10 years of research on toughness enhancement of structural ceramics by graphene.

Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci

Institute of Ceramics and Glass ICV-CSIC, Kelsen 5, Madrid 28049, Spain.

Published: September 2022

Over the past decade, a new family of ceramic matrix composites has been developed from the incorporation of homogeneously dispersed graphene-based fillers (graphene nanoplatelets/GNP, graphene oxide sheets/rGO or graphene nanoribbons/GNR) into the ceramic matrices. These composites have shown a significant increment of their fracture toughness accompanied by other electrical and thermal functionalities, which make them potentially attractive for a wide range of applications. Here, the main methods for testing the fracture toughness of these composites are described, then the principal observations on the reinforcing mechanisms responsible for this improvement are briefly reviewed, and we discuss the relation with graphene platelets type, morphology and alignment. This article is part of the theme issue 'Nanocracks in nature and industry'.

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