Introduction xi
Synthesis Methods for Powders
Freeze Casting as a Nanoparticle Material-Forming Method 3
K. Lu and X. Zhu
Preparation of a Nanoscale/SOFC-Grade Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Material: A Quasi-Optimization of the Hydrothermal Coprecipitation Process 13
Y-C Chang, M-C Lee. W-X Kao, and T-N Lin
Synthesis of Nanosize Tin Dioxide by a Novel Liquid-Phase Process 25
Y. Zhou, N. Dasgupta, and A. Virkar
Fabrication of Nanocomposite Powders of Carbon Nanotubes and Montmorillonite 29
J. Feng and Q. Wang
Synthesis of Highly Dispersed Barium Titanate Nanoparticles by a Novel Solvothermal Method 33
X. Wei, G. Xu, Z. Ren, Y. Wang, G. Shen, and G. Han
Continuous Production and Harvesting of Inorganic-Ceramic Nanoparticles 37
S.A.E. Abdulla, P.A. Sermon, M. Worsley, and I.R. Collins
Nanocrystalline Scandia Powders Via Oxalate Precipitation: The Effects of Solvent and Solution pH 49
Z. Xiu, J-G. Li, X. Li, D. Huo, X. Sun, T. Ikegami, and T. lshigaki
A Pulse Combustion-Spray Pyrolysis Process for the Preparation of Nano- and Submicrometer-Sized Oxide Particles 53
W. Widiyastuti, Wei-Ning Wang, Agus Purwanto, 1. Wuled Lenggoro, and Kikuo Okuyama
One-Step Synthesis of Luminescent Nanoparticles of Complex Oxide, Strontium Aluminate 61
C. Li, Y. Imai, Y. Adachi, H. Yamada, K. Nishikubo, and C-N Xu
Nano a-Al,O, Powder Preparation by Calcining an Emulsion Precursor 65
Y-C Lee, S-B Wen, L. Wenglin, and C-P Lin
Lanthanum Strontium Manganite Powders Synthesized by Gel-Casting for Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode Materials 71
L. Zhang, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhen, and S. Jiang
Preparation of Matrix-Type Nickel Oxide/Samarium-Doped Ceria Composite Particles by Spray Pyrolysis 77
S. Suda, K. Kawahara, M. Kawano, H. Yoshida, and T. lnagaki
Novel Low-Temperature Synthesis of Ferroelectric Neodymium-Doped Bismuth Titanate Nanoparticles 85
P. Prakash, A. Garg, M. Roy, and H. Verma
Hydrothermal Synthesis of CdMoO, Nano-Particles 89
X. Jiang, J. Ma, B. Lin, Y. Ren, J. Liu, X. Zhu, J. Tao, Y. Wang, and L. Xie
Chromium-Doped Forsterite Nanoparticle Synthesis by Flame Spray Pyrolysis 93
T. Tani, S. Saeki, T. Susuki, and Y. Ohishi
Formation of AI2O3-Tic Composite Nano-Particles Synthesized from Carbon-Coated Precursors 97
H. Kaga and R. Koc
Synthesis of Sm0.5Sr0.5CoO3-x and La0.6Sr0.4CoO3-x Nanopowders by Solution Combustion Process 103
N. Bansal and Z. Zhong
Colloidal Processing and Sintering of Nano-ZrO, Powders Using Polyethylenimine 113
Y. Hotta, C. Duran, K. Sato, and K. Watari
Synthesis of High Purity p-SiAION Nanopowder from a Zeolite by Gas-Reduction-Nitridation 123
T. Yamakawaa, T. Wakihara, J. Tatami, K. Komeya, and T. Meguro
A Novel Supercritical CO, Synthesis of Amorphous Hydrous Zirconia Nanoparticles, and Their Calcination to Zirconia 129
M-H Lee, H-Y Lin, and J. L. Thomas
Praseodymium-Doped Photo-Luminescent Strontium lndate Nanoparticles by Ultrasonic Spray Pyrolysis 137
S. E. Lin, K. Borgohain, and W. C. J. Wei
Nano-Blast Synthesis of Nano-size CeO2-Gd2O3 Powders 141
Oleg Vasylkiv, Yoshio Sakka and Valeriy V. Skorokhod
Sol-Gel Processing and Characterization of Phase-Pure Lead Zirconate Titanate Nano-Powders 147
Yasir Faheem and M. Shoaib
Synthesis of AIN Nanopowder from -y-Al,O, by Reduction-Nitridation in a Mixture of NH3-C3H8 151
Tomohiro Yamakawa, Junichi Tatami, Toru Wakihara, Katsutoshi Komeya, Takeshi Meguro, Kenneth J. D. MacKenzie, Shinichi Takagi, and Masahiro Yokouchi
Membranes, Films, and Coatings
Microporous ZrO2 Membrane Preparation by Liquid-Injection MOCVD 159
S. Mathur, E. Hemmer, S. Barth, J. Altmayer, N. Donia, 1. Kumakiri, N. Lecerf, and R. Bredesen
Growth of Barium Hexaferrite Nanoparticle Coatings by Laser-Assisted Spray Pyrolysis 169
G. Dedigamuwa, P. Mukherjee, H. Srikanth, and S. Witanachchi
Two Phase MonaziteKenotime 3OLaPO4-7OYPO, Coating of Ceramic Fiber Tows 179
E. Boakye, R. Hay, P. Mogilevsky, and M. Cinibulk
Template-Free Self-Assembly of a Nanoporous TiO2 Thin Film 189
Y. Gao, M. Nagai, W-S Seo, and K. Koumoto
Nano-Sized Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Ti Substrate with TiO2 Buffer Layer by E-beam Deposition 197
S-H Lee, H-E Kim, and H-W Kim
Sol-Gel Routes to Nanostructured Patterned Ferroelectric Thin Films with Novel Electronic and Optical Functions 205
M. Kuwabara, Y. J. Wu, J. Li, and T. Koga
Preparation and Properties of Hydrothermally Stable y-Alumina-Based Composite Mesoporous Membranes 215
Md. Hasan Zahir, Koji Sato, Hiroshi Mori, Yuji Iwarnoto, Mikihiro Nornura, and Shin-ichi Nakao
Synthesis and Tribological Behavior of Silicon Oxycarbonitride Thin Films Derived from Poly(Urea)Methyl Vinyl Silazane 223
T. Cross, R. Raj, T. Cross, S. Prasad, and D. Tallant
Synthesis and Tribology of Carbide-Derived Carbon Films 237
A. Erdemir, A. Kovalchenko, C. White, R. Zhu, A. Lee, M. J. McNallan, B. Carroll and Y. Gogotsi
Nanotubes, Nanorods, and Nanowires
Design, Fabrication and Electronic Structure of Oriented Metal Oxide Nanorod-Arrays 249
L. Vayssieres
Electrospinning of Alumina Nanofibers 257
K. Lindqvist, E. Carlstrorn, A. Nelvig, and B. Hagstrorn
ZnO Nanofiber and Nanoparticle Synthesized Through Electrospinning and Their Photocatalytic Activity Under Visible Light 269
H. Liu, J. Yang, J. Liang, Y. Huang, and C. Tang
Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes and Silicon Carbide Nanofibers as Composite Reinforcing Materials 275
H. Li, A. Kothari, and B. W. Sheldon
Polymer Fiber Assisted Processing of Ceramic Oxide Nan0 and Submicron Fibers 283
S. Shukla, E. Brinley, H. J. Cho, and S. Seal,
Growth of Quasi-Aligned AIN Nanofibers by Nitriding Combustion Synthesis 295
M. Radwan and Y. Miyamoto
Synthesis and Optical Properties of Mullite Nanowires 301
H-K Seong, U. Kim, M-H Kim, H-J Choi, Y. Lee, and W-S Seo
(Na0.8K0.2)0.5Bi0.5Ti03 Nanowires: Low-Temperature Sol-Gel-Hydrothermal Synthesis and Densification 305
Y-D Hou, L. Hou, T-T Zhang, M-K Zhu, H. Wang, and H. Yan
Synthesis and Characterization of Ce1-¿Gd¿O2-¿ Nanorods 311
J. S. Lee and S. Kim
Synthesis and Characterization of Cubic Silicon Carbide (p-Sic) and Trigonal Silicon Nitride (¿-Si3N4) Nanowires 315
K. Saulig-Wenger, M. Bechelany, D. Cornu, S. Bernard, F. Chassagneux, P Miele, and T. Epiciers
Synthesis of Boron Nitride Nanotubes for Engineering Applications 323
J. Hurst, D. Hull, and D. Gorican
Novel Process of Submicron-Scale Ceramic Rod Array Formation on Metallic Substrate 331
K. Okamoto, S. Hayakawa, K. Tsuru, and A. Osaka
Tin Oxide Nanoparticle-Functionalized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes by the Vapor Phase Method 337
W. Fan, L. Gao, and J. Sun
Electrospinning: A Simple and Versatile Technique for Producing Ceramic Nanofibers and Nanotubes 341
D. Li, J. McCann, Y. Xia, and M. Marquez
Nanocomposites and Nanostructures
Chemical Precipitation Synthesis and Optical Properties of ZnO/SiO, Nanocomposites 353
H. Yang, Y. Xiao, K. Liu, and Q. Feng
Low-Temperature Processing of Dense Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Composites 359
Y. Nayak, R. Rana, S. Pratihar, and S. Bhattacharyya
Synthesis and Characterization of Chalcogenide Nanocomposites 367
J. Martin and G. Nolas
Self Assembled Functional Nanostructures and Devices 372
C. S. Ozkan
Carbon Nanotube (CNT) and Carbon Fiber Reinforced High Toughness Reaction Bonded Composites 377
P Karandikar, G. Evans, and M. Aghajanian
Syntheis, Characterization and Measurements of Electrical Properties of Alumina-Titania Nanocomposites 389
V. Somani and S. Kalita
A New Ternary Nanolaminate Carbide: Ti3SnC2 401
S. Dubois, T. Cabioc'h, P. Chartier, V. Gauthier, and M. Jaouen
Fabrication of a Nano-Si,N,/Nano-C Composite by High-Energy Ball Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering 405
X. Xu, T. Nishirnura, N. Hirosaki, R-J Xie, and H. Tanaka
Conversion of Bamboo to Biomorphic Composites Containing Silica and Silicon Carbide Nanowires 411
T. L. Y. Cheung and D. H. L. Ng
Novel Processing to Produce Polymer/Ceramic Nanocomposites by Atomic Layer Deposition 417
X. Liang, L. Hakirn, G-D Zhan, J. McCorrnick, S. George, A. Weirner, J. Spencer II, K. Buechler, J. Blackson, C. Wood, and J. Dorgan
Intra-Type Nanocomposites for Strengthened and Toughened Ceramic Materials 425
S. Choi, S. Honda, S. Hashirnoto, and H. Awaji
Prepation and Properties of Mullite-Based Iron Multi-Functional Nanocomposites 433
H. Wang, W. Wang, Z. Fu, T. Sekino, and K. Niihara
Electrospinning of Ceramic Nanofibers and Nanofiber Composites 443
J. Yuh, H. Park, and W. Sigmund
Microstructure and Properties of Spark Plasma-Sintered Zr02-ZrB, Nanoceramic Composites 455
B. Basu, T. Venkateswaran, and D-Y Kim
Homogeneous Zr0,-Al2O3 Composite Prepared by Nano-ZrO, Particle Multilayer-Coated AI,O, Particles 463
Y. Jia, Y. Hotta, K. Sato, and K. Watari
Preparation of a Highly Conductive AI2O3/TiN lnterlayer Nanocomposite through Selective Matrix Grain Growth 467
X. Jin and L. Gao
Preparation and Microstructure of Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes-Toughened AI2O3 Composite 471
J. Fan, D. Zhao, M. Wu, Z. Xu, and J. Song
Three-Dimensional Assemblies of Zirconia Nanocrystals Via Shape-Preserving Reactive Conversion of Diatom Microshells 475
S. Shian, Y. Cai, M. Weatherspoon, S. Allan, and K. Sandhage
