Embodiments of the invention include silica fiber compositions useful for treatment of animal wounds and tissue, as well as for other applications in industry. The fiber compositions may be formed via electrospinning of a sol gel produced with a silicon alkoxide reagent, such as tetraethyl ortho silicate, alcohol solvent, and an acid catalyst.

A titania porous body is entirely formed of titania. The titania porous body includes a titania framework, first pores, and second pores. The titania framework forms a three-dimensional network structure. The first pores are opening portions of the three-dimensional structure. The second pores are disposed in a surface of the titania framework. Such a titania porous body is also referred to as a titania monolith.

A method for preparing metal oxide and ceramic oxide nano- and microparticulate materials is described herein. The method comprises irradiating a precursor material with high energy pulsed-light flashes in an oxygen-containing atmosphere. The precursor materials comprise thin films, fibers, or particles of subnano-, nano-, or microscale dimension, which are composed of metal ions dispersed in an amorphous or partially crystalline polymer matrix in a ratio necessary to form target metal oxide or ceramic oxide when reacted with oxygen (i.e., the precursor material does not include any metal oxide phase). The irradiation of the precursor material in an oxygen-containing atmosphere decomposes and removes the polymers and anions from the precursor, and also oxidizes the metal ions within the precursor materials to form metal oxide or ceramic oxide particulates.

A method of obtaining a nickel zinc cobalt spinet ferrite in ceramic form that includes the following: obtaining a precipitate (1) of iron, nickel, zinc, and cobalt hydroxides by co-precipitation, rinsing the precipitate (2), drying and grinding (3) the rinsed precipitate in order to obtain a powder; forming (4) into a compact by pressing the powder, and sintering (5) the compact. The sintering (5) includes a progressive temperature rise of 2° C. to 4° C. per minute, from an ambient temperature to reach a maximum temperature comprised between 950° C. and 1.010° C., maintaining at the maximum temperature for forty-five minutes to three hours, a progressive fall in temperature of 2° C. to 4° C. per minute to reach ambient temperature. The foregoing and, in particular, the sintering, enable a material to be obtained that is particularly well-adapted to the manufacture of an antenna configured for frequencies less than one gigahertz.

An object is to provide metal element-having ceramic continuous fibers suitable for use in the production of highly heat-resistant CMCs, and a CMC made therewith. The ceramic continuous fibers comprise ceramic continuous fibers and at least one metal element therein, with the concentration by mass of the metal element being 10 ppm or more and 1000 ppm or less.

The present invention is directed toward an additive manufacturing method for manufacturing silica-based structures that have a low linear cure shrinkage percentage and an ultra-low coefficient of thermal expansion. The structure may be constructed with a powder mixture that contains at least a first set of silica-based particles that are spherical and that have a first size, and a second set of submicron silica-based particles that are jagged, spherical, or both jagged and spherical. The silica-based powder mixture may be combined with a surfactant in order to create a slurry that can be used to create a 3D printed structure that has a low linear cure shrinkage percentage and an ultra-low coefficient of thermal expansion.

A polycrystalline YAG sintered body, wherein, when dimensions of a smallest rectangular solid surrounding a YAG sintered body are A mm×B mm×C mm, a maximum value (A, B, C) is 150 mm or less, a minimum value (A, B, C) is more than 20 mm and 40 mm or less, and an optical loss coefficient when light of a wavelength of 300 to 1500 nm (excluding wavelengths which result in absorption of light by an additive element) is transmitted therethrough is 0.002 cm.sup.−1 or less. Moreover, a polycrystalline YAG sintered body, wherein, when dimensions of a smallest rectangular solid surrounding a YAG sintered body are A mm×B mm×C mm, a maximum value (A, B, C) is more than 150 mm and 300 mm or less, a minimum value (A, B, C) is more than 5 mm and 40 mm or less, and an optical loss coefficient when light of a wavelength of 300 to 1500 nm (excluding wavelengths which result in absorption of light by an additive element) is transmitted therethrough is 0.002 cm.sup.−1 or less. An object of an embodiment of the present invention is to provide a large and transparent polycrystalline YAG sintered body and its production method.

An electrolyte according to the present disclosure contains a lithium composite metal oxide represented by the following compositional formula.
Li.sub.7-xLa.sub.3(Zr.sub.2-xA.sub.x)O.sub.12-yF.sub.y
In the formula, 0.1≤x≤1.0, 0.0<y≤1.0, and A represents two or more types of Ta, Nb, and Sb.

A sodium niobate-barium titanate-based coating liquid composition including: (a) a sol-gel raw material containing (i) a niobium component, such as a niobium alkoxide, (ii) a sodium component, such as a sodium alkoxide, (iii) a titanium component, such as a titanium alkoxide, and (iv) a barium component, such as a barium alkoxide; and (b) a compound including at least one kind selected from the group consisting of a β-ketoester compound and a β-diketone compound represented by the following formula (1): ##STR00001## where R.sub.1 represents an alkyl group having 1 or more to 6 or less carbon atoms.

A catalyst-free synthesis method for the formation of a metalorganic compound comprising a desired (first) metal may include, for example, selecting another (second) metal and an organic solvent, with the second metal being selected to (i) be more reactive with respect to the organic solvent than the first metal and (ii) form, upon exposure of the second metal to the organic solvent, a reaction by-product that is more soluble in the organic solvent than the metalorganic compound. An alloy comprising the first metal and the second metal may be first produced (e.g., formed or otherwise obtained) and then treated with the organic solvent in a liquid phase or a vapor phase to form a mixture comprising (i) the reaction by-product comprising the second metal and (ii) the metalorganic compound comprising the first metal. The metalorganic compound may then be separated from the mixture in the form of a solid.