Ceramic Whiskers Synthesis and Application to Composites

提出了一种制备陶瓷晶须的新工艺， 美国国家科学基金会小说研究加速奖 该过程可以形成两种 碳化硅和氮化硅晶须。 这些胡须可以 与其他材料结合，导致 材料强度和韧性，从而导致 生产更好的产品的能力。 这个奖项是为了 允许研究进一步发展程序，使其成为一个 可以被工业采用。 将尝试使用 所得到的复合材料在几种应用中，例如，金属 切割工具，并展示其在工业中的使用。

A new process was developed for creation of ceramic whiskers, using an NSF Expedited Award for Novel Research. The process can form both silicon carbide and silicon nitride whiskers. These whiskers can be incorporated into other materials and result in large increases in the strength and toughness of that material, thus leading to the ability to produce better manufactured products. This award is to allow research to develop the procedure further to make it one that can be adopted by industry. Attempts will be made to use the resulting composite materials in several applications, e.g., metal cutting tools, and to demonstrate their use in industry.