Preparation and characterization of Si3N4/TiC nanocomposite ceramics

Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery Part 2: Nanostructures for Drug Delivery

“…Nanoemulsions are prepared by spontaneous emulsification, high pressure and ultrasonic homogenization 51,73 . Ceramic nanoparticles are produced by template synthesis 74 , hot pressing technique 75 and by controlled hydrolysis in micellar medium 76 .…”

Novel electrically conductive α–β SiAlON/TiCN composites

“…Due to the thermal mismatch effect between the matrix (α matrix = 3.2 × 10 −6 K −1 ) and the TiCN (α particle = 8.6 × 10 −6 K −1 ) along with the presence of TiCN particles, radial residual tensile stresses are believed to be formed. 48 The stress interference stripes in the matrix which resulted during cooling during the sintering process are indicated by the arrows in Fig. 8.…”

Fabrication and characterization of Si3N4 reinforced Al2O3-based ceramic tool materials

“…The excellent intrinsic mechanical, thermal and chemical properties of the ceramic tool materials make them the most promising and competitive tool materials for machining the difficult-to-cut materials such as the hardened steel and nickel based alloys [1,2]. However, the intrinsic brittleness of the Al 2 O 3 ceramics and the characteristics of Si 3 N 4 ceramics (such as the relatively lower hardness, wear resistance and fracture toughness) have limited their applications to be the tool materials [3][4][5].…”