Polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) have been intensively studied for nearly 50 years due to
their unique advantages to producing ceramic fibers, coatings, foams, nanocomposites and …

Since the 1960s, a new class of Si-based advanced ceramics called polymer-derived
ceramics (PDCs) has been widely reported because of their unique capabilities to produce …

Preceramic polymers were proposed over 30 years ago as precursors for the fabrication of
mainly Si‐based advanced ceramics, generally denoted as polymer‐derived ceramics …

Silicon nitride possesses a variety of excellent properties that can be specifically designed
and manufactured for different medical applications. On the one hand, silicon nitride is …

Winzige U-Boote, die durch unsere Adern flitzen-Film und Fiktion haben vorweggenommen,
was in der Realität immer wichtiger wird: die Nanotechnologie, deren Möglichkeiten wir …

CERAMICS based on silicon nitride and carbide are strong and stable at high temperatures,
and are therefore under investigation for the fabrication of motor and turbine parts1–3. But …

The use of composite materials, because of their light weight and high performance, has
increased manifold over the years, starting from aerospace to building applications …

Of late, nanotechnology seems to be rapidly thrusting its applications in all aspects of life
including engineering and medicine. Materials science and engineering has experienced a …

This review highlights the synthesis, processing and properties of non-oxide silicon-based
ceramic materials derived from silazanes and polysilazanes. A comprehensive summary of …

Long term stability of ceramics at high temperatures is one of the great challenges of the
contemporary technology developments. Multi‐component ceramics such as Si–B–C–N …