“…The wide range of successful application of electrophoretic deposition in preparation of CNT reinforced SiO 2 , TiO 2 or MnO 2 ceramic matrix nanocomposites was recently reviewed by Boccaccini et al [10] CNTs have also opened new opportunities to significantly improve the performance of the SiC-based composites for structural applications in future fusion reactor, where high thermal conductivity in combination with high toughness is of outmost importance. Since both, SiC powder and CNTs have highly negative ζ-potential in alkaline region, it is possible to prepare a relatively stable mixed SiC-CNT suspension either in water or in ethanol [9,11]. In the case of long "spaghettilike" CNTs, however, the entanglement of the relatively rigid nanotubes in SiC particles limits the packing density in the composite.…”