title: Unveil the Size-Dependent Mechanical Behaviors of Individual CNT/SiC Composite Nanofibers by In Situ Tensile Tests in SEM.
abstract: In situ quantitative tensile tests of individual carbon nanotube (CNT)/SiC core-shell nanofibers are carried out in both a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and a transmission electron microscope (TEM). The incorporation of CNTs into a SiC matrix led to improved elastic modulus and fracture strength of the CNT/SiC nanofibers as compared to SiC alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Yingchao
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Weibing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hacopian
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Pei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Anqi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: SDU & Rice Joint Lab for Carbon Nanomaterials, Key Laboratory for Liquid-Solid Structural Evolution & Processing of Materials (Ministry of Education), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250061, China.
authors.forename: Lijie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ci
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lou
keywords: SEM; TEM; nanofibers; tensile tests