Application of Ceramic Nanopowders

While nanomaterials are in existence for quite some time in products such as catalysts, carbon black, pigments and other simple oxide nanopowders, in today s developing nanoceramic materials industry the emergence of low-cost, high-volume, novel manufacturing processes offer the chance of complex compositions with a level of precision and a range of properties that were, in the past, either too difficult to achieve or economically not feasible. 

However, in order to achieve commercial use, nanoscale materials must abide by certain characteristic properties, the wide range of which is listed in Table 12.2. 

Barium titanate, strontium titanate and other perovskite ceramics Capacitors, sensors, embedded electronics, security inks 

Alumina, aluminum nitride, silicon carbide Electronic substrates, packaging 

Lead zirconate titanate, lithium titanate Piezoelectric transducers 

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