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<i>Preface ix</i> <p><i>Introduction xi</i></p> <p>Seeds Innovation and Bearing Applications of Silicon Nitride Ceramics 1<br /> <i>Katsutoshi Komeya</i></p> <p>Comparison of Microwave and Conventionally Sintered Yttria Doped Zirconia Ceramics and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Nanocomposites 17<br /> <i>Mark R. Towler, Stuart Hampshire, Colin J. Reidy, Declan J. Curran, and Thomas J. Fleming</i></p> <p>Recent Developments in High Thermal Conductivity Silicon Nitride Ceramics 27<br /> <i>You Zhou, Kiyoshi Hirao, Hideki Hyuga, and Dai Kusano</i></p> <p>Microstructure Maps for Unidirectional Freezing of Particle Suspensions 35<br /> <i>Rainer Oberacker, Thomas Waschkies, and Michael J. Hoffmann</i></p> <p>Interactions of Si3N4-Based Ceramics in Water Environment Under Sub-Critical Conditions 45<br /> <i>Pavol Sajgalik, Dagmar Galuskovä, Miroslav Hnatko, and Dusan Galusek</i></p> <p>Smart Recycling of Composite Materials 59<br /> <i>Makio Naito, Hiroya Abe and Akira Kondo, Masashi Miura and Norifumi Isu, and Takahiro Ohmura</i></p> <p>High Thermal Conductivity and High Strength Sintered Reaction - Bonded Silicon Nitride Ceramics Fabricated by Using Low Grade Si Powder 67<br /> <i>Dai Kusano, Shigeru Adachi, Gen Tanabe, Hideki Hyuga, You Zhou, and Kiyoshi Hirao</i></p> <p>Electrical Conductive CNT-Dispersed Si3N4 Ceramics with Double Percolation Structure 77<br /> <i>Sara Yoshio, Junichi Tatami, Toru Wakihara, Tomohiro Yamakawa, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi Meguro</i></p> <p>Fabrication of CNT-Dispersed Si3N4 Ceramics by Mechanical Dry Mixing Technique 83<br /> <i>Atsushi Hashimoto, Sara Yoshio, Junichi Tatami, Hiromi Nakano, Toru Wakihara, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi Meguro</i></p> <p>Joining of Silicon Nitride Long Pipe by Local Heating 89<br /> <i>Mikinori Hotta, Naoki Kondo, and Hideki Kita</i></p> <p>Joining of Silicon Nitride with Pyrex Glass by Microwave Local Heating 93<br /> <i>Naoki Kondo, Hideki Hyuga, Mikinori Hotta, Hideki Kita, and Kiyoshi Hirao</i></p> <p>Mechanical Properties of Chemical Bonded Phosphate Ceramics with Fly Ash as Filler 97<br /> <i>H. A. Colorado, C. Daniel, C. Hiel, H. T. Hahn, and J. M. Yang</i></p> <p>Ceramics Micro Processing of Photonic Crystals: Geometrical Patterning of Tiania Dispersed Polymer for Terahertz Wave Control 109<br /> <i>Soshu Kirihara, Satoko Tasaki, Toshiki Niki, and Noritoshi Ohta</i></p> <p>Intergranular Properties and Structural Fractal Analysis of BaTiO3-Ceramics Doped by Rare Earth Additives 121<br /> <i>V. V. Mitic, V. Pavlovic, V. Paunovic, J. Purenovic, Lj. Kocic, S. Jankovic, I. Antolovic, and D. Rancic</i></p> <p>Development of Numerical Method for Evaluating Microstructural Fracture in Smart Materials 133<br /> <i>Hisashi Serizawa, Tsuyoshi Hajima, Seigo Tomiyama, and Hidekazu Murakawa</i></p> <p>Fabrication of Ceramic Dental Crowns by Using Stereolithography and Powder Sintering Process 141<br /> <i>Satoko Tasaki, Soshu Kirihara, and Taiji Soumura</i></p> <p>Large-Sized Structural Ceramic Manufacturing by the Shaping of Thixotropic Slurries 147<br /> <i>Eugene Medvedovski</i></p> <p>Oriented Alumina Ceramics Prepared from Colloidal Processing in Magnetic Field 159<br /> <i>Satoshi Tanaka, Atsushi Makiya, and Keizo Uematsu</i></p> <p>Densification Mechanisms of Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Based Amorphous Powders by Electric Current Assisted Sintering Process 165<br /> <i>Tatsuo Kumagai and Kazuhiro Hongo</i></p> <p>Microstructure Control of Si3N4 Ceramics Using Nanocomposite Particles Prepared by Dry Mechanical Treatment 177<br /> <i>Junichi Tatami, Makoto Noguchi, Hiromi Nakano, Toru Wakihara, Katsutoshi Komeya, and Takeshi Meguro</i></p> <p><i>Author Index 183</i></p>

<p><strong>Tatsuki Ohji</strong>, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Nagoya, Japan. <p><strong>Mrityunjay Singh</strong>, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, USA.

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