title: Carbon nanotube reinforced ceramic composites and their performance.
abstract: Carbon nanotubes are considered as excellent reinforcements for improving the properties of ceramic composites. This paper reviews the reported techniques for the preparation of various ceramic coated CNTs, CNT-ceramic composites, CNT-ceramic composite coatings, etc. It is noted that a wide range of techniques have been used to fabricate these composites. Their characterisation has revealed that considerable improvements in electrical/thermal properties can be achieved, but only a few studies have demonstrated significant improvements in macro-scale mechanical properties of ceramics such as fracture toughness.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Advanced Materials Technology, The University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Arsecularatne
authors.forename: Liangchi C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D002516:Ceramics / Q000737:chemistry*; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry; D053761:Nanocomposites / Q000737:chemistry*; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D011108:Polymers