Better ceramics through chemistry. 4

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5731218

Zelinski, B J.J. ^[1]; Brinker, C J ^[2]; Clark, D E ^[3]; Ulrich, D R ^[4]

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1. Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ (United States)
2. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
3. Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL (United States)
4. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Washington, DC (United States)

At this year's meeting, research into the area of reaction mechanisms and kinetics of silicon species remained strong, while significant advances in the area of structure and properties of modified and unmodified metal alkoxide species were reported. The complementary area of processing in water based systems also received considerable attention with emphasis being placed on the hydrolysis behavior of ions in solution. The nature of particle/aggregate growth was also a major topic of discussion with papers being presented on the role of aggregation in particle growth and on the nature and rheology of concentrated suspensions. Important developments in the area of mechanical properties of aerogels, fibers and films were presented as well as research into techniques for in situ monitoring of films during dip coating. Continued advances in applications which utilize solution derived ceramics were also reported. These applications included GRIN lenses, planar waveguides, optical filters and switches, transpiration cooled windows, dye-polymer composites for nonlinear optics, dielectrics and electro-optic materials including PLZT's and the niobates, and chemical sensors. Finally, one of the meeting highlights was a special evening session on biomimetics: ceramic processing in natural systems.

• OSTI ID: 5731218
• Report Number(s): CONF-900466-; ISBN: 1-55899-069-0
• Resource Relation: Conference: Spring meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), San Francisco, CA (United States), 16-21 Apr 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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