties of Silicate Glasses.- Importance of Interfacial Strength on Fracture Toughness Of Brittle Matrix Composites.- Invited Lecture.- Precipitation Toughening and Precipitation Hardening in Y2O3-Stabilized ZrO2 Crystals.- Contributed Papers.- Residual Stresses in Porous Plasma-Sprayed Alumina Coating on Titanium Alloy for Medical Application (Extended Abstract).- W-TiN-SiC Material for High Temperature Application.- Colloidal Filtration of Hydrophobic Alumina. Influence of Sedimentation on Filtration Kinetics.