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Nature Materials 2, 15 - 16 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nmat794
Composite materials: Tougher ceramics with nanotubes
Alain Peigney1
- Alain Peigney is at the Centre Interuniversitaire d'Ingénierie des Matériaux, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France. e-mail: peigney@chimie.ups-tlse.fr
Abstract
Owing to their exceptional stiffness and strength, some of the first materials to use them were reinforced polymer composites. As toughening agents, carbon nanotubes now face a bigger challenge — reinforcing brittle ceramics.
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