Novel advanced ceramic and coating processing

Various research articles dedicated to novel processing of advanced ceramics and coatings, and research and optimization of earlier developed processing routes that improve the productivity and quality of ceramic materials, are presented. The paper presented by Stuer and Bowen demonstrates the application of new technical solutions in colloidal processing of alumina and freeze granulation for manufacturing of transparent ceramics through the dry pressing route. Lin et al. has presented an article on the application of an innovative technological solution in the formation of porous hydroxyapatite. The article by Chaim et al. is devoted to the mechanism of spark plasma sintering, particularly for nanoceramics. High performance nano-scale glass ceramic beads were obtained in the system of Al 2O 3La 2O 3ZrO 2 by Rosenflanz et al. Ata and Zhitomirsky presented the results of the development of Electrophoretic deposition technology for preparation of MnO 2 nanostructured films using new organic acid-type special dispersants. 24.