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Zirconia

Properties, Synthesis, and Applications

  • 1st Edition - October 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Jashanpreet Singh, Satish Kumar
  • Language: English

Zirconia: Properties, Synthesis, and Applications is a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the research in the field of zirconia-based materials. As Zirconia displays a unique… Read more

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Description

Zirconia: Properties, Synthesis, and Applications is a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the research in the field of zirconia-based materials. As Zirconia displays a unique combination of mechanical, thermal, electrical, and optical properties, this book focuses on the growing number of applications of zirconia-based materials, including their usage in biomedical, energy, and environmental applications. In addition to zirconia’s properties, synthesis, and applications, a brief historical introduction is provided, along with future guidance. This book will be of interest to a broad audience, including students, academics, and industrial researchers working in materials science, chemistry, and physics.

Key features

  • Covers a wide range of applications of zirconia-based materials, including catalysis, photocatalysis, energy production and storage, sensors, biomedical applications, and radioprotection, among others
  • Provides the fundamentals of zirconia-based materials and cover synthesis methods, crystal structure, phase transitions, materials properties, surface chemistry, and toxicology
  • Includes nanostructured zirconia-based materials and a discussion of future prospects

Readership

Researchers in materials science, chemistry, and physics

Table of contents

Section 1: Zirconia: Synthesis and properties

1. Zirconia and zirconia-based materials: A brief introduction

2. Properties of zirconia-based materials

3. Radioprotective properties of zirconia

4. Synthesis of zirconia-based materials

Section 2: Applications of zirconia and zirconia-based materials

5. Catalytic applications of zirconia

6. Photocatalytic application of zirconia-based materials

7. Superhydrophobic–superoleophilic fabrics applications of zirconia-based materials

8. Zirconia-based coatings

9. Zirconia-based solid oxide fuel cells

10. Zirconium-based materials for energy storage and fuel recovery

11. Zirconium-based materials in electronics

12. Zirconia nanoparticles for electrochemical sensors.

13. Optical applications of zirconia.

14. Biosensors based on zirconia

15. Biological, biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of zirconia

16. Environmental applications of zirconia

17. Case study on advancement in catalytic and photocatalytic applications of zirconia-based materials

18. Case study on novel superhydrophobic and superoleophilic materials and coatings of zirconia-based materials

19. Case study on zirconia-based solid oxide fuel cells

20. Case study on zirconia-based sensors used in biomedical and electrochemical applications

21. Case study on zirconia based pharmaceutical implants

Section 3: Future of zirconia

22. Effectiveness of zirconia as compared to other metal oxides

23. Challenges, economical aspects, and future perspectives of zirconia

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

JS

Jashanpreet Singh

Jashanpreet Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Chandigarh University, Punjab, India. His areas of research are composites, ceramics, tribology and coatings, numerical simulation, and materials characterization.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chandigarh University, Punjab, India

SK

Satish Kumar

Satish Kumar is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur. His research interests are composites, ceramics, coatings, numerical modelling, rheology, and materials characterization.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, India