Advanced Ceramic Materials

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Advanced ceramic materials are the next generation of ceramics. With precisely controlled composition, these inorganic, non-metallic, mostly crystalline materials are highly refined to give specific desirable features. Encompassing oxides, non-oxides and composite materials, advanced ceramics are suitable for a range of applications depending on their specific properties. A strength of advanced ceramics is their ability to be tailored and engineered to access highly desirable properties for various applications. Within literature advanced ceramics are often referred to as technical ceramics, high-tech ceramics, high-performance ceramics, engineering ceramics or fine ceramics. They are currently being explored across a range of applications including, structural engineering in automotive and aerospace industries due to their high wear resistance. Their highly functional surfaces are exploited for their microstructural effects including, semiconductivity, varistor behavior, piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, ferroelectricity, and superconductivity. They are also widely used in coatings including for biological environments such as dentistry and orthopedics. Jump to: Browse advanced ceramic materials | Resources and Support Browse Advanced Ceramic Materials Related categories: Battery Materials , Metal Oxides , Low Dimensional Materials , 2D Materials [[split]] Resources and Support What are Advanced Ceramics? Advanced ceramics are the next generation of ceramic materials. According to the 1993 Versailles project on Advanced Materials and Standards (VAMAS) an advanced ceramic material is defined as "an inorganic, non-metallic, basically crystalline material of rigorously controlled composition and manufactured with detailed regulation from highly refined and/or characterized raw materials giving precisely specified attributes". Learn more... What are Transparent Conductive Oxides? Transparent conductive oxides (TCOs) are metal oxides, such as zinc oxide and tin oxide,