Ceramic Science and Engineering: Basics to Recent Advancements covers the fundamentals, classification and applications surrounding ceramic engineering. In addition, the book contains an extensive review of the current published literature on established ceramic materials. Other sections present an extensive review of up-to-date research on new innovative ceramic materials and reviews recently published articles, case studies and the latest research outputs. The book will be an essential reference resource for materials scientists, physicists, chemists and engineers, postgraduate students, early career researchers, and industrial researchers working in R&D in the development of ceramic materials.
Ceramic engineering deals with the science and technology of creating objects from inorganic and non-metallic materials. It combines the principles of chemistry, physics and engineering. Fiber-optic devices, microprocessors and solar panels are just a few examples of ceramic engineering being applied in everyday life. Advanced ceramics such as alumina, aluminum nitride, zirconia, ZnO, silicon carbide, silicon nitride and titania-based materials, each of which have their own specific characteristics and offer an economic and high-performance alternative to more conventional materials such as glass, metals and plastics are also discussed.
Misra, Kamakhya Prakash: - Kamakhya Prakash Misra received his Ph.D. in Physics in the field of materials science and thin films from the University of Lucknow, India. Presently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Manipal University Jaipur, India. His current research interests include sol gel derived nanomaterials and thin film structures mainly to understand their opto-electronic behaviour, particularly band gap engineering of wide band gap semiconductors like ZnO and TiO2 (ceramic materials) using various dopants and controlling the processing parameters. Apart from band gap engineering, he monitors various aspects and features of surfaces developed in his lab using conventional techniques like SEM and AFM as well as high resolution techniques like XRF (XRR and GIXRF). His speciality lies in interpreting and analyzing photoluminescence, nonlinearity and energy level descriptions of various inorganic compounds. He has published more than 20 research articles in international journals of high repute. He also engages in other scholarly activities such as teaching courses on solid state physics and materials science at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Misra, R. D. K.: - "Dr. R. D. K. Misra is Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at The University of Texas at El Paso, USA. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, India and PhD in Metallurgy and Materials Science from University of Cambridge, UK. Dr. Misra's interdisciplinary research interests include advanced high strength-high toughness combination metals and alloys for structural and functional applications, materials for energy systems, biomaterials and nanostructured materials including composite materials. These research programs involve the use of a broad spectrum of materials characterization techniques such as electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, EBSD, atomic force microscopy, and mechanical testing. He has published over 800 peer reviewed articles in journals of international repute. Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief, Materials Technology - Advanced Performance Materials, published by Taylor and Francis, UK. He is also on the Editorial Board of Materials Science and Engineering A, Elsevier and Materials and Metallurgical Transactions, Springer. Prof. Misra is an active reviewer for more than 50 journals including Materials Science and Engineering A and B, Langmuir, Biomacromolecules, Physica Status Solidi, Materials and Design, Biomaterials, Journals of Biomaterials Applications, Science of Advanced Materials and Acta Biomaterialia. He has received several awards and honors like the Charles Hatchett Award, conferred by the Institute of Materials, UK (2007), Composite Award, conferred by the Institute of Materials, UK (2007), Innovator Award, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2013) and the Distinguished Alumnus Award of Banaras Hindu University, India (2013). Dr. Misra is a Fellow of the American Society for Materials International, Alpha Sigma Mu, and the Institute of Minerals, Metals and Minerals, UK."
