JCS-JapanJournal of the Ceramic Society of Japan

vol. 121, no. 1413, May 2013

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■ Papers ■Preparation and evaluation of porous Si3N4 ceramic substratesthat repel Si melt

Hironori ITOH, Hideyuki OKAMURA, Susumu ASANOMA, Kouhei IKEMURA,Masaharu NAKAYAMA and Ryuichi KOMATSU

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Preparation of Li–Co–O film by metal organic chemical vapordeposition

Hirokazu KATSUI, Yuji YAMASHITA, Rong TU and Takashi GOTO

406

Anisotropic sintering behavior of grain-oriented strontiumbarium niobate ceramics

Takuma TAKAHASHI, Satoshi TANAKA, Zenji KATO and Keizo UEMATSU

411

Fabrication of (Zn1−xAlxO)5In2O3 by microwave irradiation andthermoelectric characterization

Tomoyuki ENDO, Jun FUKUSHIMA, Yamato HAYASHI and HirotsuguTAKIZAWA

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Influence of Fe addition to hydroxyapatite by aqueous solutionprocess

Mitsutaka SATO and Atsushi NAKAHIRA

422

A particle-stabilized diatomite foam with a bimodal porestructure

Jang-Hoon HA, Eunji OH, Rizwan AHMAD and In-Hyuck SONG

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Effect of microwave sintering on the microstructure andpiezoelectric properties of ZnO-doped Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 ceramics

Hsin-Ying CHIANG, Ying-Chieh LEE and Teoh Lay GAIK

430

Fabrication of fairly efficient solid state dye-sensitized solar cellswith a dense blocking layer

Sho IGARASHI, Hitoshi SAKAMOTO, Kazuma NIUME, Yuji TANAKA, RyoTAMAKI, Shohei ODU and Masayuki NAGAI

437

Synthesis and characterization of Cu-doped LiFePO4 with/without carbon coating for cathode of lithium-ion batteries

Cesario AJPI, Giovana DIAZ, Heidy VISBAL and Kazuyuki HIRAO

441

Effect of compositional ratio of cobalt to calcium on crystalphase and thermoelectric properties of oxide thermoelectricmaterial composed of sintered Ca3Co4O9/Ca3Co2O6 mixture

Masahiro TAHASHI, Kiyoshi OGAWA, Makoto TAKAHASHI and HideoGOTO

444

Direct bonding of AlN and graphite by spark plasma sintering

Tomoyuki OKUNI, Yoshinari MIYAMOTO, Hiroya ABE and Makio NAITO

448

■ Technical report ■Influence of P2O5/TeO2 composition ratio on the physicalproperties of V2O5–P2O5–TeO2 glasses for lead-free low-temperature sealing

Takashi NAITO, Akifumi MATSUDA, Daishi SHIOJIRI, Takuya AOYAGI,Yuichi SAWAI, Tadashi FUJIEDA, Shinichi TACHIZONO, Kei YOSHIMURA,Yuji HASHIBA and Mamoru YOSHIMOTO

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■ Notes ■Effect of AlN addition on spatial uniform distribution of Er3+-doped CaF2 nanocrystals in oxyfluoride glass-ceramics

Kenji SHINOZAKI, Tsuyoshi HONMA and Takayuki KOMATSU

457

Reaction mechanism for the ammonolysis of ¢-gallium oxide togallium nitride

Woo-Sik JUNG

460

Effect of potassium agents at activated carbon fabricated fromrice husks on pore structure and hydrogen storage property

Ikumi TODA, Hiroe TODA, Hiroki AKASAKA, Shigeo OHSHIO, Shuji HIMENOand Hidetoshi SAITOH

464

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■ Express letter ■Homoepitaxial growth of ¡-Al2O3 thin films on atomicallystepped sapphire substrates by pulsed laser deposition at room-temperature

Daishi SHIOJIRI, Ryosuke YAMAUCHI, Satoru KANEKO, Akifumi MATSUDAand Mamoru YOSHIMOTO

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■ Announcement ■Call for papersAdvanced Bio-Ceramics Science and Technology for LifeInnovation

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