The effect of homogeneously dispersed few-layer graphene on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al2O3 nanocomposites

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 443-451

  Fan, Yuchi ^a   Estili, Mehdi ^b   Igarashi, Ginga ^a   Jiang, Wan ^c   Kawasaki, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Elastic modulus; Grain growth; Graphene; Hardness; Nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION PROCESS; FEW-LAYER GRAPHENE; HARDNESS AND ELASTIC MODULUS; LOW SINTERING TEMPERATURE; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OUT-OF-PLANE DIRECTION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SINTERING TEMPERATURES;

AGGLOMERATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GRAIN GROWTH; HARDNESS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SINTERED ALUMINA; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84887191022     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2013.08.035     Document Type: Article

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