**Meet the editor**

Dr. Uday M. Basheer Al-Naib is a senior lecturer at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM). He held a postdoctoral associate position at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) between 2013 and 2014. He received his PhD degree in Materials Engineering from USM in 2013. He obtained his BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering from the University of Baghdad and University of Technology,

Iraq, respectively. He has over 25 years of academic and practical experience in the field of ceramic and metal composites, advanced ceramics, porous ceramics, ceramic-metal joining, materials characterizations, ceramic insulators, ceramic membranes, and thermoelectric and ceramic coating. He was recognized at the practical level of solving specific problems in ceramic industries. This was evident when he published his research work with different publishers and in international material engineering journals with high impact factors. Currently, he supervises five international PhDs and three masters by research students related with different fields of materials engineering.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Porous Ceramic 1** Uday M. Basheer Al-Naib

Takeshi Yabutsuka

Xiaojian Mao

**Detection 49**

Polanco Piñerez

**and Properties 77** Tamara Ivetić

**Nanosized Ferrites 97**

Sijo A. K.

Chapter 3 **Processing of Ceramic Foams 31**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: A Brief Introduction to**

Chapter 4 **Porous Ceramic Sensors: Hydrocarbon Gas Leaks**

Chapter 2 **Biomimetic Porous Bone-Like Apatite Coatings on Metals, Organic Polymers and Microparticles 11**

Chapter 5 **Zinc-Tin-Oxide-Based Porous Ceramics: Structure, Preparation**

Chapter 6 **Tailoring of the Magnetic and Structural Properties of**

Chapter 7 **Microwave Plasmas as a Processing Tool for Tailoring the Surface Properties of Ceramic Coatings 109**

Chapter 8 **Preparation and Numerical Modelling of Ceramic Foam Insulation for Energy Saving in Buildings 129**

Ru Ji, Xidong Wang and Yang He

Emmanuel J. Ekoi, Muhammad Awais and Denis P. Dowling

Yibran A. Perera-Mercado, Griselda Castruita-de Leon and Geanette
