Extraordinary toughening enhancement and flexural strength in Si3N4 composites using graphene sheets

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-169

  Ramirez, Cristina ^a   Miranzo, Pilar ^a   Belmonte, Manuel ^a   Osendi, Maria Isabel ^a   Poza, Pedro ^b   Vega Diaz, Sofia M ^c   Terrones, Mauricio ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE CERÁMICA Y VIDRIO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Center for 2 Dimensional and Layered Materials   (United States)

Author keywords

Graphene; Silicon nitride; Strength, Grain boundaries; Toughness

Indexed keywords

FILLER CONTENTS; FLEXURE STRENGTH; FLEXURE TESTING; GRAPHENE NANOPLATELETS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; INTERFACE CHARACTERISTIC; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; STRENGTH IMPROVEMENTS;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; SILICON; SILICON NITRIDE; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; TOUGHNESS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84887161378     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.08.039     Document Type: Article

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