The durability of thermal barrier coatings is governed by a sequence of crack nucleation,
propagation and coalescence events that accumulate prior to final failure by large scale …

Bone and nacre are the most-known biological hard tissues to materials researchers.
Although highly mineralized, both bone and nacre are amazingly tough and exhibit …

An air plasma spray process has been used to deposit tri-layer environmental barrier
coatings consisting of a silicon bond coat, a mullite inter-diffusion barrier, and a Yb 2 SiO 5 …

Nacre (mother-of-pearl) from mollusc shells is a biologically formed lamellar ceramic. The
inelastic deformation of this material has been experimentally examined, with a focus on …

Materials scientists continue to develop stronger, more versatile ceramics for advanced
technological applications, such as electronic components, fuel cells, engines, sensors …

The inelastic deformation of nacre that leads to its structural robustness has been
characterized in a recent experimental study. This article develops a model for the inelastic …

Fiber‐reinforced ceramic composites achieve high toughness through distributed damage
mechanisms. These mechanisms are dependent on matrix cracks deflecting into fiber/matrix …

Prospects for revolutionary design of future power generation systems are contingent on the
development of durable high‐performance ceramic composites. With recent discoveries in …

A family of oxide fibers, Nextel™ 610 Ceramic Oxide Fiber, Nextel™ 720 Ceramic Oxide
Fiber and a new fiber, Nextel™ 650 Ceramic Oxide Fiber, has been developed specifically …

The use of porous matrices to enable damage tolerance in ceramic composites has
emerged as a new paradigm in high performance materials. This paradigm obviates the …