Innovative Processing and Synthesis of Ceramics, Glasses, and Composites VII: Proceedings of the Symposium Held at the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, April 27-30, in Nashville,

Use of Complexed Ammonia Precursors in Synthesizing Layered Nitride Compounds (K. Scott Weil, and Prashant N. Kumta).

Preparation of Nanocrystalline Silicon Carbide Powders by Carbothermal Reduction (Zhe Cheng, Michael D. Sacks, Chang-An Wang, and Zhaohui Yang).

Preparation of Nanocrystalline Hafnium Carbide Powders by Carbothermal Reduction (Chang-An Wang, Michael D. Sacks, and Zhaohui Yang).

Preparation of Nanocrystalline Zirconium Carbide Powders by Carbothermal Reduction (Anubhav Jain, Michael D. Sacks, and Chang-An Wang).

Polymer Precursor and Sol-Gel Technology.

Polymer-Derived Ceramic foams with a Zeolitic Surface by Supported Crystallization (M. Scheffler, J. Zeschky, A. Zampieri, R. Herrmann, W. Schwieger, F. Scheffler, and P. Greil).

Boron Nitride Fibers from Borylborazine Precursors (B. Toury, S. Duperrier, D. Cornu, S. Bernard, F. Chassagneux, S. Parola, and P. Miele).

Effect of Oxygen Atmosphere on the Morphology of LiTaO₃ Thin Films Prepared from Polymeric Precursor Method (A.H.M. Gonzalez, A.Z. Simoes, M.A. Zaghete, and J.A. Verela).

Characterization of SiC Fiber Derived from Polycarbosilane (Doh Hyung Riu, Young Hee Kim, Dong Geun Shin, and Hyung Rae Kim).

Formation of Porous Articles with Ordered Capillary Structure (Alginate Sol-Gel Technique by Berthold Liebig, and Jan. A. Puszynski).

Microwave Processing.

Lower Dielectric Constant Ni-Zn Ferrites Obtained by Systematic Use of Microwave Sintering (Purushotham Yadoji, Ramesh Peelamedu, Dinesh Agrawal, and Rustum Roy).

Novel Processing Methods.

Strain-Induced Forming of Ceramics Without the Application of External Pressure (Stephen J. Lombardo, Rajesh V. Shende, Chang Soo Kim, and Robert A. Winholtz).

Alternatives to Hot-Pressing Silicon Nitride/Boron Nitride Fibrous Monolith Composites (Emily Pickens and Rodney Trice).

Improving Binder Distribution in Extruded Ceramic Paste (Justin Clark, Tammy McCoy, Kevin Hurysz, and Joe Cochran).

Supercritical Extraction of Binder from Green Ceramic Components (Stephen J. Lombardo, Rajesh V. Shende, and Trent R. Redfearn).

Effects of Die Geometry and Paste Rheology on Extrusion Pressure (Raymond Oh, Joe Cochran, and Kevin Hurysz).

Bulk Shear Stress Modeling of Pastes made from Low Maximum Solids Content Raw Materials (K.M. Hurysz and J.K. Cochran).

Functionally Graded Materials.

Laminated WC-Co Composites for Tribological Applications (Kevin M. Fox, J.R. Hellmann, M.F. Amateau, H. Izui, W. Fu, and P.H. Cohen).

Laminated Object Manufacturing.

Solid Freeform Fabrication of PZT Ceramics via an Automated Tape Laminated Object Manufacturing System (Barry A. Bender, Roy Rayne, Carl Wu, Chulho Kim, and R. W. Bruce).

Thin Films and Coatings.

Optical Properties of Mg Doped LiNbO₃ Thin Films Grown by Polymeric Precursor Method (A.Z. Simoes, A.H.M. Gonzalez, M. Cilense, M.A. Zaghete, F. Moura, A. Ries, J.A. Varela, and B.D. Stojanovic).

Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition of Alumina and Alumina-Chromia Coatings on Silica (S.N. Dunham, J.M. Hampikan, and M.S. McIntosh).

Mechanical Behavior of Si₃N₄ Substrates with Environmental Barrier Coatings (K. Sharma, P.S. Shankar, and J.P. Singh).

Synthesis and Characterization.

Sol-Gel Synthesis and Electrical Properties of YCoO_3-δ (O.S. Buassi-Monroy, C.C. Luhrs, A. Chavez-Chavez, and C.R. Michel).

Synthesis and Electrical Properties of Super Ionic Conductor of Sr-Doped or Ba-Doped LaInO3 (Chen-Feng Kao, and Chieng-Teh Wu).

Synthesis and Characterization by TEM and HRTEM of Nanocrystalline CuO and Cu₂O Obtained by Precipitation Method (C.R. Michel, C.H. Rios-Reyes, and C.C. Luhrs).

Synthesis of Cordierite Ceramics with a Mixture of Kyanite and Talc (Ivan Vernet-Patino, Herberto Balmori-Ramirez, Carlos Gomez-Yanez, and Richard C. Bradt).

Diamond Films.

Effect of Pulsed Methane Flow on Nanostructured Diamond Films Synthesized (Microwave Plasma CVD by V. Shanov, R. Ramamurti , and R. N. Singh).

Electrophoresis.

Preparation of SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ Ferroelectric Thick Films by Electrophoretic Deposition Using Aqueous Suspensions (S.M. Zanetti, J.A. Varela, E.R. Leite, and E. Longo).

Processing-Microstructure-Property Relationships.

Sintering,Grain Growth, and Phase Composition of Gd₂O₃-Stabilized ZrO₂ Powders (J.R. Gross, M.N. Rahaman, and R.E. Dutton).

Influence of the Addition of Sm on the Microstructure and Magnetic Properties of Ni_0.5Zn_0.5Fe_2-xSm_xO₄ Ferrites (A.C.F.M. Costa , M.R. Morelli, and R.H.G.A. Kiminami).