The development and usage of
ceramics and ceramic reinforced composite materials are one of the most rapidly
growing sector of materials science and competitive technologies. The
development and production of traditional ceramics like tableware or building
materials are based on clays and containing clay minerals. The discipline of
clay ceramics engineering has made significant progress in colloid science,
powder processing and thermal and structural transformations during the sintering
of a large variety of materials. The availability of clay and mineral materials
to meet increased requirements for better thermal, mechanical and chemical properties
is the key to emerging technologies. For example the halloysite
nanotubes can be a promising material for drog
delivery. At the same time the “traditional” oxide ceramics like SiO2, Al2O3,
MgO, TiO2, ZrO2, SiAlON and
their composites can also find new and new applications in industry. In our days the development and usage
of carbides and carbons, nitrides and borides
and other non-oxide ceramic materials
are one of the most rapidly growing sectors both in materials science and
innovative technologies. In comparison to conventional processes their preparations
and tests have attracted considerable interest among the scientists, engineers
and technologists.
This
session will provide an open forum for researchers and engineers from around
the world to discuss recent achievements and advances in researches of ceramics
and ceramic based materials. New developments, fundamental and novel aspects of
processing methods, new applications as well as characterisation and evaluation
of these materials are particularly emphasized.
Session Chairs
Dr. Nicolas TESSIER-DOYEN
ENSCI,
Limoges University
Limoges, France
E-maile:
nicolas.tessier-doyen@unilim.fr
Prof.
M. E. Contreras-Garcia
Universidad
Miscoacana de SNH
Michoacán,
México
E-maile: eucontre@gmail.com
Session Topics
Clays
and mineral materials for ceramics and engineering;
Innovative
applications of clay and mineral materials;
Sintering
of clay and mineral materials compacts;
Oxide
and non-oxide ceramics - processing, properties and applications
Ceramic
based amd ceramic reinforced composite materials
Thermal
and structural transformations during firing;
Microstructure-properties
correlation,
New
processing techniques;
Application
of ceramics and ceramic reinforced composites
Testing
and characterization of materials and processes
Computational
modeling and simulation
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