Imperial College London
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Professor Saiz

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Materials

Chair in Structural Ceramics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 6779e.saiz

 
 
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Location

 

LM04.BRoyal School of MinesSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Saiz:2017:10.1038/ncomms14425,
author = {Saiz, Gutierrez E and Picot, O and Ferraro, C and Garcia, Rocha V and Ni, N and D'Elia, E and Meille, S and Chevalier, J and Saunders, T and Peijs, T and Reece, MJ},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms14425},
journal = {Nature Communications},
title = {Using graphene networks to build bioinspired self-monitoring ceramics},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14425},
volume = {8},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The properties of graphene open new opportunities for the fabrication of composites exhibiting unique structural and functional capabilities. However, to achieve this goal we should build materials with carefully designed architectures. Here, we describe the fabrication of ceramic-graphene composites by combining graphene foams with pre-ceramic polymers and spark plasma sintering. The result is a material containing an interconnected, microscopic network of very thin (20–30 nm), electrically conductive, carbon interfaces. This network generates electrical conductivities up to two orders of magnitude higher than those of other ceramics with similar graphene or carbon nanotube contents and can be used to monitor ‘in situ’ structural integrity. In addition, it directs crack propagation, promoting stable crack growth and increasing the fracture resistance by an order of magnitude. These results demonstrate that the rational integration of nanomaterials could be a fruitful path towards building composites combining unique mechanical and functional performances.
AU  - Saiz,Gutierrez E
AU  - Picot,O
AU  - Ferraro,C
AU  - Garcia,Rocha V
AU  - Ni,N
AU  - D'Elia,E
AU  - Meille,S
AU  - Chevalier,J
AU  - Saunders,T
AU  - Peijs,T
AU  - Reece,MJ
DO  - 10.1038/ncomms14425
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 2041-1723
TI  - Using graphene networks to build bioinspired self-monitoring ceramics
T2  - Nature Communications
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14425
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/43628
VL  - 8
ER  -
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