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Preface ix <p>Introduction xi</p> <p><b>SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS</b></p> <p>Effects of TiO2 Addition on Microstructure and Ionic Conductivity of Gadolinia-Doped Ceria Solid Electrolyte 3<br /><i>M. C. F. Dias and E. N. S. Muccillo</i></p> <p>Effect of Specific Surface Area and Particle Size Distribution on the Densification of Gadolinium Doped Ceria 13<br /><i>K. Paciejewska, A. Weber, S. Kühn, and M. Kleber</i></p> <p>Study on Sintering and Stability Issues of BaZr0.1Ce0.7Y0.1Yb0.1O3-Electrolyte for SOFCs 21<br /><i>Armin Vahid Mohammadi and Zhe Cheng</i></p> <p>Sintering, Mechanical, Electrical and Oxidation Properties of Ceramic Intermetallic TiC-Ti3Al Composites from Nano-TiC Particles 31<br /><i>Zhezhen Fu, Kanchan Mondal, and Rasit Koc</i></p> <p>Characteristics of Protective LSM Coatings on Cr-Contained Steels used as Metallic Interconnectors of Intermediated Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 45<br /><i>Chun-Liang Chang, Chang-sing Hwang, Chun-Huang Tsai, Sheng-Fu Yang, Wei-Ja Shong, Zong-Yang Jhuang-Shie, and Te-Jung Daron Huang</i></p> <p>Electrical and Microstructural Evolutions of La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 Coated Ferritic Stainless Steels after Long-Term Aging at 800°C 57<br /><i>Chien-Kuo Liu, Peng Yang, Wei-Ja Shong, Ruey-Yi Lee, and Jin-Yu Wu</i></p> <p>Structural and Electrochemical Performance Stability of Perovskite–Fluorite Composite for High Temperature Electrochemical Devices 67<br /><i>Sapna Gupta and Prabhakar Singh</i></p> <p>Durability of Lanthanum Strontium Cobalt Ferrite ((La0.60Sr0.40)0.95(Co0.20Fe0.80)O3-x) Cathodes in CO2 and H2O Containing Air 75<br /><i>Boxun Hu, Manoj K. Mahapatra, Vinit Sharma, Rampi Ramprasad, Nguyen Minh, Scott Misture, and Prabhakar Singh</i></p> <p>Fabrication of the Anode-Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cell with Composite Cathodes and the Performance Evaluation upon Long-Term Operation 83<br /><i>Tai-Nan Lin, Yang-Chuang Chang, Maw-Chwain Lee, and Ruey-yi Lee</i></p> <p>Development of Microtubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cells using Hydrocarbon Fuels 93<br /><i>Hirofumi Sumi, Hiroyuki Shimada, Toshiaki Yamaguchi, Koichi Hamamoto, Toshio Suzuki, and Yoshinobu Fujishiro</i></p> <p>Highly Efficient Solid Oxide Electrolyzer and Sabatier System 105<br /><i>Viswanathan Venkateswaran, Tim Curry, Christie Iacomini, and John Olenick</i></p> <p><b>SINGLE CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS FOR ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL APPLICATIONS</b></p> <p>The Effects of Excess Silicon and Carbon in SiC Source Materials on SiC Single Crystal Growth in Physical Vapor Transport Method 117<br /><i>Tatsuo Fujimoto, Masashi Nakabayashi, Hiroshi Tsuge, Masakazu Katsuno, Shinya Sato, Shoji Uhsio, Komomo Tani, Hirokastu Yashiro, Hosei Hirano, and Takayuki Yano</i></p> <p>Recent Progress of GaN Substrates Manufactured by VAS Method 129<br /><i>Takehiro Yoshida, Takayuki Suzuki, Toshio Kitamura, Yukio Abe, Hajime Fujikura, Masatomo Shibata, and Toshiya Saito</i></p> <p>Coilable Single Crystal Fibers of Doped-YAG for High Power Applications 139<br /><i>B. Ponting, E. Gebremichael, R. Magana, and G. Maxwell</i></p> <p>Hydrothermal Crystal Growth and Applications 151<br /><i>M. Prakasam, O. Viraphong, O. Cambon, and A. Largeteau</i></p> <p>Reactive Atmospheres for Oxide Crystal Growth 157<br /><i>Detlef Klimm, Steffen Ganschow, Zbigniew Galazka, Rainer Bertram, Detlev Schulz, and Reinhard Uecker</i></p> <p>Discussion on Polycrystals over Single Crystals for Optical Devices 169<br /><i>Mythili Prakasam and Alain Largeteau</i></p> <p>Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy Application to Non-Destructive Quality Evaluation of Industrial Crystalline Materials 177<br /><i>S. Nishizawa, T. Nagashima, M. W. Takeda, and K. Shimamura</i></p> <p>Author Index 187</p>

<p><strong>Narottam P. Bansal</strong>, PhD, is Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Glenn Research Center, where he has conducted research on glasses, ceramics, and composites since 1985. In addition to publishing more than 230 papers, Dr. Bansal holds seven patents and is the author or editor of five books and 32 conference proceedings.

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