Besides the excellent high-temperature mechanical properties, Si3N4 and SiC based ceramics containing insulating or electrically conductive phase are attractive for their tunable dielectric propert...

Electromagnetic properties of Si–C–N based ceramics and composites

Synthesis and electromagnetic characterization of frequency selective radar absorbing materials using carbon nanopowders

In the last two decades, fibre-reinforced SiC ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) have attracted extensive interests. Owing to the designable multi-scale microstructure feature and the tailorable processing methods such as chemical vapour infiltration and polymer derived ceramics, SiC matrix composites attain great potential as multifunctional composites. Through designing the fibre, interphase, matrix and coating, the composite exhibits a multitude of functionalities which are desirable for various technological applications. Besides strengthening and toughening design of CMCs, three inspiring issues of multifunctional CMCs are receiving increasing attention, including crack self-healing, friction self-lubrication, and electromagnetic shielding and absorption, which are the key mechanisms to promote the application of CMCs in hot structures of engines and aerospace vehicles, braking pads/discs, various electronic devices, etc. The present review covers the main mechanisms on strengthening and toughening, cr...

Fibre-reinforced multifunctional SiC matrix composite materials

Silicon carbide nanowires (SiC NWs) reinforced SiOC ceramics were fabricated through in situ growth of SiC NWs in SiOC ceramics by pyrolysis of polysiloxane. SiC NWs were in situ formed by the addition of ferrocene, the content of SiC NWs increased with the increases of annealing temperature and ferrocene content. Due to the formation of SiC NWs in the inter-particle pores of SiOC ceramics, the SiOC particles were bridged by SiC NWs, which led to the increase of electrical conductivity. With the increase of SiC NWs content, the real permittivity and the imaginary permittivity increased from 3.63 and 0.14 to 10.72 and 12.17, respectively, and the minimum reflection coefficient decreased from −1.22 dB to −20.01 dB, demonstrating the SiOC ceramics with SiC NWs had a superior microwave-absorbing ability.

Synthesis and microwave absorption properties of SiC nanowires reinforced SiOC ceramic

Multifunctional broadband microwave absorption of flexible graphene composites

A high-temperature radar absorbing structure: Design, fabrication, and characterization

Dielectric properties of SiC fiber-reinforced SiC matrix composites in the temperature range from 25 to 700 °C at frequencies between 8.2 and 18 GHz

One kind of sandwich structure microwave absorbing structures (SSMASs) derived from Salisbury absorbers is reported. The impedance characteristics of SSMASs are analyzed, and the mechanisms of broadening microwave absorbing bandwidth are interpreted by Smith chart. In order to realize SSMASs, high electrical resistivity SiC fibers with Si–C–O surface layers and low electrical resistivity SiC fibers with pyrocarbon surface layers are employed and analyzed by SEM, XPS, AES and HRTEM. The conductive model of SiC fibers with pyrocarbon layers is built and electrical resistivity simulation is done. The SSMASs are fabricated by employing plain woven SiC fiber fabrics with high and low electrical resistivity as reinforcements of dielectric layers and lossy layer, respectively. The microwave absorbing properties of SSMASs are measured and compared with simulated results. The results show that the experimental and simulated results are in good agreement, the SSMASs have better wideband microwave absorbing properties, and the microwave absorbing bandwidth at reflectivity below −10 dB can reach 11.6 GHz.

Hao Tian

Papers

A high-temperature radar absorbing structure: Design, fabrication, and characterization

Dielectric properties of SiC fiber-reinforced SiC matrix composites in the temperature range from 25 to 700 °C at frequencies between 8.2 and 18 GHz

Design, preparation and microwave absorbing properties of resin matrix composites reinforced by SiC fibers with different electrical properties

Effects of SiC contents on the dielectric properties of SiO2f/SiO2 composites fabricated through a sol-gel process