Advances in Joining of Ceramics

Selection and Function of Interlayer Materials in Ceramic/Ceramic Joining (E.D. Case).

Numerical Modeling of Solid State Bonding Based on Fundamental Bonding
Mechanisms: For Bonding between Dissimilar Materials (Y. Takahashi)

Designing Joints with Graded Layers (J. Stamille, I.E. Reimanis, and J. Chapa-Cabrera).

Engineering High-Quality Ceramic-Metal Bonds (V.A. Greenhut and T.R. Chapman).


Brazing.

Particulate Loading of High Temperature Brazes for Joining Engineering Ceramics (K.M. Knowles, D.R. Ormston, D.B. Conquest, L.T. Ecclestone, and J.A. Fernie).

Development of a Copper Oxide-Silver Braze for Ceramic Joining (K.S. Weil and J.Y. Kim).


Biomedical Applications.

A Review of Recent Investigations on Zirconia Joining for Biomedical Applications (S. Agathopoulos, S. Pina, and R.N. Correia).

Joining Zirconia and Alumina Bioceramics (H.W. Shin, E.D. Case, B.D. Brooks, P. Kwon, and C.K. Kok).

Graded Coatings for Metallic Implant Alloy (E. Saiz, A.P. Tomsia, S. Fujino, and J.M. Gomez-Vaga).


High Temperature Applications.

Thermal Cycling of Advanced Compressive Seal for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (Y.-S. Chou and J.W. Stevenson).

Brazing a Mixed Ionic/Electronic Conductor to an Oxidation Resistant Metal (K.S. Weil and J.S. Hardy).

Brazeless Approaches to Joining Silicon Carbide-based Ceramics for High
Temperature Applications (C.A. Lewinsohn, C.H. Henager Jr., and M. Singh).

Processing Issues in Fabricating Ceramic Micro-Heat Exchangers by
Joining Components (P. Kwon, C.K. Kok, D. Fickes, C.W. Somerton, H.W. Shin, and E.D. Case).