Contributions from three Focused Sessions that were part of the
34th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites
(ICACC), in Daytona Beach, FL, January 24-29, 2010 are presented in
this volume. The broad range of topics is captured by the Focused
Session titles, which are listed as follows: FS1 - Geopolymers and
other Inorganic Polymers; FS3 - Computational Design, Modeling
Simulation and Characterization of Ceramics and Composites; and FS4
- Nanolaminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides (MAX Phases).
The session on Geopolymers and other Inorganic Polymers
continues to attract growing attention from international
researchers (USA, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Czech
Republic, and Viet Nam) and it is encouraging to see the variety of
established and new applications being found for these novel and
potentially useful materials. The session organizer gratefully
acknowledges the support of the US Air Force Office of Scientific
Research (AFOSR) through Dr. Joan Fuller. The AFOSR has
continuously supported these conferences since the first meeting in
Nashville, TN in 2003.
Focused Session 3 was dedicated to design, modeling, simulation
and characterization of ceramics and composites. 27 technical
papers were presented on prediction of crystal structure and phase
stability, characterization of interfaces and grain boundaries at
atomic scale, optimization of electrical, optical and mechanical
properties, modeling of defects and related properties, design of
materials and components at different length scales, application of
novel computational methods for processing. Four of these papers
are included in this issue of CESP.
Focused Session 4 was dedicated to MAX phases - a class of
ternary carbides and nitrides with nanolaminated structure and
general formula Mn+1AXn (where M is an early transition metal, A is
an A-group element from IIIA to VIA, X is either C or N, and n=1,
2, 3 ...). The MAX phases have attracted recently a lot of
attention because they possess unique combination of metallic- and
ceramic-like properties. In all, 30 technical papers were presented
during this session. Four of these papers are included in this
issue.
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