title: Utilization of multiwalled boron nitride nanotubes for the reinforcement of lightweight aluminum ribbons.
abstract: Multiwalled boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) have very attractive mechanical and thermal properties, e.g., elasticity, tensile strength, and high resistance to oxidation, and may be considered as ideal reinforcing agents in lightweight metal matrix composites. Herein, for the first time, Al-BNNT ribbons with various BNNT contents (up to 3 wt.%) were fabricated via melt spinning in an argon atmosphere. BNNTs were randomly dispersed within a microcrystalline Al matrix under ribbon casting and led to more than doubling of room-temperature ultimate tensile strength of the composites compared to pure Al ribbons produced at the similar conditions.
authors.affiliation: World Premier International (WPI) Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0044, Japan. GOLBERG.Dmitri@nims.go.jp.
authors.forename: Maho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pakdel
authors.forename: Chunyi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhi
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bando
authors.forename: Dai-Ming
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Konstantin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Faerstein
authors.forename: Dmitry
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shtansky
authors.forename: Dmitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Golberg