Single-wall carbon nanotubes as attractive toughening agents in alumina-based nanocomposites

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 38-42

  Zhan, Guo Dong ^a   Kuntz, Joshua D ^a   Wan, Julin ^a   Mukherjee, Amiya K ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; REINFORCEMENT; SINTERING; TENSILE STRENGTH;

STRESS TRANSFER;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CRYSTALLIZATION; MECHANICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES, CARBON; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037266005     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat793     Document Type: Article

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