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 …

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

Materials scientists continue to develop stronger, more versatile ceramics for advanced
technological applications, such as electronic components, fuel cells, engines, sensors …

Manufacturing of bulk ceramic components from materials in the system Si‐Me‐C‐N‐O (Me=
Ti, Cr, V, Mo, Si, B, CrSi2, MoSi2, etc.) from preceramic organosilicon polymers‐such as poly …

This review presents the synthesis, characterization techniques, processing and potential
applications of silicon-based ceramic materials derived from organosilicon polymers. The Si …

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 …

Preceramic polymers, ie, polymers that are converted into ceramics upon heat treatment,
have been successfully used for almost 40 years to give advanced ceramics, especially …

The preparation of ceramic materials from preceramic compounds provides a means for the
synthesis of new materials which cannot be obtained by conventional methods. An example …

Several boron-modified polysilazanes of general type {B [C2H4Si (R) NH] 3} n (C2H4=
CHCH3 or CH2CH2) were synthesized and their thermal behavior studied. In contrast to the …

Materials research is an interdisciplinary field in which engineers and physical scientists
work together. Since the major binary oxides, nitrides, and carbides, which are currently …