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Preface ix <p>Introduction xi</p> <p><b>GEOPOLYMERS AND OTHER INORGANIC POLYMERS</b></p> <p>Effect of External and Internal Calcium in Fly Ash on Geopolymer Formation 3<br /> <i>Kiatsuda Somna and Walairat Bumrongjaroen</i></p> <p>Synthesis and Thermal Properties of Fly-Ash Based Geopolymer Pastes and Mortars 17<br /> <i>Ch. Panagiotopoulou, A. Asprogerakas, G. Kakali, and S. Tsivilis</i></p> <p>Mechanical Response of Discontinuous Filament PVA Fiber Reinforced Geopolymers 29<br /> <i>Benjamin Varela and Jeffrey W. Rogers</i></p> <p>Microwave Enhanced Drying and Firing of Geopolymers 35<br /> <i>Tyler A Gubb, Inessa Baranova, Shawn M. Allan, Morgana L. Fall, Holly S. Shulman, and Waltraud M. Kriven</i></p> <p>Geopolymerization of Red Mud and Rice Husk Ash and Potentials of the Resulting Geopolymeric Products for Civil Infrastructure Applications 45<br /> <i>Jian He and Guoping Zhang</i></p> <p>The Effect of Addition of Pozzolanic Tuff on Geopolymers 53<br /> <i>Hani Khoury, Islam Al Dabsheh, Faten Slaty, Yousef Abu Salha, Hubert Rahier, Muayad Esaifan, and Jan Wastiels</i></p> <p>Bottom Ash-Based Geopolymer Materials: Mechanical and Environmental Properties 71<br /> <i>R. Onori, J. Will, A. Hoppe, A. Polettini, R. Pomi, and A. R. Boccaccini</i></p> <p>Production of Geopolymers from Untreated Kaolinite 83<br /> <i>H. Rahier, M. Esaifan, I. Aldabsheh, F. Slatyi, H. Khoury, and J. Wastiels</i></p> <p>Phosphate Geopolymers 91<br /> <i>Arun S. Wagh</i></p> <p><b>THERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES</b></p> <p>3-Dimensional Modeling of Graphitic Foam Heat Sink 107<br /> <i>Adrian Bradu and Khairul Alam</i></p> <p>Enhancement of Heat Capacity of Molten Salt Eutectics using Inorganic Nanoparticles for Solar Thermal Energy Applications 119<br /> <i>Donghyun Shin and Debjyoti Banerjee</i></p> <p>Enhancement of Heat Capacity of Nitrate Salts using Mica Nanoparticles 127<br /> <i>Seunghwan Jung and Debjyoti Banerjee</i></p> <p>Enhanced Viscosity of Aqueous Silica Nanofluids 139<br /> <i>Byeongnam Jo and Debjyoti Banerjee</i></p> <p>Pumping Power of 50/50 Mixtures of Ethylene Glycol/Water Containing SiC Nanoparticles 147<br /> <i>Jules L. Routbort, Dileep Singh, Elena V. Timofeeva, Wenhua Yu, David M. France, and Roger K. Smith</i></p> <p><b>COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN</b></p> <p>Characterization of Non Uniform Veneer Layer Thickness Distribution on Curved Substrate Zirconia Ceramics using X-Ray Micro-Tomography 155<br /> <i>M. Allahkarami, H. A. Bale, and J. C. Hanan</i></p> <p>Computational Study of Wave Propagation in Second-Order Nonlinear Piezoelectric Media 165<br /> <i>David A. Hopkins and George A. Gazonas</i></p> <p>Impact of Material and Architecture Model Parameters on the Failure of Woven CMCS via the Multiscale Generalized Method of Cells 175<br /> <i>Kuang Liu, Aditi Chattopadhyay, and Steven M. Arnold</i></p> <p>Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Oxygen and Cation Diffusion in Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia 193<br /> <i>Brian Good</i></p> <p><b>ADVANCED SENSOR TECHNOLOGY</b></p> <p>Nano-Calorimeter Platform for Explosive Sensing 209<br /> <i>Seok-Won Kang, Nicholas Niedbalski, Mathew R Lane, and Debjyoti Banerjee</i></p> <p>Polyaniline-Silica Nanocomposite: Application in Electrocatalysis of Acetylthiocholine 221<br /> <i>Prem C. Pandey, Vandana Singh, and S. Kumari</i></p> <p>Electrochemical Sensing of Dopamine over Polyindole-Composite Electrode 235<br /> <i>Prem C. Pandey, Dheeraj S. Chauhan, and S. Kumari</i></p> <p>Author Index 245</p>

<p><strong>Waltraud M. Kriven</strong>, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, USA. <p><strong>Andrew Gyekenyesi</strong>, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland Ohio, USA. <p><strong>Jingyang Wang</strong>, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CHINA.

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