Research and Application of Polymer-Derived Ceramics
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 May 2024) | Viewed by 5719
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymer-derived ceramics (PDCs) are a kind of ceramics derived from organic polymers, such as preceramic polymers or ceramic precursors. Generally, preceramic polymers can be shaped using conventional plastic-forming techniques, such as resin transfer molding, injection molding, spinning, etc., and then converted into ceramics with the desired shape and properties via heat treatment in a controlled atmosphere. The composition and structures of ceramic products can be designed by controlling the precursor chemistry and pyrolysis process.
This Special Issue is oriented toward all types of polymer-derived ceramics, innovations in materials, new functions and applications, microstructural tailoring, and the properties (thermal, mechanical, catalytic, electrical, and dielectric properties) of precursors derived from ceramic products (fibers, coatings, films and ceramic matrix composites), as well as studies of the pyrolysis mechanism and process.
Dr. Li Ye
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- preceramic polymers
- polymer-derived ceramics
- ceramic matrix composites
- pyrolysis
- fibers
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