TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The composition comprises 65-95 wt.% pure alumina (purity greater than 99.95%) and 5-35 wt.% dopant. The dopant consisting of partially stabilized zirconia (with 5.2 wt.% yttria), iron oxide, chromium oxide and/or titanium oxide.The dispensing needle comprises 80-95 wt.% yttria partially stabilized zirconia and 5-15 wt.% of titania having purity greater than 99.9%, formed using injection molding and sintering and heat treatment, having electrical surface resistivity of 2x107-9x109 ohm/square at 10-100 V of applied voltages.The scissor blades comprise 80-90 wt.% strengthened zirconia and 10-20 wt.% of titania having purity greater than 99.9%, formed using injection molding and sintering and heat treatment, having electrical surface resistivity of 5x106-9x109 ohm/square at 10-100 V of applied voltages.The wire bonding capilliary comprises 80-95 wt.% toughened alumina (purity 99.95%, toughened with 5-25 wt.% partially stabilised zirconia)and 5-20 wt.% of titania having purity greater than 99.9%, formed using injection molding and sintering and heat treatment, having electrical surface resistivity of 6x106-8x109 ohm/square at 10-100 V of applied voltages, which remain unchanged when subjected to service temperatures of 25-500degreesC.The composition for the injection molding of ESD zirconia based ceramic articles comprises 70-85 wt.% partially stabilised zirconium oxide (stabilised with 5.2 wt.% of yttria), 5-25 wt.% aluminum oxide and 10-25 wt.% titanium oxide; or for alumina based articles 65-85 wt.% pure aluminum oxide, 5-25 wt.% of partially stabilised zirconium oxide (stabilised with 5.2 wt.% yttria) and 10-25 wt.% titanium oxide.Preferred Method: The method further comprises subjecting the bodies, before sintering and heat treatment, to solvent or thermal process to remove the binders. Pure alumina is added to strengthen the base zirconia ceramic and the dopant is only a single metal oxide from the group. The partially stabilized zirconia is added to toughen the base alumina ceramic. Following sintering there is heat treatment comprising heating to 1000degreesC in a reducing atmosphere and holding for 1-3 hours before cooling to room temperature, or there is no heat treatment and sintering is carried out under vacuum of 1-10-2 Torr.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The composition comprises 65-95 wt.% pure alumina (purity greater than 99.95%) and 5-35 wt.% dopant. The dopant consisting of partially stabilized zirconia (with 5.2 wt.% yttria), iron oxide, chromium oxide and/or titanium oxide.The dispensing needle comprises 80-95 wt.% yttria partially stabilized zirconia and 5-15 wt.% of titania having purity greater than 99.9%, formed using injection molding and sintering and heat treatment, having electrical surface resistivity of 2x107-9x109 ohm/square at 10-100 V of applied voltages.The scissor blades comprise 80-90 wt.% strengthened zirconia and 10-20 wt.% of titania having purity greater than 99.9%, formed using injection molding and sintering and heat treatment, having electrical surface resistivity of 5x106-9x109 ohm/square at 10-100 V of applied voltages.The wire bonding capilliary comprises 80-95 wt.% toughened alumina (purity 99.95%, toughened with 5-25 wt.% partially stabilised zirconia)and 5-20 wt.% of titania having purity greater than 99.9%, formed using injection molding and sintering and heat treatment, having electrical surface resistivity of 6x106-8x109 ohm/square at 10-100 V of applied voltages, which remain unchanged when subjected to service temperatures of 25-500degreesC.The composition for the injection molding of ESD zirconia based ceramic articles comprises 70-85 wt.% partially stabilised zirconium oxide (stabilised with 5.2 wt.% of yttria), 5-25 wt.% aluminum oxide and 10-25 wt.% titanium oxide; or for alumina based articles 65-85 wt.% pure aluminum oxide, 5-25 wt.% of partially stabilised zirconium oxide (stabilised with 5.2 wt.% yttria) and 10-25 wt.% titanium oxide.Preferred Method: The method further comprises subjecting the bodies, before sintering and heat treatment, to solvent or thermal process to remove the binders. Pure alumina is added to strengthen the base zirconia ceramic and the dopant is only a single metal oxide from the group. The partially stabilized zirconia is added to toughen the base alumina ceramic. Following sintering there is heat treatment comprising heating to 1000degreesC in a reducing atmosphere and holding for 1-3 hours before cooling to room temperature, or there is no heat treatment and sintering is carried out under vacuum of 1-10-2 Torr.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - POLYMERS - Preferred Component: The binder comprises thermally degradable polymers, polyolefin, surfactants and waxes, specifically the polymers are high density polyethylene (HDPE) or ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVA) (40-70 wt.%), the polyolefin comprising peanut oil, vegetable oil, or fish oil (2-10 wt.%), the surfactant being stearic acid (1-5 wt.%), and the waxes are polyethylene wax, paraffin wax, or bee wax (25-50 wt.%). EXAMPLE - Partially stabilized zirconia (80-90 wt.%) (with 5.2 wt.% yttria) and titania powders (10-20 wt.%) were weighed. The two powders were then mixed to achieve a uniform mixture, which was then mixed together with binder system (45-58 vol.%). The binder system was composed of (wt.%) HDPE (30-40), EVA (15-25), oil (2-8), wax (30-40), and stearic acid (1-10). The feedstock produced was applied to the manufacturing of the product via injection molding and sintering. The product was, e.g. a tweezers tip and no machining was required. The sintering was done in air or in a vacuum of 1-10-2 torr or in a reducing atmosphere, heating to 1350-1450degreesC and holding for 2-4 hours followed by controlled cooling down to below 1000degreesC then followed by natural furnace cooling. In sintering in air, a heat treatment was applied to the sintered product to transform the insulating off-white colored ceramic to ESD black-grayish colored product. The heat treatment included heating to 1000degreesC in hydrogen (reducing atmosphere) and holding for 1-3 hours before cooling down naturally also in a hydrogen reducing atmosphere to room temperature. In sintering in a vacuum or in a reducing atmosphere, the after treatment was not required. The electrical surface resistivity of this product was measured to be 5x107-8x108 ohm/square. The static decay time was measured to be below 0.5 sec from plus minus 1000-plus minus 10V, and the discharge current at 500V was below 6 mA.