This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the Advanced Ceramic Coatings for Structural, Environmental, and Functional Applications and Materials for Extreme Environments symposia on topics such as Coatings to Resist Wear, Erosion and Tribological Loadings; Environmental Barrier Coatings; Functionally Graded Coatings and Interfaces; Thermal Barrier Coatings; and Ultrahigh Temperature Ceramics and Nanolaminated Ternary Carbides and Nitrides (MAX Phases).Preface ix
Introduction xi
ADVANCED COATING CHARCTERIZATION METHODSAND NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION
Monitoring Delamination of Thermal Barrier Coatings during Interrupted High-Heat-Flux Laser Testing using Upconversion Luminescence Imaging 3
Jeffrey I. Eldridge and Dongming Zhu, and Douglas E. Wolfe
Thermal Imaging Measurement Accuracy for Thermal Properties of Thermal Barrier Coatings 15
J. G. Sun
ADVANCED COATING PROCESSING AND NANOSTRUCTURED COATING SYSTEMS
High Velocity Suspension Flame Sprayed (HVSFS) Hydroxyapatite Coatings for Biomedical Applications 25
N. Stiegler, R. Gadow, and A. Killinger
COATINGS TO RESIST WEAR, EROSION, AND TRIBOLOGICAL LOADINGS
Ceramic/Metal-Polymer Multilayered Coatings for Tribological Applications Under Dry Sliding Conditions 39
A. Rempp, M. Widmann, P. Guth, A. Killinger, and R. Gadow
Application of HVOF for High Performance Cylinder Liner Coatings 51
A. Manzat, A. Killinger, and R. Gadow
Multilayer Coatings for AnlĂ(