J. P. Singh & Narottam P. Bansal 
Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses, and Composites V 

The most recent advancements in the areas of ceramic/composite processing and characterization are presented in this new volume. Selected topics include sol-gel processing, microwave sintering, reaction forming/bonding, polymer precursors, rapid prototyping, mechanical alloying, diamond and diamond-like structures, and functionally graded materials.

Proceedings of the symposium held at the 103rd Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, April 22-25, 2001, in Indiana; Ceramic Transactions, Volume 129.

Table of Content

Preface ix

CYD/CYI and Plasma Technology

Cubic and Tetragonal Hafnium Oxide Films Prepared by
lon-Beam-Assisted Deposition 3

R. R. Manory I. Shimizu, ! Mori, S. Miyake, H. Saito, G. Kimmel,
and T.Tanaka

Plasma-Sprayed Ceramic Coatings on Glass and Glass Ceramic
Substrates 15

R. Gadow, A. Killingen and C. Li

Gas Infiltration and Preceramic Polymer Processing Manufacturing
of Biomorphic Si C Ceramics by Gas Phase Infiltration of Wood
33

E.Vogli, C. Zollfrank, H. Sieben R Greil, and J. Mukerji

Manufacturing of Anisotropie Ceramics from Preceramic Polymer
Infiltrated Wood 43

C. Zollfrank, R. Kladny, H. Sieben R Greil, and G. Motz

Rheological Behavior

Modeling the Dynamic Rheological Behavior of AGAR-Based Aqueous
Binders 53

K. C. Labropoulos, D. E. Niesz, and S. C. Danforth

Mechanical Alloying

Effects of Alloying with Nb, Re, and AI on Yield Strength of
Mo S¡2 69

A. A. Sharif, A. Misra, J. J. Petrovic, and T. E.
Mitchell

Reaction Forming

In situ Synthesis of Nonoxide-Boron Nitride (NOBN) Composites
83

G. J. Zhang, J. F.Yang, ! Ohji, and S. Kanzaki

Fabrication of Lightweight Oxide/lntermetallic Composites at
I000°C by the Displacive Compensation of Porosity (DCP) Method
93

RJ.Wurm, R Kumar; K. D. Ralston, M.J. Mills, and K. H.
Sandhage

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Si AION Ceramics with
Porous Structure 103

J.Yang, Y Beppu, G.J. Zhang, and T Ohji

Functionally Graded Materials & Coatings

Functionally Graded Porosity in Ceramics–Analysis with
High Resolution Computed Tomography 113

J. Goebbels, G. Weidemann, R. Dittrich, M. Mangier; and
G.Tomandl

Novel Processing for Combined Coatings with Dry Lubrication
Ability 125

R. Gadow and D. Scherer

Ceramic Coatings on Fiber Woven Fabrics for Lightweight
Ballistic Protection 137

K.V Niessen and R. Gadow

Laminated Object Manufacturing

The Effect of Sheetstock on the Layered Manufacturing of a
Telescoping Ceramic Actuator 153

A. A. Bender and R. J. Rayne

Electronic and Magnetic Materials

Binder Removal by Supercritical Extraction from Ba Ti03-Pt
Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors 165

S.J. Lombardo, R.V Shende, and D. 5. Krueger

Processing and Characterization of PZT and PLZT Thick Films
175

O. Huang, A. Bandyopadhyay, and S. Bose

Micromachining of PZT-Based MEMS 187

T B. Myers, S. Bose, A. Bandyopadhyay, and J. D. Fraser

Templated Grain Growth of Lead Metaniobate Ceramics by Solid
Freeform Fabrication 199

K. Nonaka, M. Allahverdi, and A. Safari

Investigation of Ni-Cu-Zn Ferrite with High Performance Derived
from Nanoferrite Powders 211

X. Wang, W Qu, L Li, Z. Gui, and J. Zhou

Index 219

About the author

J. P. Singh is the author of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses, and Composites V, published by Wiley.

Narottam P. Bansal received his Ph. D. in 1973 and is a Senior Research Scientist in the Ceramic Branch, Materials and Structures Division, NASA Glenn Research Center. He is a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and is recipient of NASA’s Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievements, R&D 100 Award and Hind Rattan Award from the NRI Society of India. Dr. Bansal is author/co-author of four books, six invited book chapters, three review articles, eight NASA Tech Briefs, and 215 research papers including 92 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has been awarded seven U.S. Patents.

Amit Bandyopadhyay is the author of Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses, and Composites V, published by Wiley.