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Carbon‐Nanotube‐Reinforced Polymer‐Derived Ceramic Composites
Author(s) -
An L.,
Xu W.,
Rajagopalan S.,
Wang C.,
Wang H.,
Fan Y.,
Zhang L.,
Jiang D.,
Kapat J.,
Chow L.,
Guo B.,
Liang J.,
Vaidyanathan R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200306241
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , ceramic , carbon nanotube , ceramic matrix composite , carbon nanotube metal matrix composites , composite number , polymer , nanotube , matrix (chemical analysis)
Fully dense ceramic–carbon‐nanotube composites with homogeneously distributed multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) (see Figure; inset shows a single MWCNT) have been synthesized by a unique method, which uses a polymer‐derived ceramic as the composite matrix. Composites with an MWCNT fraction of 6.4 vol.‐% had significantly increased Young's moduli, hardness, and damage resistance, compared to the values for the pure ceramic matrix.