Ceramic Microstructures '86: Role of Interfaces

Progress in the Understanding of Ceramic Microstructures and Interfaces since 1976.- Ceramic Microstructures: The Art of the Possible.- Designing Material Structures.- Purposive Design of Nanocomposites: Entire Class of New Materials.- Design of High Thermal Expansion Glass-Ceramics Through Micros truetura1 Control.- Microdesigning of Ceramic-Metal Composites.- Characterization of Microstructures.- Grain Boundaries and Interfaces: Some Applications of Electron Microscopy and Microanalysis.- Quantitative Characterization of Microstructural Geometry of Interfaces.- Gas Transport as a Tool for Structural Characterization of Inter facial Phases.- Unit Cell Distortion of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 by Pb(Co,Nb)O3.- Electron Microscopy Studies of BaTiO3~NaNbO3 Ceramics.- Analytical Electron Microscopy of the Glassy Phase in Mullite/Zirconia Composites.- Microstructure Characterization of Basalt Glass-Ceramics.- Interfacial Reaction Between Bioactive Glass and Synthetic Physiological Solution.- Oxidation and Microstructure of Sintered Silicon Nitride.- Origin of Cracking Phenomena Observed in Decomposition Reactions.- Characterization of Interfaces.- Oxide Interfaces: Theory of Oxide-Oxide and Oxide-Metal Interfaces.- Green Function Method for Calculation of Atomistic Structure of Grain Boundary Interfaces in Ionic Crystals.- Comparison of the Energies of Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Grain Boundaries.- The Structure of a Natural Grain Boundary in a Magnetite Bicrystal Studied by XRD Technique.- Interface Morphology in Ceramics.- HREM Study of a Tetragonal ? Monoclinic Martensitic Interface in a Y2O3-Stabilized ZrO2 Alloy.- Control of the Tetragonal to Monoclinic Phase Transformation of Yttria-doped Tetragonal ZrO2 Polycrystals by Annealing in Water.- Grain Boundary Energy of Twisted MgO Bicrystals on (100).- T.E.M. Statistical Characterization of Grain Boundaries in Polycrystalline NiO Scales Obtained by High Temperature Oxidation of Nickel.- Structure of High-Angle Grain Boundaries in NiO.- High-Angle Grain Boundaries in Sheet Silicates (Biotite/Chlorite): A TEM Study.- HRTEM Analysis of Ordered Grain Boundaries in High Purity Alpha-SiC.- Atomic Structure of Interfaces in Sialon Ceramics.- Characterization of Impurity Segregations.- Atomistic Lattice Simulations of the Structure, Energetics and Impurity Segregation Behaviour of Ceramic Boundaries.- Distribution and Influence of Minor Constituents on Ceramic Formulations.- Characterization of Interphase Interfaces.- Diffusion Bonding of Metal/Ceramic Interfaces-A Model Study at the Nb/Al2O3Interfaces.- Ceramic-Metal Reactions and Their Effect on the Interface Microstructure.- The Influence of Surface Roughness on Interface Formation in Metal/Ceramic Diffusion Bonds.- A Reappraisal of Wetting in the System AI-AI2O3 from 750-1000°C.- Microstructural Characterization of Ni/Al203 Diffusion Bonds.- Bonding Ceramic-Metal Interfaces and Joints.- Copper-Glass-Ceramic Interfaces and Composites: Reactions, Microchemistry, and Electrical Properties.- The Study of Microstructures for Pt-Silicide Interfaces after Nd:YAG Laser Irradiation by XRD, SEM, XPS, and RBS.- High Resolution Electron Microscopy of Silicon Nitride-Metal Bonded Interfaces.- Interfacial Chemistry and Bonding in Fiber Reinforced Glass and Glass-Ceramic Matrix Composites.- Effects of Interfacial Diffusion Barriers on Thermal Stability of Ceramic Fibers.- Solid State Bonding of Alumina and Steel by HIPING.- Thermochemical Analyses of Interface Reactions in Carbon-Fiber Reinforced Glass Matrix Composites.- Interfaces in Heterogeneous Dissolution of Oxides in Molten Ca-Al-Silicates.- Microstructure Development.- Powders, Interfaces, and Processing: Alumina as a Case Study.- The Role of Powder Packing in Sintering.- Effect of Pores on Microstructure Development.- Microstructure Development of Hydrothermal Powders and Ceramics.- The Colloidal Chemistry of Growing Silica Spheres.- Effects of Vapor Transport on Microstructure Development.- Control