Various methods exist to improve the toughness and reduce the sensitivity to the defects in
ceramic materials; however, the bionic laminated ceramics are the most promising ones. In …

With the aim of improving the toughness of ceramic materials, laminated composites have
been successfully developed since Clegg et al.(1990) inserted weak interfaces using very …

Strong and tough ceramic materials are required for many structural applications, however,
these properties tend to be mutually exclusive in many man-made ceramic materials …

Conventional ceria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (Ce-TZP) with modest flexural strength has
rarely been used as compared to yttria-stabilized zirconia, even though it has excellent …

Layered ceramics designed with weak interfaces favour interface delamination, while
laminates with strong interfaces show higher strength and enhanced mechanical reliability …

Mimicking the damage tolerance of biological materials such as nacre has been realised in
textured layered alumina ceramics, showing improved reliability as well as fracture …

A multiscale structural design was innovatively adopted herein to increase the toughness of
monolithic HfB2 ceramics. SiC whiskers (SiCw) and graphene oxide (GO) were used as …

Considering that the ceramic matrix composites are frequently used in high-temperature
applications, it is extremely important to analyze their fracture toughness at high …

Abstract Aluminum titanate (Al 2 TiO 5) materials and aluminum titanate-mullite-zirconium
titanate (Al 2 TiO 5-3Al 2 O 3. 2SiO 2-ZrTiO 4) composite materials were successfully …

Laminated SiC/ZrB2 ceramic was fabricated by roll-compaction and spark plasma sintering
at 1600° C. A maximum fracture toughness of 12.3±0.3 MPam1/2 was measured for the …