Functional Gradient Materials and Surface Layers Prepared by Fine Particles Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-x
From Nature Through Art to Fine Particle Technology....Pages 1-15
New Superhard Materials Based on Nanostructured High-Melting Compounds: Achievements and Perspectives....Pages 17-32
Nanostructured Metal Films: Polyol Synthesis, Characterization and Properties....Pages 33-43
Chemical Phenomena at the Surface of Nanoparticles....Pages 45-60
Amphiphilic Templates in the Synthesis of Nanostructured Composites — from Particles to Extended Structures....Pages 61-67
Effect of Water-Soluble Alumoxycarboxylates on the Properties of Alumina Molded by Die Pressing....Pages 69-74
New Water Thinnable Polymeric Binders in Die Pressing of Alumina Powders....Pages 75-80
Electrical Conduction in Iron Oxide Powder Coated with Polymethyl Methacrylate....Pages 81-86
From Nanosize Powders to a Diesel Soot Converter....Pages 87-103
Nanocrystalline Nickel and Nickel-Alumina Films Produced By DC and Pulsed DC Electroplating....Pages 105-110
Formation of Fine-Dispersion Structures by Electric-Spark, Laser and Magnetron Coating With Ain-TiB 2 /ZrB 2 Composite Materials....Pages 111-118
Optical Gradient Glasses Obtained Using the Method of High-Temperature Isothermal Centrifugation....Pages 119-125
Graded Structures Developed by Laser Processing of Powder Materials....Pages 127-134
Microwave Processing of Nanostructured and Functional Gradient Materials....Pages 135-142
Application of Advanced CCD Camera System for Diagnostics of Spraying Particles In-Flight....Pages 143-150
Laser Sintering of Multilayer Gradient Materials....Pages 151-159
Rate-Controlled Sintering of Nanostructured Titanium Nitride Powders....Pages 161-167
Properties of Nanocrystalline Titanium Nitride-Based Materials Prepared by High-Pressure Sintering....Pages 169-176
Compaction and Elastic Relaxation of Fullerite Powder....Pages 177-182
Nanostructured Materials for Microstructural Control of Thermal Properties....Pages 183-197
Conventional and New Materials for Thermal Barrier Coatings....Pages 199-216
Thermal Expansion and Wear Properties of Centrifugally Produced Al-Si/SiC MMCs....Pages 217-223
Topical Problems in the Theory of Technological Processes for the Nanostructured Materials Preparation....Pages 225-237
Nanostructured Carbon Coatings on Silicon Carbide: Experimental and Theoretical Study....Pages 239-255
Reinforced n-AIN-Ceramics....Pages 257-264
Structure and Strength of Ceramic Multilayered Composites....Pages 265-272
Analysis of Layered Composites With Crack Deflection Controlled by Layer Thickness....Pages 273-280
On Some Problems of Bending and Vibrations of Thin Piezoceramic Plates....Pages 281-288
Quasicrystalline Materials. Structure and Mechanical Properties....Pages 289-296
MD Simulation of the Ion-Stimulated Processes in Si Surface Layers....Pages 297-303
Phase Relations and Nanocrystalline Alloys in the Ternary Systems ZrO 2 (HfO 2 )-Y 2 O 3 -La 2 O 3 (Eu 2 O 3 , Er 2 O 3 )....Pages 305-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-317