Science and Technology of Fast Ion Conductors

Fundamentals.- Computer Modeling of Superionics.- Materials Systems.- Crystalline Anionic Fast Ion Conduction.- Amorphous Fast Ion Conductors.- Multiphase and Polycrystalline Fast Ion Conductors.- Characterization Techniques.- Spectroscopic Investigations of Glasses.- X-ray and Neutron Scattering Studies of Superionics.- Electrochemical Measurement Techniques.- Chemical and Electronic Stability.- Phase Stability of Crystalline Fast Ion Conductors.- Degradation of Ceramics in Alkali-Metal Environments.- Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conduction in Fast Ion Conductors and Certain Semiconductors.- Applications.- Novel Solid State Galvanic Cell Gas Sensors.- Remarks on Application of Fast Ion Conductors.- Some Future Trends in Solid State Ionics.- Contributed Papers.- Fast Ion Conduction in the Gd2 (ZrxTi1-x)2 O7 Pyrochlore System.- Plasma Sprayed Zirconia Electrolytes.- Free Lithium Ion Conduction in Lithium Borate Glasses Doped with Li2SO4.- Effects of Halide Substitutions in Potassium Haloborates.- Evidence of Boron-Oxygen Network Modifications in Alkali Borate Glasses.- Characterization of Alkali-Oxide Electrolyte Glass in Thin Films.- Glass Solid Electrolyte Thin Films.- Electronic Structure, Bonding, and Lithium Migration Effects Involving the Surface of the Mixed Conductor ß-LiAl.- Defects with Variable Charges: Influence on Chemical Diffusion and on the Evaluation of Electrochemical Experiments.- Attendees and Lecturers.