Fabrication and properties of ceramic 1D nanostructures from preceramic polymers: A review

Advances in Applied Ceramics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 188-204

  Vakifahmetoglu, C ^a  

^a Piscataway   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalyst assisted pyrolysis; Electrospinning; One dimensional nanostructures; Polymer derived ceramics; Porous template; Preceramic polymers

Indexed keywords

1D NANOSTRUCTURES; CATALYTIC METALS; CERAMIC CONVERSION; DECOMPOSITION GAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ONE DIMENSIONAL (1D) NANOSTRUCTURES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES; POLYMER DERIVED CERAMICS; POLYMERIC PRECURSORS; POROUS TEMPLATES; PRECERAMIC POLYMER; PROCESSING APPROACH; SYNTHESIS ROUTE;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTROSPINNING; FABRICATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; PYROLYSIS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 79957765004     PISSN: 17436753     EISSN: 17436761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743676111Y.0000000007     Document Type: Review

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