Recent advances in nanotechnology have paved the way for the
development of new smart materials. The term "smart ceramics"
refers to ceramic materials fabricated from ultrafine particles.
They have attracted the attention of researchers and scientists
thanks to their potential to manipulate the length scale in the
nanorange, leading to better and some unusual material properties.
Smart ceramics ensure control of particle size, surface
contamination, and degree of agglomeration. They play a crucial
role in challenging applications such as bone surgery (e.g., the
development of substitutes for load-bearing bone parts) and in
biomedical science, especially in tissue engineering, dental
applications, and drug and antigen delivery using modified
ceramics. Porous nanostructured ceramics have potential use in both
simple and complex applications, such as bioimaging, sensors,
paints and pigments, optics, and electronics, because of their
surface- and size-dependent properties. For the synthesis of smart
ceramics, the sol-gel route has been mainly utilized because of its
ability to produce a large variety of compositions and to ensure
homogeneous mixing of the constituent particles at low temperature.
This book describes the innovations in technologies through the
development of functionalized ceramic materials for various
applications. It also describes recent and expected challenges,
along with their potential solutions, in advanced techniques for
the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured ceramics and
their composites: bioceramics, bioactive ceramics, multifunctional
nanoceramics, transparent ceramics, nanocore shells, nanowires,
thin films, nanotubes, and nanorods. The applications include the
environment, health care, electrochemical sensors, high-temperature
superconductors, nuclear reactor fuels, electrical insulators,
refractory materials, electrical transformers, and magnetic core
memory. The book will benefit researchers, scientists, engineers,
and technologists working in the industry and in national and
international research laboratories; academics who are interested
in traditional and advanced smart ceramic composites; and students
pursuing their postgraduate, graduate, and undergraduate degrees in
smart ceramics, nanomaterials, nanoscience, and engineering.
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