Materials and Processes

Oxide ceramics

• Alumina, zirconia, titania
• ZTA and ATZ materials
• Mixed oxides, spinel, perovskites, yttrium aluminium garnet
• Ferrites
• Boron suboxide

Non-oxide ceramics

• Silicon nitride, SiAION
• Silicon carbide (SSiC, LPS-SiC, OBSC, RBSiC, NSiC, SiSiC, RSiC)
• Boron carbide, boron nitride
• Aluminum nitride
• Superhard materials (SiC/diamond, diamond, cBN-reinforced materials)
• Transition metal carbides and borides (TiC, ZrC, TiB₂)

Silicate ceramics

• Cordierite, mullite, steatite
• Zeolites

Fiber composite materials

• Oxide and non-oxide CMC
• Short- and long-fiber-reinforced ceramics

Hardmetals

• Tungsten carbide-cobalt, mixed carbide hardmetals
• Binder-free tungsten carbide
• Cermets

Precursor ceramics

• Precursors
• Oxide and non-oxide polymer-derived ceramics
• Polymer ceramics

Glasses and solders

• Crystallizing glasses
• Metal and active solders, reactive solders

Coatings

• Inks and pastes
• Thin films
• CNT
• Hard material- and wear-resistant coatings
• Oxidation- and corrosion-resistant coatings
• Insulation coatings
• Catalysts and washcoats

Specialty and functional ceramics

• Porous ceramics
• Solid-state ion conductors (e.g., sodium-beta aluminate)
• Thermoelectric materials
• Low-temperature cofired ceramics (LTCC)
• High-temperature cofired ceramics (HTCC)
• Ceramic magnetic materials
• Lead-free piezoceramics (barium titanate, potassium sodium niobate)
• Lead zirconate titanate, lead/magnesium niobate-lead tita­nate
• Piezoelectric fiber composites