Proceedings of the III Advanced Ceramics and Applications Conference

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
A Historical Perspective on the Toughness of Ceramics....Pages 1-23
Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) of High-Performance Ceramics....Pages 25-32
Electronic States and Absorption of Light in a Lemniscate Shaped Quantum Dot Molecule....Pages 33-44
Plasma Devices and Preparing of Nonconductive Materials....Pages 45-58
FAMA—Facility for Modification and Analysis of Materials with Ion Beams....Pages 59-68
A Method for Simulation of Grain Coarsening Due to Diffusion in Capillary Liquid Bridge....Pages 69-84
Electrical Characterization of Nanostructured Ferrite Ceramics by Using AC Impedance Spectroscopy....Pages 85-114
Piezoceramic Smart Aggregates for Active Monitoring of Reinforced Concrete Structures....Pages 115-127
Electrical Characteristics of Nb Doped BaTiO3 Ceramics....Pages 129-141
Optical Properties of Plastically Deformed Copper: Ellipsometry and Raman Study....Pages 143-158
Optical Properties and Electron–Phonon Interactions of CdTe1-XSex(In) Single Crystal....Pages 159-172
Structural and Optical Studies of Oxide Single Crystals Grown by the Czochralski Method....Pages 173-182
Ni–Al Layered Double Hydroxides as Precursors of Ceramic Pigments....Pages 183-191
Modified Clays in Environmental Protection....Pages 193-203
Polymer-Based Monolithic Porous Composite....Pages 205-220
SEM-EDX Analysis of Bio-Oss® Granules After Incubation In Cell Culture Medium....Pages 221-240
Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Optimization of Wind Farm Project Investment Under Wake Effect....Pages 241-257
TRIZ Creativity Approach to the Design of an Innovative Wind Turbine System....Pages 259-264
The Sintering Temperature and the Ho2O3 Concentration Influence on BaTiO3-Ceramics Microstructure Fractal Nature....Pages 265-281
Sintering of Zinc-Titanate....Pages 283-305
The Effects of the Phosphates’ Mechanical Activation....Pages 307-319
The Use of X-ray Diffraction Analysis in Different Forensic Disciplines....Pages 321-337
Alkali-Aggregate Reactions in Concrete....Pages 339-351
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