Design, syntheses and applications of chemical precursors to advanced ceramic materials in nanostructured forms

Boron-containing poly(vinyl alcohol) as a ceramic precursor

“…Besides the silicon-containing preceramic precursors, more recently there has been an interest in the development and utilization of polymer pyrolysis as low-temperature synthetic routes to non-oxide ceramic materials [10][11][12][13]. Boron carbide (B 4 C), which is a highly refractory ceramic that is of great importance for both structural and electronic applications, is an example of a material of which preparation from a polymer precursor might offer advantages over the traditional ceramic processing techniques.…”

Boron Carbide Nanowires from Castor Oil for Optronic Applications: A Low-Temperature Greener Approach

“…The performance of 1D BC nanostructures is greatly in uenced by the synthesis condition [21]. Several methods, such as template-based synthesis, microwave radiation, chemical vapor deposition, and synthesis using polymer precursors, are available to produce different morphological structures of BC [22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. Zhang et al [29] synthesized BC nanowires using a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition method, and high pure BC NWs are prepared by Ma et al using the thermal evaporation method [30].…”

Synthesis and Ceramic Conversion of a New Organodecaborane Preceramic Polymer with High-Ceramic-Yield

“…In 2000, Sneddon and coworkers [ 5 ] reported a simple and straightforward method for generation of aligned, monodispersed boron carbide nanofibers based on the use of a new single-source molecular precursor. During the past decades, the design of new precursor systems suitable for synthesis of high performance non-oxide ceramics has been a focus of considerable attention [ 6 , 7 , 8 ]. Recently, Costakis Jr. et al [ 9 ] reported on the formation of near-net shape boron carbide specimen by direct ink writing via suspensions of B 4 C solid and polyethlenimine.…”