Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Advantages for Optical Applications with Transparent Polycrystalline Ceramic Materials
Uwe Reichel, Gunther Notni, Angela Duparré, and Volker Herold (Fraunhofer IKTS, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems, Hermsdorf, Germany, and others)

Chapter 2. K0.5Na0.5NbO3-based Lead-free Transparent Ceramics
Xiao Wu, Faliang Li and K. W. Kwok (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, and others)

Chapter 3. Ultraviolet Photodetectors based on Transition Metal Oxides
Ting Xie, Albert V. Davydov and Ratan Debnath (Materials Science and Engineering Division, Material Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, and others)

Chapter 4. Applications of Infrared Thermography to the Analysis of Steel Welded Junctions
M. Rodríguez-Martín, S. Lagüela, D. González-Aguilera and P. Rodríguez-Gonzálvez (TIDOP Research Group, University of Salamanca, Avila, Spain, and others)

Chapter 5. Review of Recent Studies on Suspension Plasma Sprayed ZrO2 Coatings
Pawe³ Soko³owski and Lech Paw³owski (University of Limoges, Limoges, France, and others)

Chapter 6. Derivatives of Silicene: Electronic and Mechanical Properties
M. Yagmurcukardes, C. Bacaksiz, F. Iyikanat, E. Torun, R. T. Senger, F. M. Peeters, and H. Sahin (Department of Physics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey, and others)

Chapter 7. Arylazo Pyridone Dyes: Structure-Properties Relationships
Jelena M. Mirkoviæ, Bojan Ð. Božiæ, Gordana S. Ušæumliæ, and Dušan Ž. Mijin (Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

Chapter 8. Comparison of Analytical Possibilities of Scintillation Atomic Emission Spectrometry and Automated Mineralogy for Studying of Gold-Bearing Samples
Irina E. Vasil’eva and Elena V. Shabanova (Vinogradov Institute of Geochemistry Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, Russia)

Index