Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- GEOPOLYMERS AND CHEMICALLY BONDED CERAMICS -- Importance of Metakaolin Impurities for Geopolymer Based Synthesis -- Mechanical Strength Development of Geopolymer Binder and the Effect of Quartz Content -- The Role of SiO2 and Al2O3 on the Properties of Geopolymers with and without Calcium -- Synthesis of Thermostable Geopolymer-Type Material from Waste Glass -- The Effect of Curing Conditions on Compression Strength and Porosity of Metakaolin-Based Geopolymers -- Chemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics Subject to Temperatures Up to 1000° C -- Mechanical Properties of Geopolymer Composite Reinforced by Organic or Inorganic Additives -- Evaluation of Geopolymer Concretes at Elevated Temperature -- Basic Research on Geopolymer Gels for Production of Green Binders and Hydrogen Storage -- Mechanical Characteristics of Cotton Fibre Reinforced Geopolymer Composites -- Green Composite: Sodium-Based Geopolymer Reinforced with Chemically Extracted Com Husk Fibers -- Optimization and Characterization of Geopolymer Mortars using Response Surface Methodology -- Evaluation of Graphitic Foam in Thermal Energy Storage Applications -- THERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES -- Q-State Monte Carlo Simulations of Anisotropic Grain Growth in Single Phase Materials -- VIRTUAL MATERIALS (COMPUTATIONAL) DESIGN AND CERAMIC GENOME -- Numerical Calculations of Dynamic Behavior of a Rotating Ceramic Composite with a Self-Healing Fluid -- Explicit Modeling of Crack Initiation and Propagation in the Microstructure of a Ceramic Material Generated with Voronoi Tessellation -- Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation of Cation Diffusion in Low-K Ceramics -- Effective Thermoelastic Properties of C/C Composites Calculated using 3D Unit Cell Presentation of the Microstructure.

Inelastic Design of MMCS with Lamellar Microstructure -- Multi-Scale Modeling of Textile Reinforced Ceramic Composites -- Numerical Estimation of the Infiltrability of Woven CMC Preforms -- Multiscale Extraction of Morphological Features in Woven CMCs -- MATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS: ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURE CERAMICS AND NANOLAMINATED TERNARY CARBIDES AND NITRIDES -- Influence of Precursors Stoichiometry on SHS Synthesis of Ti2AIC Powders -- XRD and TG-DSC Analysis of the Silicon Carbide-Palladium Reaction -- Modelling Damage and Failure in Structural Ceramics at Ultra-High Temperatures -- Influence of Precursor Zirconium Carbide Powders on the Properties of the Spark Plasma Sintered Ceramic Composite Materials -- SECOND ANNUAL GLOBAL YOUNG INVESTIGATOR FORUM -- Dielectric and Piezoelectric Properties of Sr and La CO-Doped PZT Ceramics -- Author Index.