Better Ceramics Through Chemistry VII, Volume 435

Materials scientists have always sought to optimize materials properties. Typically, however, increased performance of one property is achieved at the expense of another. This book from MRS brings together ceramists, physicists, engineers and chemists to offer an interdisciplinary investigation of the relationships among synthesis, structure and properties of hybrid systems. Applications exploiting the unique properties, novel processing or tailorability of hybrids are discussed. More specifi…