Ceramic Processing Science

Abstract

THIS supplementary issue compiles a number of key papers presented at the 10th International Conference on Ceramic Processing Science (ICCPS-10), which was held in Inuyama, Japan on May 25–28, 2008. The meeting was chaired by Professor Shin-ichi Hirano, and co-chaired by Gary L. Messing and Ludwig Gauckler. We all greatly appreciate the excellent local arrangements by Professor Kunihito Koumoto and the local hospitality shown by the students and his colleagues from Nagoya University. This symposium is held every 2–3 years and has rotated between the United States, Japan, and Germany as a result of it being initially organized by Professors Hans Hausner, Shin-ichi Hirano, and Gary L. Messing. We have usually published a hard-bound proceeding but recent changes in publishing have resulted in a shift away from proceedings. Therefore, some of the participants were invited to submit their papers for peer review and publication in this supplementary issue of the Journal of the American Ceramic Society. Of the 239 papers presented at the meeting 33 are published here in the Journal. Ceramic Processing Science has evolved significantly since the first meeting in this series was held in Boston in 1986. The major issues concerning participants at the first meeting included powder synthesis, powder dispersion, and forming. It is not too surprising that these same topics form a major sector in this issue. It is interesting to see how the applications of ceramic processing have shifted. For example, the issue opens with a review paper about designing silica particles for optical functionality, and drug delivery. Many papers are focused on synthesizing particles for photocatalysis and photoluminescence. As in the last meeting there are more papers reporting about how to design multilayer materials for solid oxide fuel cells, and porous materials for a variety of applications. Because we only published 13% of the papers from the meeting in this issue, we missed the rich diversity of the ceramic processing discipline that was represented at the meeting. We would like to acknowledge the hard work of the symposium participants for meeting the numerous deadlines to enable the publication of this supplementary issue only 8 months after the meeting. Enjoy the papers assembled here and we hope to see you September 5–9, 2010 in Zurich at the 11th International Conference on Ceramic Processing Science.