title: Ceramic Nanocomposites from Tailor-Made Preceramic Polymers.
abstract: The present Review addresses current developments related to polymer-derived ceramic nanocomposites (PDC-NCs). Different classes of preceramic polymers are briefly introduced and their conversion into ceramic materials with adjustable phase compositions and microstructures is presented. Emphasis is set on discussing the intimate relationship between the chemistry and structural architecture of the precursor and the structural features and properties of the resulting ceramic nanocomposites. Various structural and functional properties of silicon-containing ceramic nanocomposites as well as different preparative strategies to achieve nano-scaled PDC-NC-based ordered structures are highlighted, based on selected ceramic nanocomposite systems. Furthermore, prospective applications of the PDC-NCs such as high-temperature stable materials for thermal protection systems, membranes for hot gas separation purposes, materials for heterogeneous catalysis, nano-confinement materials for hydrogen storage applications as well as anode materials for secondary ion batteries are introduced and discussed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Materialwissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Jovanka-Bontschits-Strasse 2, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany. mera@materials.tu-darmstadt.de.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mera
authors.affiliation: Ernst-Berl-Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 4, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany. m.gallei@mc.tu-darmstadt.de.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallei
authors.affiliation: Institut Européen des Membranes (UMR 5635-CNRS/ENSCM-UM2) CC 047-Place E. Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France. samuel.bernard@univ-montp2.fr.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.affiliation: Institut für Materialwissenschaft, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Jovanka-Bontschits-Strasse 2, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany. ionescu@materials.tu-darmstadt.de.|Department Chemie, Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität zu Köln, Greinstrasse 6, D-50939 Köln, Germany. ionescu@materials.tu-darmstadt.de.
authors.forename: Emanuel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ionescu
keywords: ceramic nanocomposites; metallopolymers; polymer-derived ceramic nanocomposites (PDC-NCs); polymer-to-ceramic conversion; preceramic polymers