Ceramic integration and joining technologies : from macro to nanoscale This book joins and integrates ceramics and ceramic based materials in various sectors of technology. A major imperative is to extract scientific information on joining and integration response of real as well as model material systems currently in a developmental stage. This book envisions integration in its broadest sense as a fundamental enabling technology at multiple length scales that span the macro millimeter micrometer and nanometer ranges. Consequently the book addresses integration issues in such diverse areas as space power and propulsion thermoelectric power generation solar energy micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) multi chip modules prosthetic devices and implanted biosensors and stimulators