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 |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Nature Portfolio
2017-02-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14425
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