Advanced Processing and Manufacturing Technologies for Structural and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 28, Issue 7: (Ceramic Engineering and Science Proceedings)

Papers from The American Ceramic Society's 31st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 21-26, 2007. Topics include processing and manufacturing technologies for a wide variety of non-oxide and oxide based structural ceramics, particulate and fiber reinforced composites, and multifunctional materials. Presents advances in various processing and manufacturing technologies for fine scale MLCCs, transparent ceramics, electronic ceramics, solid oxide fuel cells, and armor ceramics.

Table of Contents:
Preface ix Introduction xi Slurry Characterization by Stress Relaxation Test for Tape Casting Process 1 Takamasa Mori, Tomofumi Yamada, Tatsuya Tanaka, and Junichiro Tsubaki Preparation of Stable Nano-Sized Al203 Slurries Using Wet-Jet Milling 11 Toshihiro Isobe, Yuji Hotta, Kimiyasu Sato, and Koji Watari Design of Mold Materials for Encapsulating Semiconductors Using Epoxy Compounds 19 Satoshi Kitaoka, Naoki Kawashima, Keiji Maeda, Takaki Kuno, and Yoshinori Noguchi Evaluation of an Environmentally Friendly Plasticizer for Polyvinyl Butyral for Use in Tape Casting 27 Richard E. Mistier, Ernest Bianchi, Bruce Wade, and Jeffrey Hurlbut Mutual Linkage of Particles in Ceramic Green Bodies through Reactive Organic Binders 35 Kimiyasu Sato, Miyuki Kawai, Yuji Hotta, Takaaki Nagaoka, Koji Watari, and Cihangir Duran Drying Dinetics of Slip Cast Body by Microwave Heating 47 Takashi Shirai, Masaki Yasuoka, Yoshiaki Kinemuchi, Yuji Hotta, and Koji Watari Microwave Sintering Techniques—More than Just a Different Way of Heating? 55 G. Link, S. Miksch, M. Thumm, and S. Takayama The Effect of the Electrical Properties on the Pulsed Electric Current Sintering Behavior of Zr02 Based Ceramic Composites 67 K. Vanmeensel, B. Neirinck, S. Huang, S. Salehi, O. Van der Biest, and J. Vleugels Smart Processing Development on 3D Ceramic Structures for Terahertz Wave Applications 79 Y. Miyamoto, W. Chen, H. Kanaoka, and S. Kirihara Fabrication of New Dielectric Fractal Structures and Localization of Electromagnetic Wave 91 Y. Nakahata, S. Kirihara, and Y. Miyamoto Micro-Fabrication and Terahertz Wave Properties of Alumina Photonic Crystals with Diamond Structure 99 H. Kanaoka, S. Kirihara, and Y. Miyamoto Texture Development of Bi4Ti3012 Thick Film Promoted by Anisotropie Shrinkage 105 Y. Kinemuchi, P.H. Xiang, H. Kaga, and K. Watari Anisotropie Properties of Al Doped ZnO Ceramics Fabricated by the High Magnetic Field 113 Hisashi Kaga, Yoshiaki Kinemuchi, Koji Watari, Hiromi Nakano, Satoshi Tanaka, Atsushi Makiya, Zenji Kato, and Keizo Uematsu Porous Anatase Titanium Dioxide Films Prepared in Aqueous Solution 121 Yoshitake Masuda, Tatsuo Kimura, Kazumi Kato, and Tatsuki Ohji Preparation of Micro/Mesoporous Si-C-0 Ceramic Derived from Preceramic Route 133 Manabu Fukushima, You Zhou, Yu-ichi Yoshizawa, Masayuki Nakata, and Kiyoshi Hirao Porous Alumina Ceramics by Novel Gelate-Freezing Method 139 Masayuki Nakata, Manabu Fukushima, and Yu-ichi Yoshizawa New Production Approaches for Large and Very Complex Shapes of Silicon Nitride and Silicon Carbide Ceramics 145 Karl E. Berroth Fabrication and Mechanical Properties of Porous Silicon Nitride Materials 155 Tatsuki Ohji Application of Taguchi Method in the Optimization of Process Parameters for Conicity of Holes in Ultrasonic Drilling of Engineering Ceramics 167 R.C.S. Mehta, R.S. Jadoun, Pradeep Kumar, and B.K. Mishra Simulation of Material Removal Rate in Ultrasonic Drilling Process Using Finite Element Analysis and Taguchi Method 179 R.S. Jadoun, B.K. Mishra, Pradeep Kumar, and R.C.S. Mehta Author Index 195