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TABLE <strong>OF</strong> CONTENTS<br />

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................ 1<br />

1.1. Motivation ................................................................................................... 1<br />

1.2. Thesis Objective.......................................................................................... 2<br />

1.3. Thesis Scope ............................................................................................... 3<br />

1.4. Thesis Organization .................................................................................... 3<br />

CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND .......................................................................................... 5<br />

2.1. Materials System ......................................................................................... 5<br />

2.2. Reentrant Structures and Ceramic-Metal Composites ................................ 7<br />

2.3. Solid Freeform Fabrication ....................................................................... 12<br />

2.4. Robocasting............................................................................................... 22<br />

2.5. Binder Removal ........................................................................................ 28<br />

2.6. Sintering .................................................................................................... 31<br />

2.7. Composite Materials ................................................................................. 53<br />

2.8. Functionally Graded Materials ................................................................. 58<br />

2.9. Residual Stress .......................................................................................... 77<br />

CHAPTER 3 AQUEOUS COLLOIDAL FUGITIVE INK .............................................. 79<br />

3.1 Introduction ............................................................................................... 79<br />

3.2 Experimental Section ................................................................................ 81<br />

3.3 Results and Discussion ............................................................................. 87<br />

3.4 Conclusion .............................................................................................. 111<br />

CHAPTER 4 AQUEOUS NICKEL INK ....................................................................... 112<br />

4.1. Introduction ............................................................................................. 112<br />

4.2. Experimental Section .............................................................................. 114<br />

4.3. Results and Discussion ........................................................................... 119<br />

4.4. CONCLUSIONS..................................................................................... 134<br />

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