Eugene A. Olevsky - Böcker

There have been extraordinary developments in nanomaterials in the past two decades. Nanomaterial processing is one of the key components for this success. This volume, titled Processing of Nanoparticle Materials and Nanostructured Films, is a collection of the papers presented at Controlled Processing of Nanoparticle-based Materials and Nanostructured Films symposium held during the Materials Science and Technology 2009 conference (MS&T’09), October 25-29, 2009 in Pittsburgh, PA. It summarizes the progress that has been achieved most recently in understanding and processing nanoparticle-based materials and nanostructured films. Nanoparticle-based materials and nanostructured films hold great promise to enable a broad range of new applications. This includes high energy conversion efficiency fuel cells, smart materials, high performance sensors, and structural materials under extreme environments. However, many barriers still exist in understanding and controlling the processing of nanoparticle-based materials and nanostructured films. In particular, agglomeration must be controlled in powder synthesis and processing to enable the fabrication of homogeneous green or composite microstructures, and microstructure evolution must be controlled to preserve the size and properties of the nanostructures in the finished materials. Also, novel nanostructure designs are highly needed at all stages of bulk and thin film nanomaterial formation process to enable unique performances, low cost, and green engineering. This volume focuses on three general topics, 1) Processing to preserve and improve nanoscale size, structure, and properties, 2) Novel design and understanding of new nanomaterials, such as new synthesis approaches, templating, and 3D assembly technologies, and 3) Applications of nanoparticle assemblies and composites and thin films.

This book contains 17 papers from the Controlled Processing of Nanoparticle-based Materials and Nanostructured Films; Nanotechnology for Energy, Healthcare, and Industry; and Nanolaminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides (MAX Phases) symposia held during the 2010 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T'10) meeting, October 17-21, 2010, Houston, Texas. Topics include: Direct Manufacturing; Low Dimension Nanomaterials; Processing and Sintering; Thin Films; Nanolaminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides (MAX Phases); and Novel Nanomaterial Approaches.

This publication provides an excellent one-stop resource for understanding the most important current issues in the research and advances in sintering science and technology.

The book describes resistance sintering, high-voltage consolidation, sintering by low-voltage electric pulses (including spark plasma sintering), flash sintering, microwave sintering, induction heating sintering, magnetic pulse compaction and other field-assisted sintering techniques.

This collection emphasizes the advances of powder and ceramic/glass materials in the fundamental research, technology development, and industrial applications. Ceramic materials science covers the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials, and includes design, synthesis, and fabrication of ceramics, glasses, advanced concretes, and ceramic-metal composites. In recent years, the hybrids of ceramic and metallic materials have received plenty of interdisciplinary inspirations and achievements in material processes and functional applications including ionic conductors, catalysis, energy conversion and storage, superconductors, semiconductor, filtrations, etc. Topics cover, but are not limited to:·       Silicates, oxides, and non-oxide ceramics and glasses·       Synthesis, characterization, modeling, and simulation of ceramic materials·       Design and control of ceramic microstructure and properties·       Ceramic powders and processing·       Catalyst and catalyst support materials·       Fundamental understanding of ceramic materials and processes·       Novel methods, techniques, and instruments used to characterize ceramics and glasses·       High entropy ceramics (and/or entropy stabilized, complex-concentrated, compositionally-complex, multi-principal cation ceramics)·       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

This collection emphasizes the advances of powder and ceramic/glass materials in the fundamental research, technology development, and industrial applications. Ceramic materials science covers the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials, and includes design, synthesis, and fabrication of ceramics, glasses, advanced concretes, and ceramic-metal composites. In recent years, the hybrids of ceramic and metallic materials have received plenty of interdisciplinary inspirations and achievements in material processes and functional applications including ionic conductors, catalysis, energy conversion and storage, superconductors, semiconductor, filtrations, etc. Topics cover, but are not limited to:·       Silicates, oxides, and non-oxide ceramics and glasses·       Synthesis, characterization, modeling, and simulation of ceramic materials·       Design and control of ceramic microstructure and properties·       Ceramic powders and processing·       Catalyst and catalyst support materials·       Fundamental understanding of ceramic materials and processes·       Novel methods, techniques, and instruments used to characterize ceramics and glasses·       High entropy ceramics (and/or entropy stabilized, complex-concentrated, compositionally-complex, multi-principal cation ceramics)·       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

This collection emphasizes the advances of powder and ceramic/glass materials in fundamental research, technology development, and industrial applications. Ceramic materials science covers the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials, and includes design, synthesis, and fabrication of ceramics, glasses, advanced concretes, and ceramic-metal composites. In recent years, the hybrids of ceramic and metallic materials have received plenty of interdisciplinary inspirations and achievements in material processes and functional applications including ionic conductors, catalysis, energy conversion and storage, superconductors, semiconductors, and filtrations. Topics include but are not limited to:Silicates, oxides, and non-oxide ceramics and glassesSynthesis, characterization, modeling, and simulation of ceramic materialsDesign and control of ceramic microstructure and propertiesCeramic powders and processingCatalyst and catalyst support materialsFundamental understanding of ceramic materials and processesNovel methods, techniques, and instruments used to characterize ceramics and glassesHigh entropy ceramicsBioceramics, electronic, magnetic ceramics, and applicationsSurface treatment and ceramic thin films, membranes, and coatingsPorous ceramic materialsHybrid systems of ceramic, metal, and/or polymer compositesCeramics used for extreme environmentsMetallurgical byproducts for ceramic manufacturing

This collection emphasizes the advances of powder and ceramic/glass materials in fundamental research, technology development, and industrial applications. Ceramic materials science covers the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic, non-metallic materials, and includes design, synthesis, and fabrication of ceramics, glasses, advanced concretes, and ceramic-metal composites. In recent years, the hybrids of ceramic and metallic materials have received plenty of interdisciplinary inspirations and achievements in material processes and functional applications including ionic conductors, catalysis, energy conversion and storage, superconductors, semiconductors, and filtrations. Topics include but are not limited to:Silicates, oxides, and non-oxide ceramics and glassesSynthesis, characterization, modeling, and simulation of ceramic materialsDesign and control of ceramic microstructure and propertiesCeramic powders and processingCatalyst and catalyst support materialsFundamental understanding of ceramic materials and processesNovel methods, techniques, and instruments used to characterize ceramics and glassesHigh entropy ceramicsBioceramics, electronic, magnetic ceramics, and applicationsSurface treatment and ceramic thin films, membranes, and coatingsPorous ceramic materialsHybrid systems of ceramic, metal, and/or polymer compositesCeramics used for extreme environmentsMetallurgical byproducts for ceramic manufacturing