Advanced Materials for Sustainable Developments - Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings V31 Issue 9

Preface. Introduction. Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Based on Anodic Ti02 Nanotubes Produced from Anodization in Fluoride-Free Electrolyte ( Narges F. Fahim and Tohru Sekino ). Self-Propagating High-Temperature Synthesis of Calcium Cobaltate Thermoelectric Powders ( Sidney Lin, Jiri Selig, Dan F. Smith, Hua-Tay Lin, and Hsin Wang ). Effect of Rare-Earth Doping on Thermoelectric Properties of Porous SiC Synthesized by Silicon Carbonization Technique ( Yusuke Yamamoto, Hiroshi Mabuchi, and Toshiyuki Matsui ). Powder Synthesis, Characterization and Sintering Behavior of Lithium Titanate ( Srinivasan Ramanathan ). Processing of Titania Nanoceramics Via Conventional Sintering, Two-Step Sintering and Two-Step Sintering Assisted by Phase Transformation ( Zohreh Razavi Hesabi and Mehdi Mazaheri ). Strength of N- and P-Type Skutterudites ( A. A. Wereszczak, M. E. Ragan, K. T. Strong, Jr., P. J. Ritt, H. Wang, J. R. Salvador, and J. Yang ). Graphite and Ceramic Coated Particles for the HTR ( Heinz Nabielek and Mark Mitchell ). Development and Characterization of High Conductivity Graphite Foams for Thermal Management Applications ( A. L. Gyekenyesi, M. Singh, C. E. Smith, P. G. Stansberry, M. K. Alam, and D. L. Vrable ). Integration of Graphite Foams to Titanium for Thermal Management Applications ( M. Singh, Rajiv Asthana, C. E. Smith, and A. L. Gyekenyesi ). Fabrication of Novel Heat Insulator using Porous Ceramics Materials ( Kazuma Kugimiya, Mitsue Ogawa, and Hideaki Matsubara ). Detection and Classification of Gaseous Compounds by Solid Electrolyte Cyclic Voltammetry Sensors ( Grzegorz Jasinski ). Wireless Chemical Sensor for Combustion Species at High Temperatures using 4H-SiC ( Geunsik Lim and Aravinda Kar ). High Temperature Acoustic Wave Gas Sensor using Langasite Crystal Resonator ( Hongbin Cheng, Lifeng Qin, and Qing-Ming Wang ). Synthesis of (La,Nd):Y 2 O 3 and (La,Yb):Y 2 O 3 Laser Ceramics and Their Optical Properties ( Yihua Huang and Dongliang Jiang ). Metal Oxide Nanoelectrodes for Environmental Sensors-ZnO Rods and Particulate Films ( Yoshitake Masuda, Dewei Chu, Xiulan Hu, Tatsuki Ohji, Kazumi Kato, Masako Ajimi, Makoto Bekki, and Shuji Sonezaki ). Author Index.