Chuhui Qin , Hangyu Zhong , Hongli Hu , Zhonglei Kang , Bo-xing Zhang
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Abstract
Hollow ceramic/carbon microspheres (HCCMs) have widespread applications for thermal insulation and ablative resistance materials in aerospace areas, attributed to their multiple advantages such as low density, low thermal conductivity, oxidation and high-temperature resistance. In this work, we fabricated HCCMs with diameters around 18–242 μm by the ultrasonic spray method, using mixed solutions of poly(acrylonitrile) (PAN), polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), and preceramic polymers as starting materials. After optimizing the morphology of HCCMs, we introduced them as fillers into phenolic resin (PR). By adjusting the ratio between HCCMs and PR, the optimal properties were obtained at a loading content of 30 wt% of HCCMs. The density of as-obtained PR composite was 0.70 g/cm3, the thermal conductivity was 0.27 W/(m·K), and the maximum electromagnetic shielding effectiveness was 76.30 dB at the frequency of 8–12 GHz. This work develops a powerful approach to fabricating HCCMs, and demonstrates their typical application as fillers in PR to improve thermal insulation, electromagnetic shielding, and ablative resistance performance.
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Ceramics International covers the science of advanced ceramic materials. The journal encourages contributions that demonstrate how an understanding of the basic chemical and physical phenomena may direct materials design and stimulate ideas for new or improved processing techniques, in order to obtain materials with desired structural features and properties.
Ceramics International covers oxide and non-oxide ceramics, functional glasses, glass ceramics, amorphous inorganic non-metallic materials (and their combinations with metal and organic materials), in the form of particulates, dense or porous bodies, thin/thick films and laminated, graded and composite structures. Process related topics such as ceramic-ceramic joints or joining ceramics with dissimilar materials, as well as surface finishing and conditioning are also covered. Besides traditional processing techniques, manufacturing routes of interest include innovative procedures benefiting from externally applied stresses, electromagnetic fields and energetic beams, as well as top-down and self-assembly nanotechnology approaches. In addition, the journal welcomes submissions on bio-inspired and bio-enabled materials designs, experimentally validated multi scale modelling and simulation for materials design, and the use of the most advanced chemical and physical characterization techniques of structure, properties and behaviour.
Technologically relevant low-dimensional systems are a particular focus of Ceramics International. These include 0, 1 and 2-D nanomaterials (also covering CNTs, graphene and related materials, and diamond-like carbons), their nanocomposites, as well as nano-hybrids and hierarchical multifunctional nanostructures that might integrate molecular, biological and electronic components.