Lee B., Komarneni S. Chemical Processing of Ceramics

2 edition. — CRC Press, 2005. — 756 p.Many believe that the silicon/information age is heading to the Age of Biology and that the next frontier in ceramics will most likely require molecular level or nanoscale control. What, then, is the role of ceramics in the age of biology? As we change from an energy-rich society to an energy-declining society, how can ceramic materials appease the problem? This new edition of Chemical Processing of Ceramics offers a scientific and technological framework for achieving creative solutions to these questions.Edited by experts and containing chapters by leading researchers in the field, the book uses an interdisciplinary approach to cover topics ranging from starting materials to device applications. The book begins with a discussion of starting material, highlighting how to prepare and modify them in the nanoscale range. The chapter authors discuss the synthesis, characterization, and behavior of ceramic powders, the processing of ceramic films via sol-gel technique, and the fabrication of nonoxide ceramics. They also present coverage of several specific thin films, membranes, ferroelectrics, bioceramics, dieletrics, batteries, and superconductors.Although the book is edited, it is organized to reflect the chemical sequence of ceramic processing and the coherent theme of chemical processing for advanced ceramic materials. The coverage of molecular/nanoprocessing techniques that result in new materials will enable researchers and engineers to meet the challenge of producing inorganic materials for use in the applications of the future.Contents
Powder Synthesis and Characterization
Hydrothermal Synthesis of Ceramic Oxide Powders
Solvothermal Synthesis
Mechanochemical Synthesis of Ceramics
Cryochemical Synthesis of Materials
Environmentally Benign Approach to Synthesis of Titanium-Based Oxides by Use of Water-Soluble Titanium Complex
Peroxoniobium-Mediated Route toward the Low-Temperature Synthesis of Alkali Metal Niobates Free from Organics and Chlorides
Synthesis and Modification of Submicron Barium Titanate Powders
Magnetic Particles: Synthesis and Characterization
Synthesis and Surface Modification of Zinc Sulfide-Based Phosphors
Characterization of Fine Dry Powders
Powder Processing at Nanoscale
Theory and Applications of Colloidal Processing
Nanomicrostructure and Property Control of Single and Multiphase Materials
Molecular Engineering Route to Two Dimensional Heterostructural Nanohybrid Materials
Nanoceramic Particulates for Chemical Mechanical Planarization in the Ultra Large Scale Integration Fabrication Process
Sol-Gel Processing
Chemical Control of Defect Formation During Spin-Coating of Sol-Gels
Preparation and Properties of SiO2 Thin Films by the Sol-Gel Method Using Photoirradiation and Its Application to Surface Coating for Display
Ceramic Via Polymers
Organosilicon Polymers as Precursors for Ceramics
Polymer Pyrolysis
Processing of Specialty Ceramics
Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ceramics
Ceramic Photonic Crystals: Materials, Synthesis, and Applications
Tailoring Dielectric Properties of Perovskite Ceramics at Microwave Frequencies
Synthesis and Processing of High-Temperature Superconductors
Synthesis of Bone-Like Hydroxyapatite/Collagen Self-Organized Nanocomposites in Chemical Processing of Ceramics
Ceramic Membrane Processing: New Approaches in Design and Applications
Ceramic Materials for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications
Chemical Solution Deposition of Ferroelectric Thin Films