Advances in Electronic and Electrochemical Ceramics: Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting of The American Ceramic Society, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2005

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Electronic Ceramics for Extreme Environments

Extreme Environment Potential of Diamond Derived Devices 3
R.S.Takalkar, P. Hamari, J.L. Davidson, W.P. Rang, P.Taylor, and Y.M.Wong

Dielectric Powder/Polymer Composites for High Energy Density Capacitors 17
Lynell J. Gilbert.Thomas P. Schuman, and Fatih Dogan

Barium Strontium Titanate Glass Ceramics for High Energy Density Capacitors 27
E.P. Gorzkowski, M.-J. Pan, B. Bender, and C.C.M. Wu

Improved Electronics Reliability using Thin Film Smart Materials for Mitigating Harsh Vibrational Environment 35
W.D. Nothwang,M.W. Cole, J.D. Demaree, J.K. Hirvonen, S.G. Hirsch, C. Hubbard, and E. Ngo

Aluminum Nitride Dielectrics for High Energy Density Capacitors 45
Kevin R. Bray, Richard L.C. Wu, Sandra Fries-Carr, and Joseph Weimer

High Temperature Piezoelectric La2Ti207 57
Ali Sayir, Serene C. Farmer, and Fred Dynys

Thermophysical Properties of Perovskite Type Alkaline Earth Hafnates 69
Takuji Maekawa, Ken Kurosaki, Hiroaki Muta, Masayoshi Uno, Shinsuke Yamanaka.Tetsushi Matsuda.and Shin-ichi Kobayashi

Thermophysical Properties of Sintered SrY204 and the Related Compounds

Applicable to Thermal Barrier Coating Materials 77
Takanori Tanaka, Ken Kurosaki.Takuji Maekawa, Hiroaki Muta, Masayoshi Uno, and Shinsuke Yamanaka

Electrical Properties of Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposited Diamond Thin Films 85
R. Ramamurti, R.N. Singh, and P.B. Kosel

Dielectric Properties of Suspensions Containing BaTi03 Particles 93
Abhishek A. Manohar and Fatih Dogan

Enhancement of Crystal Growth in Melt Texturing Ca-Doped Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors 103
Oratai Jongprateep and Fatih Dogan

Micro-Raman Spectroscopy of a Vickers Indent on Soft PZT 109
Jacob L. Jones and Mark Hoffman

R-Curve and Stress-Strain Behavior of Hard and Soft PZT Ceramics 115
Jacob L. Jones, Mark Hoffman, and William F. Shelley II

Fuel Cells and Related Systems

Fabrication of SOFC Electrodes by Impregnation Methods 123
Yingyi Huang, John M. Vohs, and Raymond J. Gorte

Investigation of Nd06Sr04CO[ My038(M = Fe and Mn) as Cathode Materials for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 131
K.T. Lee and A. Manthiram

Anode Supported Solid Oxide Fuel Cells with Improved Cathode/Electrolyte Interface 139
D. Montinaro, S. Modena, S. Ceschini, M. Bertoldi.T. Zandonella, A.Tomasi, and V. M. Sglavo

Long-Term Effects in Ag-CuO Brazes under Dual Reducing/Oxidizing Gas Conditions 149
K. S. Weil, J. Y. Kim, and J. S. Hardy

Self Healing Glass Seals for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells 157
Shailendra Parihar and Raj N Singh

Novel Sol-Gel Synthesis and Characterization of High-Surface-Area Pt-Ru Catalysts as Anodes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells 165
Moni Kanchan Datta, Jin Yong Kim, and Prashant N. Kumta

Grain Boundary Segregation and Conductivity in Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia 173
Monika Backhaus-Ricoult, Michael Badding, and Yves Thibault

Other Electronic Ceramic Applications

Electrically Conductive Mechanisms for Al203-C-TiCN Ceramics 195
Hiroto Unno, Jun Sugawara, and Toshio Mukai

Dielectric Properties of High-K LTCC Materials 207
Jean-Pierre Ganne, Michel Pate, Olivier Durand, and Claude Grattepai

Monolithic Integration of Nonlinear Ba^Sr^TiOj Thin Films with Affordable Silicon Substrates for Frequency Agile Microwave Device Applications 215
M.W. Cole,W.D. Nothwang, and R.G. Geyer

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