Technical Ceramics Group

Protective coatings and multifunctional ceramic composites containing carbon nanostructures

Recent Relevant Publications Of The Group

  • M. Belmonte, J. Gonzalez-Julian, P. Miranzo, M.I. Osendi Continuous in situ Functionally Graded Silicon Nitride Materials. Acta. Mater. 57 2607-2612 (2009).
  • M. Belmonte, J. Gónzalez-Julián, P.Miranzo, M. I.Osendi Spark Plasma Sintering: a powerful tool to develop new silicon nitride-based materials. J. Europ. Ceram. Soc., 30 2937-2946 (2010).
  • J. Gonzalez-Julian, J. Schneider, P. Miranzo, M.I. Osendi , M. Belmonte Enhanced tribological performance of silicon nitride-based materials by adding carbon nanotubes. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 94 2542-2548 (2011).
  • J. Gonzalez-Julian, P. Miranzo, M. I. Osendi, M. Belmonte Carbon nanotubes functionalization process for developing ceramic matrix nanocomposites. J. Mater. Chem., 21 6063-6071 (2011) .
  • J. González-Julián, Y. Iglesias, A. C. Caballero, M. Belmonte, L. Garzón, C. Ocal, P. Miranzo, M. I. Osendi Multi-scale electrical response of silicon nitride/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composites. Comp. Sci. & Techn. 71 60-66 (2011).
  • E. Garcia, J. Mesquita-Guimaraes, P. Miranzo, M.I. Osendi, C.V. Cojocaru, Y. Wang, C. Moreau, R.S. Lima Phase composition and microstructural responses of graded mullite/YSZ coatings under water vapor environments. J. Therm. Spr. Technol., 20 83-91 (2011).
  • E. Garcia, J. Mesquita-Guimarães, P. Miranzo, M.I. Osendi Porous mullite and mullite–ZrO2 granules for thermal spraying applications. Surf. & Coat. Techn., 205 4304–4311 (2011).
  • C. Ramirez, L. Garzón, P. Miranzo, M. I. Osendi, C. Ocal Electrical conductivity maps in graphene nanoplatelet/silicon nitride composites using conducting scanning force microscopy. Carbon, 49 3873-3880 (2011).
  • O. Malek, J. Gonzalez-Julian, J. Vleugels, W.Vanderauwera, B. Lauwers, M. Belmonte Carbon nanofillers for machining insulating ceramics. Materials Today, 14 496-501 (2011).
  • C. Ramirez, F. M. Figueiredo, P. Miranzo, M. I. Osendi Anisotropic graphene nanoplatelet/silicon nitride composites with high electrical conductivity. Carbon, 50 3607-3615 (2012) .
  • P. Miranzo, E. Garcia ,, C. Ramirez, J. Gonzalez-Julian, M. Belmonte, M. I. Osendi Anisotropic thermal conductivity of siliocnnitride ceramis containing carbonnanostructures. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. , 32 1847-1854 (2012).
  • K. Cai, B. Román, J. E. Smay, J. Zhou, M.I. Osendi, M. Belmonte, P. Miranzo Geometrically Complex Silicon Carbide Structures Fabricated by Robocasting. J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 95 [8] 2660-2666 (2012).
  • H. Seiner, P. Sedlak, L. Bodnarova, A. Kruisova, M. Landa, A. de Pablos, M. Belmonte, Sensitivity of the resonant ultrasound spectroscopy to weak gradients of elastic properties, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 131 [5] 3775-3785 (2012). 
  • H. Seiner, P. Sedlak, M. Koller, M. Landa, C. Ramirez, M.I. Osendi, M. Belmonte, Anisotropic elastic moduli and internal friction of graphene nanoplatelets/silicon nitride composites, Comp. Sci. Technol. 75 93-97 (2013). 
  • J. Mesquita-Guimarães, E. García, P. Miranzo, M. I. Osendi, C. V. Cojocaru and R. S. Lima. Mullite-YSZ multilayered Environmental Barrier Coatings tested in isothermal and cycling conditions under water vapour atmosphere. Surf.& Coat Technol., 209 103-109 (2012).
  • C. Ramirez, M. I. Osendi. Characterization of graphene nanoplatelets-Si3N4 composites by Raman spectroscopy. J. Europ. Ceram. Soc., 33 471-477 (2013).
  • C. Ramírez, S.M. Vega-Diaz, A. Morelos-Gómez, F. M. Figueiredo, M. Terrones, M. I. Osendi, M. Belmonte, P. Miranzo. Synthesis of conducting graphene/Si3N4 composites by spark plasma sintering. Carbon, 57 425–432 (2013). DOI.
  • E. García, P. Miranzo, and M.I. Osendi.  The Prospect of Y2SiO5-Based Materials as Protective Layer in Environmental Barrier Coatings. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology22 [5] 680-689 (2013). DOI.
  • P. Miranzo, C. Ramirez, B. Román, L. Garzon, H. R. Gutierrez, M. Terrones, C. Ocal, M.I. Osendi, M. Belmonte. In situ processing of electrically conducting graphene/SiC nanocomposites. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 33 [10] 1665-1674 (2013).
  • M. Belmonte, C, Ramirez, J. Gonzalez-Julian, J. Schneider, P. Miranzo, M.I. Osendi. The beneficial effect of graphene nanofillers on the tribological performance of ceramics. Carbon 61 431-435 (2013). DOI
  • C. Ramirez,  P. Miranzo, Manuel Belmonte, M. I. Osendi, P. Poza, S. M. Vega-Diaz, M. Terrones. Extraordinary toughening enhancement and flexural strength in Si3N4 composites using graphene sheets. J. Europ. Ceram. Soc, 34 161-169 (2014). DOI
  • D. Mata, A.L. Horovistiz, I. Branco, M. Ferro, N.M. Ferreira, M. Belmonte, M.A. Lopes, R.F. Silva, F.J. Olivei. “Carbon nanotubes-based bioceramic grafts for electrotherapy of bon. Mater. Sci. Eng. C 34 360-368 (2014). DOI
  • M. Belmonte, S. M. Vega-Díaz, A. Morelos-Gómez, P. Miranzo, M. I. Osendi, M. Terrones. “Nitrogen-doped-CNTs/Si3N4 nanocomposites with high electrical conductivity”. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 34 [5] 1097-1104 (2014). DOI
  • B. Román-Manso, E. Sánchez-González, A. L. Ortiz, M. Belmonte, M. I. Osendi, P. Miranzo. “Contact-mechanical properties at pre-creep temperatures of fine-grained graphene/SiC composites prepared in situ by spark-plasma sintering”. J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 34 [5] 1433-1438 (2014). DOI
  • J. Mesquita-Guimarães, E. Garcia, M. I. Osendi, O. Sevecek, R.  Bermejo, Effect of aging on the onset of cracks due to redistribution of residual stresses in functionally graded environmental barrier coatings of mullite/ZrO2. Composites: Part B 61 199–205 (2014). DOI
  • C. Ramirez, M. I Osendi, Toughening in ceramics containing graphene fillers,  Ceramics International 40(2014)11187–11192. DOI
  • J. Gonzalez-Julian, A. Datye, K-H Wu, J. Schneider, M. Belmonte, “Robust and wear resistant in situ carbon nanotubes/Si3N4 nanocomposites with a high loading of nanotubes”, Carbon 72 338-347 (2014)DOI
  • B. Román-Manso, A. de Pablos, M. Belmonte, M. I. Osendi, P. Miranzo, “Microstructural designs of spark plasma sintered silicon carbide ceramic scaffolds”, Bol. Soc. Esp. Ceram. Vidr. 53 [2] 93-100 (2014). DOI
  • C. Pfister, J. Schneider, P. Miranzo, M.I. Osendi, M. Belmonte, “Carbon nanotubes/silicon nitride nanocomposites for gasoline lubricated high pressure pumps”, Compos. Part B-Eng 64 168–174 (2014). DOI
  • Book chapter. M. I. Osendi y P. Miranzo Joining Methods for Hard Ceramics, en V.K. Sarin (Editor-in-Chief) & L. Llanes & D. Mari (Vol. Eds.), Comprehensive Hard Materials (pp. 231–262), 2014.

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NEWS

Drs Belmonte, Miranzo and Osendi gave corresponding talks in the Admat wokshop organized by the  Institute of Therm mechanics, ASCR, in Prague.


Cristina Ramirez will defend her PhD research work Materiales multifuncionales de Si3N4 con nanoestructuras reforzantes basadas en grafeno” on June 16th, at 12:00 in the ICV General Hall.


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Extraordinary toughening enhancement and flexural strength in Si"3N"4 composites using graphene sheets.


29-30 October: Dr. Hanus Seiner and Dr. Petr Sedlak, from the Institute of Thermomechanics (Prague, Czech Republic), visited us as part of the collaboration between our respective groups. Dr. Seiner and Dr. Sedlak are specialized in the determination of elastic constants and internal friction coefficients of advanced materials using the Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS).




July 2013: Dr. M. Belmonte will stay for 3 months in Prof. Terrones’ group at Research Center for Exotic Nano Carbons, Shinshu University (Japan) to develop hybrid graphene-ceramic materials for tribological and multifunctional applications


April 2013: New publication, Synthesis of conducting graphene/Si3N4 composites by spark plasma sintering. Carbon, 57 425–432 (2013)DOI.


October 2012: New patent, Procedure for obtainig ceramic granulated feedstock for thermal spraying apllications.