Using graphene networks to build bioinspired self-monitoring ceramics

Micro- and nanostructures found in nature can be adopted to new uses and materials in engineered composites. Here authors demonstrate large enhancements in toughness and electrical conductivity in a ceramic upon addition of graphene at low (1 volume %) levels.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Olivier T. Picot, Victoria G. Rocha, Claudio Ferraro, Na Ni, Eleonora D’Elia, Sylvain Meille, Jerome Chevalier, Theo Saunders, Ton Peijs, Mike J. Reece, Eduardo Saiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14425