Polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) have been intensively studied for nearly 50 years due to
their unique advantages to producing ceramic fibers, coatings, foams, nanocomposites and …

Lightweight polycrystalline ceramics possess promising physical, chemical, and mechanical
properties, which can be used in a variety of important structural applications. However …

Superhard materials other than diamond and cubic boron nitride have been actively
pursued in the past two decades. Cubic silicon carbide, ie, β‐SiC, is a well‐known hard …

A method for the production of porous SiC-ceramics from finely dispersed starting system
SiO 2–C by means of single-stage carbothermal process involving spark plasma sintering at …

Additive-free SiC ceramics are prepared from polymer-derived powders with Si, C and B
elements homogeneously distributed on the atomic level by rapid hot-pressing at 1750° C …

The leading and trailing edges of turbine airfoils are highly susceptible to impact by foreign
object debris (FOD) entrained in the gas stream of turbine engines. In this study, a narrow …

Abstract Dense SiC-(Ti x Zr 1–x) B 2 composite ceramics were prepared via solid-state spark
plasma sintering (SPS) by controlling the proportion of ZrB 2 (in the range of 5–25 vol%) …

In this study, steel matrix composites were fabricated using 316L/polycarbosilane (PCS)
system via a novel semi powder metallurgy method including solution-assisted wet mixing …

Silicon carbide fiber-reinforced silicon carbide ceramic matrix composites (SiC f/SiC) are
considered as a promising material for aero-engine hot-end structural components. The …

The inherent brittleness of silicon carbide (SiC) poses a significant challenge in concurrently
enhancing its fracture toughness and hardness. While nanostructuring has effectively …