Nanostructured Ceramics

Co-lead organizers: Babak Anasori (banasori@purdue.edu, Purdue University, U.S.), Shiv Prakash Singh (spsingh67@gmail.com, ARCI, India) and Kathleen Maleski (kathleen.maleski@ge.com, GE, U.S.)

Abstract: Ceramic materials have been vital to society since the beginning of civilization. Conventional ceramics, while useful and practical to several industries today, have limitations that restrict their use in some applications in fields such as medicine, aerospace, construction, renewable energy, and beyond. One approach toward achieving breakthrough innovation is to consider material size reduction into the nanoscale. Nanoceramics are found in crystalline, amorphous, glass, and composite forms. They provide opportunities for new functionalities and can include the diversity of the entire periodic table. Because of these tunability combinations, the properties of such materials can be expected to be controlled at the atomic level for desired applications.

The scope of this symposium is targeted to discuss the design, structure, properties, and performance of nanostructured ceramics and their applications in advanced technologies. This symposium will provide a forum and opportunity to address the burning issues related to energy, health, electronics, industrial progress, and sustainable technologies from a nanoceramics perspective. It is expected to achieve a better understanding of the fundamentals of nanostructured ceramics, technological progress for future innovations, and a better society with continued growth.

Proposed sessions:

• Advanced nanoceramics
• Fabrication and characterization methods
• Modeling and computational studies of nanostructured ceramics
• Green synthesis and processing approaches for nanoceramics
• Glass and glass ceramics
• Nanoceramics for renewable energy, electronics, catalysis, structural, and medical applications
• Nanostructured ceramic coatings

Co-organizers:

Ravi Kumar N. V., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, nvrk@iitm.ac.in

Ana Candida Martins Rodrigues, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil, acmr@ufscar.br

Christopher Shuck, Drexel University, U.S., ces378@drexel.edu

Hidehiro Yoshida, University of Tokyo, Japan, hyoshida@material.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Michael Naguib, Tulane University, U.S., naguib@tulane.edu

Federico Rosei (rosei@emt.inrs.ca) INRS, Canada