Synthesis of zirconia nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes and their potential for enhancing the fracture toughness of alumina ceramics

Composites Part B: Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 1136-1141

  Zhu, Yue Feng ^a,b   Shi, Lei ^a,b   Liang, Ji ^a,b   Hui, David ^c   Lau, Kin tak ^d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNO College of Engineering   (United States)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

A. Alumina; A. Carbon nanotube; A. Zirconia; B. Mechanical property

Indexed keywords

BUILDING MATERIALS; CARBON NANOTUBES; FRACTURE FIXATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ZIRCONIA;

A. ALUMINA; A. CARBON NANOTUBE; A. ZIRCONIA; ALUMINA CERAMICS; B. MECHANICAL PROPERTY; ZIRCONIA NANOPARTICLES;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 49849106323     PISSN: 13598368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compositesb.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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