Advanced processing and manufacturing technologies for nanostructured and multifunctional materials II: a collection of papers presented at the 39th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 25-30, 2015, Daytona Beach, Florida

Content: Preface ix Introduction xi ADVANCED PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING Development of High Temperature Joining and Thermomechanical Characterization Approaches for SiC/SiC Composites 3Michael C. Halbig, Mrityunjay Singh, and Jerry Lang Microstructural Observation of Interfaces in Diffusion Bonded Silicon Carbide Ceramics by TEM 13Hiroshi Tsuda, Shigeo Mori, Michael C. Halbig, Mrityunjay Singh, and Rajiv Asthana Preparation and Characterization of Rb-SiC Ceramics Fabricated from Phenolic Resin/SiC 21Akihiro Shimamura, Mikinori Hotta, Tatsuki Ohji, and Naoki Kondo New Combined Method of MPS and FEM for Simulating Friction Stir Processing 27Hisashi Serizawa and Fumikazu Miyasaka Novel Visualizing Technique of the Tips of the Cracks for Indentation Fracture Resistance Method 37H. Miyazaki and Y. Yoshizawa Slip-Casting by Water-Absorbing Resin Mold Enables Crack-Free Ceramic Molding System and Products with Partially Different Thicknesses 45Akio Matsumoto Influence of Lanthanoid Dopant and N/O Substitution on the Electronic Structure and Luminescent Properties of Lanthanum Silicon Oxynitride Phosphors  55I.A.M. Ibrahim, Z. Len es, L. Benco, and P. Sajgalik Effect of Ti3SiC2 Particulates on the Mechanical and Tribological Behavior of Sn Matrix Composites 65T. Hammann, R. Johnson, M. F. Riyad, and S. Gupta Field Assisted Sintering of Silicate Glass-Containing Alumina 75Mattia Biesuz and Vincenzo M. Sglavo Modeling the First Activation Stages of the Fe(hfa)2TMEDA CVD Precursor on a Heated Growth Surface 83Gloria Tabacchi, Ettore Fois, Davide Barreca, Giorgio Carraro, Alberto Gasparotto, and Chiara Maccato Development of High Aspect Ratio Hexagonal Boron Nitride Filler by Mechanical Exfoliation 91Yuichi Tominaga, Kimiyasu Sato, Daisuke Shimamoto, Yusuke Imai, and Yuji Hotta Preparation and Characterization of Nanostructured Films: Study of Hydrophobicity and Antibacterial Properties for Surface Protection 101M. Barberio, S. Veltri, E. Sokullu, F. Xu, M.A. Gauthier, and P. Antici ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND 3D PRINTING 3-D Printing and Characterization of Polymer Composites with Different Reinforcements 115Anton Salem, Mrityunjay Singh, and Michael C. Halbig Additive Manufacturing of Drainage Segments for Cooling System of Crucible Melting Furnaces 123Miranda Fateri, Andreas Gebhardt, and Georg Renftle Additive Manufacturing of Silicon Carbide-Based Ceramics by 3-D Printing Technologies 133Shirley X. Zhu, Michael C. Halbig, and Mrityunjay Singh Additive Manufacturing of Light Weight Ceramic Matrix Composites for Gas Turbine Engine Applications 145Mrityunjay Singh, Michael C. Halbig, and Joseph E. Grady Application of Selective Separation Sintering in Ceramics 3D Printing 151J. Zhang and B. Khoshnevis Contour Crafting of Advanced Ceramic Materials 159Mahmood Shirooyeh, Mohammadaref Vali, David Shackleford, Payman Torabi, Paul W. Rehrig, Oh-Hun Kwon, and Behrokh Khoshnevis Author Index 169