Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials VII, Volume 34, Issue 8

Preface ix

Introduction xi

Creation of Surface Geometric Structures by Thermal Micro-Lines Patterning Techniques 1
Soshu Kirihara, Satoko Tasaki, and Yusuke Itakura

Magnetoelectric Properties of La-Modified BiFe03 Thin Films on Strontium Ruthenate (SrRu03) Buffered Layer 9
Regina C. Deus, Cesar R. Foschini, Jose A. Varela, Elson Longo, and Alexandre Z. Simoes

Properties of Pb(Zr,Ti)03/CoFe204/Pb(Zr,Ti)03 Layered Thin Films Prepared Via Chemical Solution Deposition 23
Yoshikatsu Kawabata, Makoto Moriya, Wataru Sakamoto, and Toshinobu Yogo

Intelligent Processes Enable New Products in the Field of Non-Oxide Ceramics 31
Jens Eichler

Fabricating Successful Ceramic Components using Development Carrier Systems 37
Tom Standring, Bhupa Prajapati, Alex Cendrowicz, Paul Wilson, and Stuart Blackburn

Optimized Shaping Process for Transparent Spinel Ceramic 49
Alfred Kaiser, Thomas Hutzler, Andreas Krell, and Robert Kremer

Combustion Synthesis (SHS) of Complex Ceramic Materials 57
Jerzy Lis

Wear and Reactivity Studies of Melt Infiltrated Ceramic Matrix Composite 69
D. C. Jarmon and G. C. Ojard

Fabrication and Properties of High Thermal Conductivity Silicon Nitride 79
You Zhou, Hideki Hyuga, Tatsuki Ohji, and Kiyoshi Hirao

Porous Silicon Carbide Derived from Polymer Blend 89
Ken'ichiro Kita and Naoki Kondo

Processing and Properties of Zirconia Toughened WC-Based Cermets 97
I. Hussainova, N. Voltsihhin, M. E. Cura, and S-P. Hannula

Mechanism of the Carbothermal Synthesis of MgAI204-SiC Refractory Composite Powders by Forsterite, Alumina and Carbon Black 105
Hongxi Zhu, Hongjuan Duan, Wenjie Yuan, and Chengji Deng

Joining of Alumina by Polycarbosilane and Siloxane Including Phenyl Groups 111
Ken'ichiro Kita and Naoki Kondo

Microwave Joining of Alumina using a Liquid Phase Sintered Alumina Insert* 123
Naoki Kondo, Mikinori Hotta, Hideki Hyuga, Kiyoshi Hirao, and Hideki Kita

Joining of Silicon Nitride Long Pipes without Insert Material by Local Heating Technique 129
Mikinori Hotta, Naoki Kondo, Hideki Kita, and Tatsuki Ohji

Interfacial Characterization of Diffusion-Bonded Monolithic and Fiber-Bonded Silicon Carbide Ceramics 133
H. Tsuda, S. Mori, M. C. Halbig, and M. Singh

Round Robin on Indentation Fracture Resistance of Silicon Carbide for Small Ceramic Products 143
Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Yu-ichi Yoshizawa, and Kouichi Yasuda

Numerical Analysis of Microstructural Fracture Behavior in Nano Composites under HVEM 151
Hisashi Serizawa, Tamaki Shibayama, and Hidekazu Murakawa