New Materials and Their Applications 1990, Proceedings of the 2nd INT Symposium on New Materials and Their Applications, University of Warwick, 10-12 April 1990

Physics of material forming processes; Thin film superconductors; Glasses and ceramics; Applications of new materials in sensor technology; Processing and properties of ceramic matrix composites; NDT of new materials; Tribology of new materials; General topics. Aramid fibre friction: Asbestos replacement in high friction materials? Wear of aluminium-alumina metal-matrix composites by abrasion and erosion. Tribology of hard coatings. High temperature fretting damage to silicon nitride ceramics: Palliation by surface treatment. Ceramic rolling elements for machine tool spindle bearings. Development of antifriction materials of new generation. Study of stress relief patterns in diamondlike carbon films. Processing and properties of ceramic fibres, with emphasis on silicon carbide. Fiberamic: A new silicon carbon nitride ceramic fiber with high thermal stability. Coatings for composites - a theoretical assessment. Fabriation aspects of glass matrix composites for gas turbine applications. Interface, matrix and fibre microstructure in SiC-reinforced glass-ceramic composites. Fabrication and mechanical properties of improved fibre reinforced ceramics. Metal filament and ceramic fibre reinforced glass-ceramic matrix composites. Continuous fibre reinforced glass and glass ceramic matrix composites by sol-gel processing. The role of the interface on the densification of sol-gel processed alumina and mullite fibre composites. The preparation of oxidation resistant silicon carbide-silicon carbide composites by chemical vapour infiltration (cv1). Microstructural traceability of composites. Applications of low and high T^Oc thin film devices to metrology. Passive microwave device applications of high temperature superconductors. Fabrication and applications of whole-wafer Nb/A1^O20^O3/Nb tunnel junctions. Growth of as deposited thin superconducting films of YBCO using plasma assisted laser ablation. Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of high T^O c thin films. Growth and characterization of thin films of thallium-based superconducting oxides. Degradation and ageing in T1^O2Ba^O2Ca^O1Cu^O2O^Ox high temperature superconductors. Metal complexes as materials for chemical sensors. An investigation into the viability of screen printed organic semiconductor compounds as gas sensors. Use of ceramic sensors in the aluminium production process. Molecularly-doped polymers for use in electron imaging. Development and characterization of the highly magnetostrictive alloy .3Dy^O0.7Fe^O1.9 for use in sensors and actuators. Measurement of the temperature dependency of the stress-optic coefficient of photoelastic materials. All fibre-optic micromechanical resonator sensor system. Designing ceramic components - the state of the art. A new machineable phosphate based glass ceramic. Cation environments and the mixed alkali effect in silicate glasses: An EXAFS investigation. Ceramic and glass ceramic superconducting thick films. Sialon U-phase: A new crystalline grain-boundary phase for B'-sialon ceramics. Optical characterisation of sol-gel glasses. Oxychloride glasses for infra-red transmission. Glass-ceramic coatings for extended performance. Bonding of lithium zinc silicate glass-ceramics to nickel-based superalloys. So1-gel derived highly porous SnO^O2 for semiconductor gas sensors. Near edge structure of dopants in amorphous silicon. Diamond thin films and their applications. New composite tool materials based on PM high speed steels. The use of glass coatings in HIPping of cold pressed HSS preforms. Frequency response of resonance beam sensors. Strength degradation of ground and etched Si surfaces. Design, construction and text of a fast light source for transient photoconductivity experiments. Spray pyrolysis of Bi^O2 Sr^O2CaCu^O2O^O8+o. Phlogopite micas as thermal actuators. Some features of the fracture behaviour of structural ceramics. The fabrication of carbon-carbon composites using a liquid crystal matrix precursor. Author index. Subject index.