Waltraud M. Kriven is Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Kriven received her Ph.D. in 1976 in Solid State Chemistry from the University of Adelaide in South Auatralia and her B.Sc. (Honors) and Baccalaureate degrees in Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Biochemistry from the same institute. She is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of phase transformations in inorganic compounds and their applications in structural ceramic composites. She has authored or co-authored over 240 research publications, and fourteen books to date.

• Preface viiIntroduction ixGEOPOLYMERS AND OTHER INORGANIC POLYMERSMetakaolin-Nanosilver as Biocide Agent in Geopolymer 3Jose S. Moya, Belen Cabal, Jesus Sanz, and Ramon TorrecillasParameters That Influence Silica Dissolution in Alkaline Media 13A. Autef, E. Joussein, G. Gasgnier, and S. RossignolHumidity Effects on the Completion of Geopolymerization in Dilute Evaporative Slurries 25Brayden E. Glad and Waltraud M. KrivenThe Effect of Basalt Chopped Fiber Reinforcement on the Mechanical Properties of Potassium Based Geopolymer 31Sean S. Musil, Greg Kutyla and W. M. KrivenCeramicash: A New Ultra Low Cost Chemically Bonded Ceramic Material 43Henry A. Colorado and Jenn-Ming YangChemically Bonded Phosphate Ceramics for Stabilization of High-Sodium Containing Waste Streams 55H. A. Colorado, Roopa Ganga, Dileep SinghCOMPUTATIONAL DESIGN, MODELING, AND SIMULATIONNumerical Simulation of the Temperature and Stress Field Evolution Applied to Spark Plasma Sintering 71J. B. Allen, C. Walters, C. R. Welch, and J. F. PetersAn Integrated Virtual Material Approach for Ceramic Matrix Composites 83G. Couegnat, W. Ros, T. Haurat, C. Germain, E. Martin, and G.L. VignolesA New Anisotropie Constitutive Model for Ceramic Materials Failure 93S. Falco, C. E. J. Dancer, R. I. Todd, and N. PetrinicStudies of Gas-Phase Reactivity during Chemical Vapor Deposition of Boron Carbide 105G. Reinisch, J.-M. Leyssale, S. Patel, G. Chollon, N. Bertrand, C. Descamps, R. Mereau, and G. L. VignolesImage-Based 2D Numerical Modeling of Oxide Formation in Self-Healing CMCS 117V. Drean, G. Perrot, G. Couegnat, M. Ricchiuto, and G. L. VignolesCombining X-Ray Diffraction Contrast Tomography and Mesoscale Grain Growth Simulations in Strontium Titanate: An Integrated Approach for the Investigation of Microstructure Evolution 127Melanie Syha, Michael Bäurer, Wolfgang Rheinheimer, Wolfgang Ludwig, Erik M. Lauridsen, Daniel Weygand, and Peter GumbschCalculation of Growth Stress in Si02 Scales Formed by Oxidation of SiC Fibers 139R. S. HayADVANCED MATERIALSAND PROCESSING FOR PHOTONICS AND ENERGYEffect of Chromium-Doping on the Crystallization and Phase Stability in Anodized Ti02 Nanotubes 151I. M. Low, H. Albetran, V. De La Prida, P. Manurung, and M. lonescuFrontiers in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology and Impact on Society 159J. NarayanTHERMAL MANAGEMENT MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIESMeasurement of Thermal Conductivity of Graphitic Foams 185Kevin Drummond and Khairul AlamExamination of the Interconnectivity of SiC in a Si:SiC Composite System 193A. L. MarshallAuthor Index 201