Functional Gradient Materials and Surface Layers Prepared by Fine Particles Technology -

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Sommaire:
From nature through art to fine particle technology.- New superhard materials based on nanostructured high-melting compounds: Achievements and perspectives.- Nanostructured metal films: Polyol synthesis, characterization and properties.- Chemical phenomena at the surface of nanoparticles.- Amphiphilic templates in the synthesis of nanostructured composites - From particles to extended structures.- Effect of water-soluble alumoxycarboxylates on the properties of alumina molded by die pressing.- New water thinnable polymeric binders in die pressing of alumina powders.- Electrical conduction in iron oxide powder coated with polymethyl methacrylate.- From nanosize powders to a diesel soot converter.- Nanocrystalline nickel and nickel-alumina films produced by DC and pulsed DC electroplating.- Formation of fine-dispersion structures by electric-spark, laser and magnetron coating with AlN-TiB2/ZrB2 composite materials.- Optical gradient glasses obtained using the method of high-temperature isothermal centrifugation.- Graded structures developed by laser processing of powder materials.- Microwave processing of nanostructured and functional gradient materials.- Application of advanced CCD camera system for diagnostics of spraying particles in-flight.- Laser sintering of multilayer gradient materials.- Rate-controlled sintering of nanostructured titanium nitride powders.- Properties of nanocrystalline titanium nitride-based materials prepared by high-pressure sintering.- Compaction and elastic relaxation of fullerite powder.- Nanostructured materials for microstructural control of thermal properties.- Conventional and new materials for thermal barrier coatings.- Thermal expansion and wear properties of centrifugally produced Al-Si/SiC MMCs.- Topical problems in the theory oftechnological processes for the nanostructured materials preparation.- Nanostructured carbon coatings on silicon carbide: Experimental and theoretical study.- Reinforced n-AlN ceramics.- Structure and strength of ceramic multilayered composites.- Analysis of layered composites with crack deflection controlled by layer thickness.- On some problems of bending and vibrations of thin piezoceramic plates.- Quasicrystalline materials. Structure and mechanical properties.- MD simulation of the ion-stimulated processes in Si surface layers.- Phase relations and nanocrystalline alloys in the ternary systems ZrO2 (HfO2)-Y2O3-La2O3 (Eu2O3, Er2O3).- Author Index.