Sol-gel Based Nanoceramic Materials: Preparation, Properties and Applications
This book summarizes recent research and development in the field of nanostructured ceramics and their composites. It presents selected examples of ceramic materials with special electronic, catalytic and optical properties and exceptional mechanical char
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Sol-gel Based Nanoceramic Materials: Preparation, Properties and Applications
Sol-gel Based Nanoceramic Materials: Preparation, Properties and Applications
Ajay Kumar Mishra Editor
Sol-gel Based Nanoceramic Materials: Preparation, Properties and Applications
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Editor Ajay Kumar Mishra Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability Research Unit University of South Africa Johannesburg South Africa
ISBN 978-3-319-49510-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-49512-5
ISBN 978-3-319-49512-5
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Preface
Modern science and technology constantly require new and novel materials with special properties. Over the past decade, ceramic materials have received significant attention as an active material in components from sensors to biomaterials, electronics devices to fuel cells, magnets to structural parts, cutting tools to substrates. These nanocrystalline ceramics have applications in many areas such as industrial sectors, health, defense, energy, manufacturing, and transport. These nanocrystalline ceramics exhibit unique properties such as super-plasticity at elevated temperatures, optical transparency for opaque materials, increased strength and toughness, bioactivity due to the fine-grain size, abundant grain boundaries, and controllable crystallinity as well as revolutionary electronic and ionic properties. The aim of this book is to present the research and development work conducted on nanostructure ceramics and their composites. Significant advancement has been made in the development of sol-gel based nanoceramic materials, which exhibit either special optical properties or exceptional mechanical characteristics, such as high strengt
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