Graphene nanosheet/titanium carbide composites of a fine-grained structure and improved mechanical properties

被引:47
作者
Liu, Xia [1 ]
Li, Jianlin [2 ]
Yu, Xiaowei [1 ]
Fan, Hongwei [1 ]
Wang, Qing [1 ]
Yan, Shan [1 ]
Wang, Lianjun [1 ]
Jiang, Wan [1 ]
机构
[1] Donghua Univ, Coll Mat Sci & Engn, State Key Lab Modificat Chem Fibers & Polymer Mat, Shanghai 201620, Peoples R China
[2] Hainan Univ, Sch Mat & Chem Engn, Haikou 570228, Peoples R China
关键词
Grain boundaries; Mechanical properties; Graphene; Titanium carbide; FRACTURE-TOUGHNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SIZE; FABRICATION; STRENGTH;
D O I
10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.08.071
中图分类号
TQ174 [陶瓷工业]; TB3 [工程材料学];
学科分类号
0805 ; 080502 ;
摘要
Dense graphene nanosheets (GNSs)/titanium carbide (TiC) composites have been produced from graphene oxide (G0)1TiC composite powders by spark plasma sintering. It is unexpected to observe that an introduction of 1.0 vol% GNSs from GO completely stops TiC grain growth by pinning their grain boundaries and densification is completed under the confinement of the flexible GNSs. Such a mechanism assumedly comes from the ultra-thin structure of GNSs, which indicates a crucial role GNSs may play in ceramic processing and has not been reported previously. Compared with monolithic TiC, the flexural strength of GNSs/TiC composites is significantly improved as a result of the refinement of matrix grains and excellent strength of GNSs, while the fracture toughness is enhanced due mainly to crack deflection, GNSs bridging and pull-out. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd and Techna Group S.r.l. All rights reserved.
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页码:165 / 172
页数:8
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