June 4, 2013

March 2012 – Vol 91 No. 2

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FEATURES

The state of solid-state batteries

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Kevin S. Jones, Nicholas G. Rudawski, Isaiah Oladeji, Roland Pitts and Richard Fox
Solid-state electrolyte batteries are compact, lightweight, reliable, recyclable, safe and appear to be promising candidates for the next generation of battery technology.

Planar Energy’s solid-state cells

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Scott Faris
An electroless electrochemical deposition process is used to fabricate solid-state electrolyte battery cells from the liquid phase, vapor phase or from a gel phase.

Online resources for the refractory industry

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Charles E. Semler
The Internet has exploded with websites, publications and data for
the refractory industry. This mini-guide includes examples of how to use
the Internet to track global business trends.
The greatest challenge for the future of the refractory area 42

V.C. Pandolfelli</
Recruiting young engineers to careers in the refractory industry requires creative thinking.
Meeting highlights from UNITECR’11 45
Photos & report from Electronic Materials and Applications meeting 46
Photos & report from ICACC’12 (Daytona Beach meeting) 47
MEETINGS
4th International Congress on Ceramics 12

Themes, speakers and 3rd Ceramic Leadership Summit

Materials Challenges in Alternative & Renewable Energy selected abstracts 33

Sneak preview of selected abstracts from plenary, invited and contributed talks that will be presented at MCARE, Feb. 26&ndash;March 1 in Clearwater, Fla.
St. Louis Section and RCD 48th Annual Symposium 43
Glass & Optical Materials Division annual meeting preview 48

Welcome from the program chairs . . . . . . . . 48
Hotel information . . . . . . . . 48
Symposia schedule . . . . . . . . 48
Schedule at-a-glance. . . . . . . . 49
Short course . . . . . . . 51
DEPARTMENTS
News & Trends 4

• Bearings company&rsquo;s birthday brings $20k innovation contest

• Business news
• Corning debuts Gorilla Glass 2 at Consumer Electronics Show
• Final FY12 budget reveals some good news for federally supported R&D
ACerS Spotlight x

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People in the Spotlight xx

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Ceramics in Energy xx

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Ceramics in the Environment xx

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Ceramics in Biomedicine xx

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Research Briefs
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RESOURCES
Calendar 52
Classified Advertising 53
Display Advertising Index
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