This collection emphasizes the advances of powder and ceramic materials in fundamental research, technology development, and industrial applications.
This collection emphasizes the advances of powder and ceramic materials in fundamental research, technology development, and industrial applications. Ceramic materials science covers the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, nonmetallic materials, and includes design, synthesis, and fabrication of ceramics, glasses, advanced concretes, and ceramic-metal composites. Topics covered include but not limited to:
Silicates, oxides, and nonoxide ceramics and glasses
Synthesis, characterization, modeling, and simulation of ceramic materials
Design and control of ceramic microstructure and properties
Ceramic powders and processing
Fundamental understanding of ceramic materials and processes
Novel methods, techniques, and instruments used to characterize ceramics and glasses.
Bioceramics, electronic, magnetic ceramics, and applications
Surface treatment and ceramic thin films, membranes, and coatings
Porous ceramic materials
Hybrid systems of ceramic, metal, and/or polymer composites
Ceramics used for extreme environments
Metallurgical byproducts for ceramic manufacturing