The paper discusses optimising work on a method of processing ceramic / metal composite coatings for various applications and is based on preliminary work on processing anodes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The composite coating is manufactured by the electroless co-deposition of nickel and yttria stabilised zirconia (YSZ) simultaneously on to a ceramic substrate. The effect on coating cha...

Solvent-free composite poly~ethylene oxide! ~PEO!-ceramic fiber or mat electrolytes with high ionic conductivity and good interfacial stability have been developed using high-ionic-conductivity La0.55Li0.35TiO3 fibers and mats. The conducting ceramic fibers can penetrate the cross section of the electrolyte film to provide long-range lithium-ion transfer channels, thus producing composite elect...

Microstructural, mechanical, and thermal-shock behavior of hot-gas candle fiters obtained from different manufacturers have been evaluated. These filters include both monolithic ceramic and composite materials. Based on the results obtained so far, composite filters perform better than monolithic ceramic filters in a thermal-shock environment. During thermal-shock testing, the monolithic cerami...

Lightweight, porous ceramic structures are being developed for a variety of biologically-related applications. In bioengineering, there is interest in replacing metal-based implants with more functional implants consisting of porous bioceramics that are bioresorbable. In the design of bioinspired ceramic structures, there is a desire to understand the coupling between geometric complexity and p...

Carbon nanotubes±Fe±Al2O3 massive composites have been prepared by hot-pressing the corresponding composite powders, in which the carbon nanotubes are arranged in bundles smaller than 100 nm in diameter and several tens of micrometers long, forming a web-like network around the Fe±Al2O3 grains. In the powders, the quantity and the quality of the carbon nanotubes both depend on the Fe content (2...

Acid etching and filled acrylic materials have been generating great interest in the past few years because of increased public demand for esthetic restorations and alternatives to amalgam. Composite resin and ceramic inlays, which use adhesive bonding, were introduced to make possible toothcolored restorations. The physical properties of composite resin restorations, and their poor wear resist...

  Magnesium and its alloys are light, biodegradable, biocompatible metals that have promising applications as biomaterials. Magnesium is potentially useful for orthopedic and cardiovascular applications. However, the corrosion rate of this metal is so high that its degradation occurs before the end of the healing process. One of the ways to improve the corrosion rate is to compose it’s with cer...

The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the shear bond strength (SBS) and failure modes of a conventional resin-based composite with a recently developed amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP)-containing orthodontic composite system. Forty freshly extracted human maxillary premolar teeth were randomly divided into two equal groups. Conventional composite (group 1; Transbond-XT; 3M Unitek) and ...

This study uses a magnesiothermic reduction method to investigate the co-synthesis of zirconium boride, silicides, and oxide powder composites using ZrO2, B2O3, Si, Mg initial powders. The synthesis high-temperature ceramic powders is examined through milling durations, temperatures, excess magnesium addition. Thermochemical analysis probable reaction products was conducted by Factsage software...