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Suppression of α-quartz in montmorillonite–SiOC ceramic nanocomposites with water vapor-assisted pyrolysis

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: We present unreported mechanistic insight into how water vapor-assisted pyrolysis in the presence of MMT hinders SiO 2 crystallization and carbon removal, demonstrating a reversal of water vapor-induced effects in the presence of MMT nanosheets.

Source: Journal of Materials Chemistry A

DOI: 10.1039/d5ta03219a

Authors: Advaith V. Rau, Kathy Lu

Institutions: Virginia Tech, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Language: English

Topic: Advanced ceramic materials synthesis

Subfield: Ceramics and Composites

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: National Science Foundation, Institute for Critical Technologies and Applied Science, Virginia Tech, Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Awards: G2175065608, ISS: Synthesis of Electrically Conductive High-Temperature Composites Under Microgravity and Normal Gravity Conditions, G911591698