Advanced Structural Ceramics / Prof. Bikramjit Basu, and Prof. Kantesh Balani, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. [electronic resource] Basu, Bikramjit. Balani, Kantesh. Ceramic materials. Ceramic-matrix composites. TA455.C43 B375 2011eb 620.1/4 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. This book covers the area of advanced ceramic composites broadly, providing important introductory chapters to fundamentals, processing, and applications of advanced ceramic composites. Within each section, specific topics covered highlight the state of the art research within one of the above sections. The organization of the book is designed to provide easy understanding by students as well as professionals interested in advanced ceramic composites. The various sections discuss fundamentals of nature and characteristics of ceramics, processing of ceramics, processing and properties of toughened ceramics, high temperature ceramics, nanoceramics and nanoceramic composites, and bioceramics and biocomposites. Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2011. 2011. 2011 Text 1 online resource (xxvi, 474 pages) : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118037300 eng Advanced Structural Ceramics. Advanced Structural Ceramics.