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The single-phase nanostructure forsterite powder was successfully synthesized by mechanical activation of talc and magnesium carbonate powder mixture followed by annealing in the presence and absence of ammonium chloride. Mechanical activation was used as an efficient method for the optimization of powder properties by means of combination and uttermost homogenization of the powder mass. Besides, the presence of chlorine ion affected the forsterite formation rate via producing smaller particle size during subsequent annealing which is very important in the case of diffusion-controlled reactions. The single-phase nanostructure forsterite powder with crystallite size of about 36 nm was successfully synthesized by 10 h mechanical activation with subsequent annealing at 1000°C for 1 h. While in the presence of chlorine ion, the single-phase nanostructure forsterite powder with crystallite size of about 20 nm could be obtained by 5 h of mechanical activation with subsequent annealing at 1000°C for 2 min.

Combustion synthesis has emerged as a facile and economically viable technique for the preparation of advanced ceramics, catalysts and nanomaterials. This paper is the report of the investigations carried out on the synthesis of titania–rare-earth mixed oxide pigments: TiCe_1-xPr_xO_4-δ by the solution combustion method and their characterization by X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, reflectance spectral data, thermal analysis and surface area measurements. The synthesized nanopigments exhibit yellow to brick red color with the increase of praseodymium content. The dominant reflectance of these pigments lies above a wavelength of 600 nm. These pigments are found to be promising candidates as ecological pigments because of their high reflectance, lightness and intense coloration.

Design of reproducible, simple and efficient nanofabrication routes has become a frontier topic in the emerging field of nanotechnologies. In this chapter we discuss the "state of the art" of ceramics micro- and nanofabrication techniques. We pay special attention to progress in this field made during the last five years.

In this chapter we will discuss about the progress on the use of lithographic tools to create nanoscale ceramic patterns or the potential of soft lithography to create ceramic structures by means of liquid ceramic precursors. The chapter also describes advances on the use of self-assembly and self organization to achieve nanostructured ceramic surfaces. In the final part, we discuss about the possibility of combining physical vapour deposition with micromolding techniques to obtain nanostructured ceramic subtrates.