Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologiesfor Structural and Multifunctional Materials VI, Volume 33, Issue 8

Tatsuki Ohji is a Prime Senior Research Scientist of National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and a Designated Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Meijo University, Japan. He has authored or coauthored more than 330 peer-reviewed papers and 12 book chapters, edited 30 book volumes, chaired or co-chaired more than 30 international conferences and symposia, and hold more than 40 patents. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Ceramic Society and ASM International, and Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics, he has received numerous awards including ECD Bridge Building Award of the American Ceramic Society, Academic Achievement Award of the Ceramic Society of Japan, IIM Lectureship Award of ASM International, Lee Hsun Lecture Award of IMR Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Distinguished Research Achievement Award of the Japan Society of Powder and Powder Metallurgy.

• Preface viiIntroduction ixContribution to the Understanding of the Microstructure of First Generation Si-C-O Fibers 1Francis Teyssandier, Geraldine Puyoo, Stephane Mazerat, Georges Chollon, Rene Pailler, and Florence BabonneauThe Control of Interphases in Carbon and Ceramic Matrix Composites 11Gerard Vignoles, Rene Pailler, and Francis TeyssandierHigh Volume Production for High Performance Ceramics 25William J. Walker, Jr.Low Pressure Injection Molding of Advanced Ceramic Components with Complex Shapes for Mass Production 35Eugene Medvedovski and Michael PeltsmanCeramic Injection Molding Using a Partially Water-Soluble Binder System: Effect of Back-Bone Polymers on the Process 53Oxana Weber and Thomas HanemannGreen-Conscious Ceramic Injection Molding 63Oxana Weber and Thomas HanemannShaping of Large-Sized Sputtering Targets 73Alfred KaiserTEM Observation of the Ti Interlayer between SiC Substrates during Diffusion Bonding 81H. Tsuda, S. Mori, M. C. Halbig, and M. SinghJoining of Alumina by Using of Polymer Blend and Aluminum 91Ken'ichiro Kita, Naoki Kondo, Hideki Kita, and Yasuhisa IzutsuDiffusion Bonding of Rigid Alumina Pieces using Porous Alumina Interlayers 99Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Mikinori Hotta and Hideki Kita, and Yasuhisa IzutsuInfluence of Joining Pressure and Surface Roughness on Flexural Strength of Joined Boron Carbide Ceramics 105Kiyoto Sekine, Takeshi Kumazawa, Wu-Bian Tian, Hideki Hyuga, and Hideki KitaLaser Machining of Melt Infiltrated Ceramic Matrix Composite 113D. C. Jarmon, G. Ojard, and D. BrewerFabrication of Dendritic Electrodes for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by using Micro Stereolithography 123Naoki Komori, Satoko Tasaki, and Soshu KiriharaIon-Exchange Properties of Nano Zeolite a Prepared by Bead Milling and Post-Milling Recrystallization Method 129Toru Wakihara, Ryuma Ichikawa.Junichi Tatami, Katsutoshi Komeya, Takeshi MeguroThe Role of Milling Liquids in Processing of Metal-Ceramic-Precursor Powders 135Nadja Holstein, Katharina Wiegandt, Florian Holleyn, Jochen Kriegesmann, Michael R. Kunze, Joachim Scholz, and Rolf JanssenQuantitative Validation of a Multi-Scale Model of Pyrocarbon Chemical Vapor Infiltration from Propane 147G. L. Vignoles, W. Ros, G. Chollon, F. Langlais, and C. GermainNumerical Analysis of Fracture Behavior in Anisotropic Microstructures 159Hisashi Serizawa, Seigo Tomiyama, Tsuyoshi Hajima, and Hidekazu MurakawaAuthor Index 169