Electronics ceramics. Processing kinetics and grain boundary electrical properties of electroceramics via impedance spectroscopy. Discontinuous grain growth and the grain boundary in a solid-solid reaction growth method for ferrite single crystals. Thermal properties of AIN sintered at lower temperature with additives. Recent developments in understanding grain-boundary electric and dielectric properties of PTCR barium titanate ceramics. Grain boundary properties of oxygen hot isostatically pressed barium strontium titanate with positive temperature coefficient of resistivity. Gas detection utilizing the interface of a CuO/ZnO thin film. Evaluation. The quantitative evaluation of grain boundary phases by cryogenic specific heat measurements. Grain boundary analysis of silicon nitride materials. Evaluation of grain boundary phases of B-sialon by cryogenic specific heat measurements. The dependence of the internal friction and the mechanical properties of ceramics on their grain boundary structures. Structural ceramics I. The correlation between interface structure and mechanical properties for silicon nitride based nanocomposites. a/B sialon composites. The effects of grain size strength, fracture toughness, and static fatigue crack growth in alumina. Crack propagation in alumina during in-situ straining by TEM. Influence of environment on strength of ceramics. Structural ceramics II. Grain-boundary structure and high-temperature strength of non-oxide ceramics. Processing phenomena for recrystallized silicon carbide. Microstructure and anelastic properties of Si3N4. The high temperature properties of Sc2o3 doped Si3N4. The lifetime of silicon nitride limited by cavity nucleation in the intergranular glassy phase. Fabrication, microstructure, and some properties of Si3N4 based nanocomposties. Structural ceramics III. Grain boundaries in metallic materials. Enhancement of tensile ducility in nanograin superplastic ceramics through control of interface chemistry. Development of superplastic functional ceramics through grain refinement. Solute drag on grain boundary in ionic solids - the space charge effect. Interfaces. The interface of multiphase ceramic composites. Interfaces in silicon carbide/graphic laminates. Hybrid matrix composites reinforced with carbon fibres via polymer pyrolysis. Study of sol-gel transition in ceramic systems by high resolution refractometry. The stability of cermet coatings and their dependence on the distribution of elements (Abstract). Index.