Showing papers in "Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies in 2014"

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of water absorption on the mechanical and physical properties of CF reinforced geopolymer composites is investigated, and it is shown that the magnitude of maximum water uptake and diffusion coefficient is increased with an increase in fibre content.

TL;DR: The authors provides a historical perspective on the elaboration and the use of silica-alumina refractory, provides typical processing routes, overviews fundamental structure-property relations, and summarizes the properties of these materials.

TL;DR: In this paper, the starting materials were characterized by particle size distribution, specific surface area, chemical and mineralogical composition, and compressive strength of volcanic scoria and metakaolin.

TL;DR: In this article, phase-pure multiferroic bismuth ferrite (BFO) nanoparticles were synthesized by energy efficient, simple and low temperature sol-gel followed by auto-combustion route.

TL;DR: Wollastonite was produced using solid-state reaction from limestone and silica sand as discussed by the authors, which contained a high percentage of CaO (55.10%) and 99% SiO2 (SiO2).

TL;DR: Dicalcium phosphate dihydrate (DCPD, CaHPO4·2H2O), also known as brushite, is one of the important bioceramics due to not only diseases factors such as kidney stone and plaque formation but also pu...

TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduced various technologies and materials, which were suitable for the application of coatings, and new approaches and coating systems to the selection of protective coatings materials were examined.

TL;DR: In this paper, the performance of various piezoelectric materials is simulated for the unimorph cantilever-type PZT-based energy harvester and the GA optimization approach is carried out to optimize the structural parameters of mechanical energy-based EH devices for maximum power density and power output.

TL;DR: In this article, a self-propagating solution combustion synthesis (SCS) was used for the first time using urea as fuel for nanocrystalline meta-zinc titanate (ZnTiO3) ceramic.

TL;DR: Calcium hydroxyapatite was doped with zinc (Zn) to improve its bioactivity and it was observed that Zn substituted HAp showed better osteointegration than undoped HAp.

TL;DR: The first prerequisite for fabricating the thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) with excellent performance is to find an optimized coating structure with high thermal insulation effect and low residual....

TL;DR: In this article, it was established that the morphology of Fe3O4 particles obtained by hydrothermal treatment of an aqueous solution containing Fe2+ and organic compounds depended on the organic compound used.

TL;DR: In this article, a novel approach in formulating castables with this industrial waste is presented. But the approach is limited to 15-05-wt.% slag and calcined bauxite matrix components.

TL;DR: In this paper, the process of unidirectional dry pressing of mullite and alumina-based refractory ceramic by using two mixtures that include silica sand, pure alumina, and recycled alumina (RA) is described.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new class of conventional and low-cement ferrochrome slag-based castables were prepared from 40.5% and 45% calcined bauxite.

TL;DR: In this article, freeze casting and cryogenic treatment both low temperature process have been employed to fabricate nanobiocomposite hydroxyapatite (HA)-gelatin-polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) macroporous scaffolds from synthesized three different spherical, rod and fibrous HA nanoparticles and composition optimized vis-a-vis porosity architecture, content and compressive strength.

TL;DR: In this paper, the formaldehyde dehydrogenase (FDH) was immobilized on mesoporous zirconia material (MPZ) with a lower thermal conductivity and the material retained high surface area (113.6 m2/g) and pore volume (0.27 cm3/g).

TL;DR: In this paper, a low-temperature synthesis of submicron-sized Cu3N powder produced from CuO and NaNH2 powder mixture by heating at 150-190°C in a Teflon-sealed autoclave was reported.

TL;DR: In this paper, a self-propagating room temperature synthesis of nanopowdered Ce 1− x Yb x O 2−δ solid solutions with a fluorite-type crystal structure and with nanometric particle size was presented.

TL;DR: In this article, B 4 C powders were synthesized by carbothermal reduction of ethylene glycol (EG) added borate citrate precursors, and effects of EG additions (0-50 mol% based on citric acid) on the morphologies and yields of synthesized B 4C powders was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors considered the selection of the optimal processing parameter (sintering temperature) leading to best possible properties of K0.5Na 0.5NbO3 (KNN) for electromechanical applications.

TL;DR: Al2O3 and TiB2 composites were synthesized using high-energy ball milling from starting powders containing Al, TiO2, and B 2O3 to explore the effect of the addition of another ductile metallic phase as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, trypsin and pepsin enzyme-catalyzed precipitation of silica, synthesized by sol-gel chemistry in an ionic liquid, produces a composite material that demonstrates high enzymatic activity.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of plasma spray parameters on the corrosion behavior of the coatings was investigated, and an empirical relationship was established to predict the corrosion rate of plasma sprayed alumina coatings by incorporating process parameters.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors tried to synthesize zeolite from the sand-like particles of crushed LCD panel glass collected from discarded electronics devices, but their method was unsuccessful.

TL;DR: In this article, a 750-nm-thick BaTiO 3 thin film with highly (0 − 0 − 1) preferred orientation was grown on single crystal MgO substrates by RF-sputtering.

TL;DR: Novel environmental-friendly inorganic red pigments, ((Bi072Er028−xYx)1−yFey)2O3 (0,<−x−≤ ǫ 0, y = 0, n = 0) were successfully synthesized using a conventional solid-state reaction method in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, HfO2 was used as a sintering aid to fabricate CNT-dispersed Si3N4 ceramics with high strength and electrical conductivity.

TL;DR: In this article, the existence of Zn 2+ in structure, chemical composition as well as particle and crystallite size of hydroxyapatite (HAp) to characterize the effect of pH of the solution and calcination temperature.

TL;DR: Anion conductive solid electrolytes based on Mg-Al layered double hydroxide (LDH) were prepared for application in an all-solid-state Fe-air battery as discussed by the authors.