part SECTION I: Powder Synthesis and Characterization -- chapter 1 Hydrothermal Synthesis of Ceramic Oxide Powders -- chapter 2 Solvothermal Synthesis -- chapter 3 Mechanochemical Synthesis of Ceramics -- chapter 4 Cryochemical Synthesis of Materials -- chapter 5 Environmentally Benign Approach to Synthesis of Titanium-Based Oxides by Use of Water-Soluble Titanium Complex -- chapter 6 Peroxoniobium-Mediated Route toward the Low-Temperature Synthesis of Alkali Metal Niobates Free from Organics and Chlorides -- chapter 7 Synthesis and Modification of Submicron Barium Titanate Powders -- chapter 8 Magnetic Particles: Synthesis and Characterization -- chapter 9 Synthesis and Surface Modification of Zinc Sulfide-Based Phosphors -- chapter 10 Characterization of Fine Dry Powders -- part SECTION II: Powder Processing at Nanoscale -- chapter 11 Theory and Applications of Colloidal Processing -- chapter 12 Nano/microstructure and Property Control of Single and Multiphase Materials -- chapter 13 Nanocomposite Materials -- chapter 14 Molecular Engineering Route to Two Dimensional Heterostructural Nanohybrid Materials -- chapter 15 Nanoceramic Particulates for Chemical Mechanical Planarization in the Ultra Large Scale Integration Fabrication Process -- part SECTION III: Sol-Gel Processing -- chapter 16 Chemical Control of Defect Formation During Spin-Coating of Sol-Gels -- chapter 17 Preparation and Properties of SiO[sub(2)] Thin Films by the Sol-Gel Method Using Photoirradiation and Its Application to Surface Coating for Display -- part SECTION IV: Ceramics Via Polymers -- chapter 18 Organosilicon Polymers as Precursors for Ceramics -- chapter 19 Polymer Pyrolysis -- part SECTION V: Processing of Specialty Ceramics -- chapter 20 Chemical Vapor Deposition of Ceramics -- chapter 21 Ceramic Photonic Crystals: Materials, Synthesis, and Applications -- chapter 22 Tailoring Dielectric Properties of Perovskite Ceramics at Microwave Frequencies -- chapter 23 Synthesis and Processing of High-Temperature Superconductors -- chapter 24 Synthesis of Bone-Like Hydroxyapatite/Collagen Self-Organized Nanocomposites -- chapter 25 Ceramic Membrane Processing: New Approaches in Design and Applications -- chapter 26 Ceramic Materials for Lithium-Ion Battery Applications -- chapter 27 Chemical Solution Deposition of Ferroelectric Thin Films.