Introduction.- Aqueous Colloidal Injection Molding of Ceramics Based on Gelation.- Gel-Tape-Casting of Ceramic Substrates.- Gelation Forming Process for Low Toxicity System.- Generation, Development, Inheritance, and Control of the Defects during the Transformation from Suspension to Green Body.- The Gel-Casting of Non-Oxide Ceramics.- Application of New Colloidal Forming.- The New Methods and Techniques Based on Gel-Casting.- Novel In-situ Coagulation casting of Ceramic Suspensions.
Prof. Jinlong Yang received his Ph.D. in Materials Science & Engineering from Tsinghua University in 1996 and was a postdoc at the Department of Materials at Switzerland Federal University of Technology from 1999 to 2000. He became an Associate Professor at Tsinghua University in 1999 and was promoted to full Professor in 2004. He has been a Special-Engaged Professor and Director of the CNU’s Laboratory of Advanced Ceramic Preparation since 2006.
Prof. Yang’s research fields include structured ceramics, ceramic matrix composites, colloidal forming of ceramics, porous ceramics and ceramic microbeads. He received the second-class National Technology Invention Award for a research program by the State Council, P. R. China, and the “Science and Technology Advancement Prize,” awarded by the Ministry of Education and the Government of Beijing, for other five programs. He has published more than 280 papers and holds more than 130 state patents for inventions.
Prof. Yong Huang is currently a retired Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 1962 and has been engaged in inorganic nonmetallic material teaching and research for many years. He was a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, U.S.A, a research scientist at the Material Center of Massachusetts Institute of Technology in America, a Visiting Professor at the Advanced Technology Institute of Zurich in Switzerland and was also involved in cooperative research with the University of Monash in Australia.
Prof. Huang’s research interests include the composition, structure, and performance of advanced ceramics, as well as the preparation of high-performance ceramics and the strengthening mechanisms. He has received awards including the second-class National Technology Invention Award for a research program by the State Council, P. R. China, and “Science and Technology Advancement Prize” for other nine programs awarded by the Ministry of Education and the Government of Beijing, Fujian Province. He has published more than 400 papers and was received a national excellent textbook award and the first-class award for excellent textbook for building materials. He was named an excellent teacher of Beijing, and advanced person of the State Plan for Development of Basic Research, and was the winner of special government grant.
This book discusses several new, near-net-shape techniques for fabricating highly reliable, high-performance, complex ceramic parts. In the context of materials design, the creation of high-performance ceramic products of desired shapes has led to the need for new ceramic forming processes. The near-net-shape techniques combine both injection-molding and colloidal-forming processes. Reviewing and summarizing the research and latest advances, the book is divided into 6 parts: (1) the basic theory, development, and application of the colloidal injection molding of ceramics; (2) the tape casting technology; (3) the reliability of the product; (4) the colloidal injection molding of Si3N4 and SiC; (5) low-toxicity systems; and (6) the novel in-situ coagulation casting of ceramic suspensions via controlled release of high-valence counter ions and dispersant removal. It is intended for researchers and graduates in materials science and engineering.