Exploring advanced ceramic coatings and ultra-high temperature ceramic materials, this issue brings readers up-to-date with important new and emerging findings, materials, and applications. The nineteen papers in this issue originate from two symposia and one focused session held in January 2012, during the 36th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC). With contributions from leading ceramics and materials researchers from around the world, this issue explores the latest advances and key challenges in advanced thermal and environmental coating processing and characterizations, advanced wear corrosion-resistant, nanocomposite, and multi-functional coatings, thermal protection systems, and more.

Exploring advanced ceramic coatings and ultra-high temperature ceramic materials, this issue brings readers up-to-date with important new and emerging findings, materials, and applications. The nineteen papers in this issue originate from two symposia and one focused session held in January 2012, during the 36th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC). With contributions from leading ceramics and materials researchers from around the world, this issue explores the latest advances and key challenges in advanced thermal and environmental coating processing and characterizations, advanced wear corrosion-resistant, nanocomposite, and multi-functional coatings, thermal protection systems, and more.

Preface ixIntroduction xiADVANCED THERMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COATING PROCESSING ANDCHARACTERIZATIONSMultilayered Thermal Barrier Coating Architectures for HighTemperature Applications 3Douglas E. Wolfe, Michael P. Schmitt, Dongming Zhu, Amarendra K.Rai, and Rabi BhattacharyaForeign Object Damage (FOD) Behavior of EB-PVD Thermal BarrierCoatings (TBCs) in Airfoil Components 19Jennifer Wright, D. Calvin Faucett, Matt Ayre, and Sung R.ChoiSolid Particle Erosion of Thermal Spray and Physical VapourDeposition Thermal Barrier Coatings 37F. Cernuschi, C. Guardamagna, L. Lorenzoni, S. Capelli, F.Bossi, R. Vaßen, and K. von NiessenEffect of Hard Thin Film Coatings on Tribochemical Film Behaviorunder Lubricated Sliding Contact 47C. Lorenzo-Martin, O. O. Ajayi, S. Torrel, N. Demas and G. R.FenskeRare Earth Oxides Pyrochlore Compounds by Soft Chemistry57A. Joulia, E. Renard, D. Tchou-Kien, M. Vardelle, and S.RossignolDegradation of (Ni.Pt)AI Coatings by Mixture of Sodium andPotassium Sulfate at 950°C 67Le Zhou, Sriparna Mukherjee, and Yongho SohnOriginal In-Situ Method to Quantify the SiC Active CorrosionRate and Active/Passive Transition in Ar/02 and Ar/H20 Gas Mixturesat Very High Temperatures 77Mathieu Q. Brisebourg, Bernard Boilait, Francis Rebillat, andFrancis TeyssandierSilicon Carbide Nanotube Oxidation at High Temperatures 89Nadia Ahlborg and Dongming ZhuADVANCED WEAR-CORROSION RESISTANT, NANO-COMPOSITE ANDMULTI-FUNCTIONAL COATINGSEvaluations of Multilayer Coatings for Galvanic CorrosionResistance Applications--Oxide and Nitride Coatings on CarbonSteel 101C. Qu, R. Kasica, R. Wei, E. McCarty, J. H. Fan, D. D. Edwards,G. Wynick, L Lin, Y. Liu, R. E. Miller, and X. W. WangAcoustic Field Assisted Drying of Electrophoretically DepositedColloidal Coatings 115Changzheng Ji and Houzheng WuTHERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMSTesting of Candidate Rigid Heat Shield Materials at LHMEL forthe Entry, Descent, and Landing Technology Development Project129Steven Sepka, Matthew Gasch, Robin A. Beck, and SusanWhiteFailure Mechanism of R-Type Temperature Sensor in ExtremeEnvironments 157Hongy Lin and Eric AllainMATERIALS FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTSProtection against Oxydation by CVD or SPS Coatings of HafniumCarbide and Silicon Carbide on Carbon/Carbon Composites 163A. Allemand, Y. Le Petitcorps, O. Szwedek, J. F. Epherre, N.Teneze, and P. DavidProperties of Hot-Pressed Ti2AIN Obtained by SHS Process171L. Chlubny, J. Lis, M. M. Bucko, and D. KataA Comparative Study of Decomposition Kinetics in Max Phases atElevated Temperature 179I. M. Low and W. K. PangThe Hardness of ZrB2 between 1373K and 2273 K 187Jianye Wang, E. Feilden-lrving, Luc J. Vandeperre, and F.GiulianiMicrostructural Analysis of a C/ZrC Composites Produced by MeltInfiltration 197Linhua Zou, Sergey Prikhodko, Timothy Stewart, Brian Williams,and Jenn-Ming YangTECHNOLOGIES FOR INNOVATIVE SURFACE COATINGSInteractions between Amorphous Carbon Coatings and Engine OilAdditives: Prediction of the Friction Behavior using OptimizedArtificial Neural Networks 209Edgar Schulz, Thilo Breitsprecher, Yashar Musayev, StephanTremmel, Tim Hosenfeldt, Sandra Wartzack, and HaraldMeerkammControl of Oxygen Content with Oxygen Gas Introduction inCr(N,0) Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition 225K. Suzuki, T. Endo, T. Fukushima, A. Sato, T. Suzuki, T.Nakayama, H. Suematsu, and K. NiiharaAuthor Index 235