A composite production method includes impregnating a plate-shaped porous inorganic structure and a fibrous inorganic material with a metal while the fibrous inorganic material is arranged to be adjacent to the porous inorganic structure. In the composite structure, first and second phases are adjacent to each other by using a porous inorganic structure having a porous silicon carbide ceramic sintered body and the fibrous inorganic material, the first phase being a phase in which the porous silicon carbide ceramic sintered body is impregnated with the metal, the second phase being a phase in which the fibrous inorganic material is impregnated with the metal, a percentage of the porous silicon carbide ceramic sintered body in the first phase is 50 to 80 volume percent, and a percentage of the fibrous inorganic material in the second phase is 3 to 20 volume percent. A composite is produced by the method.

A composite production method includes impregnating a plate-shaped porous inorganic structure and a fibrous inorganic material with a metal while the fibrous inorganic material is arranged to be adjacent to the porous inorganic structure. In the composite structure, first and second phases are adjacent to each other by using a porous inorganic structure having a porous silicon carbide ceramic sintered body and the fibrous inorganic material, the first phase being a phase in which the porous silicon carbide ceramic sintered body is impregnated with the metal, the second phase being a phase in which the fibrous inorganic material is impregnated with the metal, a percentage of the porous silicon carbide ceramic sintered body in the first phase is 50 to 80 volume percent, and a percentage of the fibrous inorganic material in the second phase is 3 to 20 volume percent. A composite is produced by the method.

Provided is a wavelength conversion member that can reduce strain under stress occurring at the interface between a substrate and a phosphor layer and is therefore less susceptible to breakage during use. The wavelength conversion member 1 comprises a substrate 10 and a phosphor layer 20 bonded on the substrate 10, the phosphor layer 20 including inorganic phosphor powder 22 dispersed in a glass matrix 21. In a temperature range of 30? C. to a setting point of the phosphor layer 20, a relation ?10?10.sup.?7?(?.sub.1??.sub.2)?10?10.sup.?7 (/? C.) is satisfied where ?.sub.1 represents a coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate 10 and ?.sub.2 represents a coefficient of thermal expansion of the phosphor layer 20. The setting point is defined by Tf?(Tf?Tg)/3 (where Tg represents a glass transition point and Tf represents a deformation point).

Provided is a wavelength conversion member that can reduce strain under stress occurring at the interface between a substrate and a phosphor layer and is therefore less susceptible to breakage during use. The wavelength conversion member 1 comprises a substrate 10 and a phosphor layer 20 bonded on the substrate 10, the phosphor layer 20 including inorganic phosphor powder 22 dispersed in a glass matrix 21. In a temperature range of 30? C. to a setting point of the phosphor layer 20, a relation ?10?10.sup.?7?(?.sub.1??.sub.2)?10?10.sup.?7 (/? C.) is satisfied where ?.sub.1 represents a coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate 10 and ?.sub.2 represents a coefficient of thermal expansion of the phosphor layer 20. The setting point is defined by Tf?(Tf?Tg)/3 (where Tg represents a glass transition point and Tf represents a deformation point).

A method of producing a ceramic sheet includes: shaping a composition containing a resin and a ceramic material into a sheet-like form through pressure application to perform primary sheet shaping; stacking a plurality of the primary sheet in a thickness direction or performing folding or winding of the primary sheet to obtain a laminate; slicing the laminate at an angle of 45 or less relative to a stacking direction to obtain a secondary sheet; and firing the secondary sheet.

An outer peripheral coating member contains first particles containing titanium oxide, second particles containing zirconium oxide, third particles containing niobium oxide or aluminum oxide, and a dispersion medium. It is preferable for the first particles to have at least two peak values R1 in a distribution of particle sizes of the first particles. One of the peak values R1 is within a range of 1 to 50 nm, and the other peak value R1 is within a range of 100 to 500 nm.

An outer peripheral coating member contains first particles containing titanium oxide, second particles containing zirconium oxide, third particles containing niobium oxide or aluminum oxide, and a dispersion medium. It is preferable for the first particles to have at least two peak values R1 in a distribution of particle sizes of the first particles. One of the peak values R1 is within a range of 1 to 50 nm, and the other peak value R1 is within a range of 100 to 500 nm.

Hybrid composite materials including carbon nanotube sheets and flexible ceramic materials, and methods of making the same are provided herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming a hybrid composite material is provided, the method including: placing a layer of a first flexible ceramic composite on a lay-up tooling surface; applying a sheet of a pre-preg carbon fiber reinforced polymer on the flexible ceramic composite; curing the flexible ceramic composite and the pre-preg carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheet together to form a hybrid composite material; and removing the hybrid composite material from the lay-up tooling surface, wherein the first flexible ceramic composite comprises an exterior surface of the hybrid composite material.

An electroconductive hole plug paste comprising about 60-80 wt % of platinum particles, about 10-20 wt % of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, and about 10-20 wt % of organic vehicle, based upon 100% total weight of the paste, wherein the organic vehicle includes at least one viscosity-modifying component in an amount sufficient to provide the electroconductive hole plug paste with a viscosity of about 800-1,500 kcPs, is provided. A ceramic substrate assembly for an implantable medical device having the electroconductive hole plug paste of the invention, and a method of forming the same, are also provided.

This application provides a 5D ceramic housing structure and a 5D ceramic processing process method, to resolve a problem that long processing time of existing CNC and polishing results in high production costs of a housing of an electronic device and low production efficiency. The method includes: obtaining a raw ceramic material, that is, a ceramic powder; performing casting processing on the raw ceramic material to obtain a to-be-sintered green-state ceramic sheet; performing flat ceramic sheet pre-sintering on the green-state ceramic sheet to obtain a sintered product with a shrinkage rate of 18% to 23%; performing 5D heat-bend forming on the sintered product, to enable the sintered product to be further crystallized and deformed by heating to form a ceramic housing; performing fiber adhesion on the ceramic housing; and forming a 5D ceramic housing structure.