Engineered nanostructures for multifunctional single-walled carbon nanotube reinforced silicon nitride nanocomposites

Erica L. Corral; Joseph Cesarano; Amit Shyam; Edgar Lara-Curzio; Nelson Bell; John Stuecker; Nicola Perry; Matthew Di Prima; Zuhair Munir; Javier Garay; Enrique V. Barrera

doi:10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02533.x

Engineered nanostructures for multifunctional single-walled carbon nanotube reinforced silicon nitride nanocomposites

Erica L. Corral, Joseph Cesarano, Amit Shyam, Edgar Lara-Curzio, Nelson Bell, John Stuecker, Nicola Perry, Matthew Di Prima, Zuhair Munir, Javier Garay, Enrique V. Barrera

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Colloidal processing was used to make highly dispersed aqueous composite suspensions containing single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and Si ₃N₄ particles. The SWNTs and Si₃N₄ particles were stabilized into composite suspensions using a cationic surfactant at low pH values. Bulk nanocomposites containing 1.0, 2.0, and 6.0 vol% SWNTs were successfully fabricated using rapid prototyping. The survival of SWNTs was detected, using Raman spectroscopy, after high-temperature sintering, up to 1800°C. The nanocomposites have densities up to 97% of the composite theoretical density. The engineered nanostructures reveal an increase in grindability and damage tolerance behavior over the monolithic ceramic. We also observed toughening mechanisms such as SWNT crack bridging and pull-out, indicating that SWNTs have the potential to serve as toughening agents in ceramics. Increased fracture toughness values over the monolithic Si ₃N₄ were observed for the 2.0-vol% SWNT-Si ₃N₄ nanocomposite when a given sintered microstructure was present. We report here the effects of colloidal processing on mechanical behavior of SWNT reinforced nonoxide ceramic nanocomposites.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3129-3137
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume	91
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02533.x
State	Published - Oct 2008

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Materials Chemistry

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Corral, E. L., Cesarano, J., Shyam, A., Lara-Curzio, E., Bell, N., Stuecker, J., Perry, N., Di Prima, M., Munir, Z., Garay, J., & Barrera, E. V. (2008). Engineered nanostructures for multifunctional single-walled carbon nanotube reinforced silicon nitride nanocomposites. Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 91(10), 3129-3137. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02533.x

Corral, EL, Cesarano, J, Shyam, A, Lara-Curzio, E, Bell, N, Stuecker, J, Perry, N, Di Prima, M, Munir, Z, Garay, J & Barrera, EV 2008, 'Engineered nanostructures for multifunctional single-walled carbon nanotube reinforced silicon nitride nanocomposites', Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 91, no. 10, pp. 3129-3137. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1551-2916.2008.02533.x

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