Nanoceramics

Nanoceramics/nanocomposite are defined as novel bulk materials or coating with microstructural architecture, characterized by at least one of the ceramic phases having length scale between 1 and 100 nm. The major drive for wider interest in nanoceramics and its composites has been the fact that one can potentially achieve better and some unusual material properties by manipulating length scale in the nano range.

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Current science, vol. 95, no. 5, 10 september 2008