Comparison between carbon nanotube and carbon nanofiber reinforcements in amorphous silicon nitride coatings

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2743-2746

  Kothari, Abhishek K ^a   Jian, Kengqing ^a   Rankin, Janet ^a   Sheldon, Brian W ^a  

^a Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON NITRIDES; FIBER AXES; FIBER PULL-OUT; FRACTURE SURFACES; GRAPHENE LAYERS; GRAPHITIC ORDERING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES; PULL-OUT; TOUGHENING AGENTS;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; AMORPHOUS SILICON; CARBON; CARBON NANOFIBERS; CARBON NITRIDE; FIBER OPTICS; FRACTURE FIXATION; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOFIBERS; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; NITRIDES; NONMETALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 49549116844     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02497.x     Document Type: Article

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