Publisher's Synopsis
The past decade has seen significant advances in fabricating electroceramics. For example the demand for higher volumetric efficiency multilayer capacitors has had its impact on the technologies concerned with the preparation of powders having closely defined chemistry and physical characteristics, and on their processing into components. The (often overriding) need to reduce costs has led to the widespread adoption of base metal electrodes in multilayer technology which, in turn, has stimulated the design of special chemically modified powders. Multilayer technology itself has penetrated many sectors of electro ceramics technology. The decade has also seen significant developments in electro ceramics associated with microwave telecommunications and the emergence of LTCC (low temperature co-fired ceramic) technology. To explain more about Ceramic Materials for Electronics, this book has been written by different authors, who focus on modern ceramics. A feature of this text is that we keep in mind that many of today's high-tech ceramic materials and processing routes have their origin in the potter's craft, microstructures, and properties. Throughout the text we make connections to these Preface related fields. The text covers ceramic materials, from the fundamentals to industrial applications, including a consideration of safety and their impact on the modern technologies, including nano-ceramic, ceramic matrix composites, nanostructured ceramic membranes, porous ceramics, and sintering theory models of modern ceramics. We thank all the editors who contributed greatly to this book, and we hope that readers find it interesting.
