About the Book:

Contents:

Volume - 1

Part-I: Ceramic Materials for Defense Applications

1.      Manifestations of Nanomaterials in Development of Advanced Sensors for Defense Applications

2.      Nanocrystalline PNS-PZT-Based Energy Harvester for Strategic Applications

3.      2D-Nanolayered Tungsten and Molybdenum Disulfides: Structure, Properties, Synthesis, and Processing for Strategic Applications

4.      Nanoporous Aerogels for Defense and Aerospace Applications

5.      Microwave Materials for Defense and Aerospace Applications

6.      Development of PLZT Electroceramics with Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Properties by a Novel Material Engineering Approach

7.      Slip-Cast Fused Silica Radomes for Hypervelocity Vehicles: Advantages, Challenges, and Fabrication Techniques

8.      Patent Trends in Additive Manufacturing of Ceramic

Part-II Ceramic Materials for Ballistic Armor Applications

9.      Ceramic Composite Armour for Ballistic Protection

10.   Multilayered Ceramic-Composites for Armour Applications

11.   Transparent Ceramics for Ballistic Armour Applications

Part-III: Transparent and Optical Ceramics for Defense and Aerospace

12.   Transparent and Machinable Glass-Ceramics

13.   Processing of Infrared Trnsparent Magnesium Aluminate Spinel

14.   Zinc Sulfide Ceramics for Infrared Optics

15.   Advances in Nano-finishing of Optical Glasses and Glass

16.   Electric Field/Current-Assisted Sintering of Optical Ceramics

Part-IV: Advanced Ceramics and CMCs for nuclear Applications

17.   Advanced SiC-SiC Composites for Nuclear Application

18.   Advanced Ceramic Fuels for Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactors

19.   Boron-Based Ceramics and Composites for Nuclear and Space Applications: Synthesis and Consolidation

20.   Novel Inorganic Compound Based Sensors for Their Application in Nuclear Energy Programs

21.   Processing of Barium Zinc Tantalate (BZT) Microwave Dielectric Ceramics for RF Window Application in Fusion Reactor

Volume - 2

Part-V: Ceramics, CMCs, and PMCs for Aeronautics and Space Applications

22.   SiC-Based Composites Through Liquid Infiltration Routes

23.   Carbon Fiber Reinforced Silicon Carbide Ceramic Matrix

24.   Development of Ploycarbosilane (PCS) Polymer and PCS-Derived SiC Fibers and Their Composites

25.   Development of Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Ceramic Matrix Nanocomposites for Advanced Structural Applications

26.   Polymer-Derived Ceramics and Their Space Applications

27.   PZT and Lead-Free Piezo Ceramics for Aerospace and Energy Applications

28.   Processing of Ceramic Foams for Thermal Protection

29.   Silicon Carbide-Based Lightweight Mirror Blanks for Space Optics Applications

Part-VI: Intermediate and Very High Temperature Ceramic

30.   Silicides and Silicide Matrix Composites for Hugh-Temperature Structural Applications

31.   High-Temperature Environmental Degradation Behaviour of Ultrahigh-Temperature Ceramic Composites

Part-VII: Materials for Sustainable  Energy Applications

32.   Hybrid Supercapacitor-Battery Energy Storage

33.   Recent Development in Electrode Materials for Lithium-ION Batteries for Energy Storage Application

34.   Nano-configured Opto-electric Ceramic Systems for Photo-electrochemical Hydrogen Energy

Part-VIII: Ceramics Coatings and Their Processes for Critical Applications

35.   New-Generation Ceramic Coatings for High-Temperature Applications by Liquid feedstock Plasma Spraying

36.   Multifunctional Sol-Gel Nanocomposite Coatings for Aerospace, Energy, and Strategic Applications: Challenges and Perspectives

37.   Materials Aspects of Thermal Barrier Coatings

About the Authors:

Dr. Yashwant R. Mahajan is presently working as a Technical Advisor at International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, India. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Physical Metallurgy in 1978 from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Mahajan carried out his postdoctoral research in the areas of titanium base alloys, powder metallurgy, and high temperature dispersion strengthened aluminum base alloys at the Air Force Materials Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for 4 years. He has worked in various capacities, namely, Scientist/Joint Director at the Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, ARCI, and Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Hyderabad, India, and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore, India. Dr. Mahajan made major contributions in the areas of MMCs, advanced ceramics, and CMCs. Under his leadership, a number of ceramicbased technologies were developed and transferred to the industry. He has published more than 130 technical papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and holds 13 patents (including 2 US). Dr. Mahajan is a recipient of NRC Associateship of National Academy of Sciences, USA, the best metallurgist of the year award (IIM), MRSI Medal, MRSI-IISC superconductivity award, and VASVIK Medal. He is a professional member of ASM International, TMS, MRS-USA, SPIE-USA, Institute of Materials-UK, American Ceramic Society, MRSI, and IIM.