1. Lithium ion–conducting oxide garnets

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. List of contributing authors xiii
5. Part I: High-technology materials
6. 1. Lithium ion–conducting oxide garnets 3
7. 2. Olivine-type battery materials 23
8. 3. Natural and synthetic zeolites 41
9. 4. Microstructure analysis of chalcopyrite-type Cu₂ZnSe₄ and kesterite-type Cu2ZnSnSe4 absorber layers in thin film solar cells 73
10. 5. Surface-engineered silica via plasma polymer deposition 99
11. 6. Crystallographic symmetry analysis in NiTi shape memory alloys 113
12. Part II: Environmental mineralogy
13. 7. Gold, silver, and copper in the geosphere and anthroposphere: can industrial wastewater act as an anthropogenic resource? 137
14. 8. Applied mineralogy for recovery from the accident of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station 153
15. 9. Phosphates as safe containers for radionuclides 171
16. 10. Immobilization of high-level waste calcine (radwaste) in perovskites 197
17. 11. Titanate ceramics for high-level nuclear waste immobilization 223
18. Part III: Biomineralization, biomimetics, and medical mineralogy
19. 12. Patterns of mineral organization in carbonate biological hard materials 245
20. 13. Sea urchin spines as role models for biological design and integrative structures 273
21. 14. Nacre: a biomineral, a natural biomaterial, and a source of bio-inspiration 285
22. 15. Hydroxylapatite coatings: applied mineralogy research in the bioceramics field 301
23. 16. A procedure to apply spectroscopic techniques in the investigation of silica-bearing industrial materials 317
24. About the authors 333
25. Index 339