Borrell Tomás, María Amparo; Torrecillas, Ramón; Rocha, Victoria G.; Fernández, Adolfo(Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2012-08)
[EN] There is an increasing demand of multifunctional materials for a wide variety of technological developments. Bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells are an example of complex functionality components ...
Borrell Tomás, María Amparo; Salvador Moya, Mª Dolores; Rocha, Victoria G.; Fernandez, Adolfo; Angel Aviles, Miguel; Gotor, Francisco J.(Elsevier, 2012-12)
TiCxN1-x-15 wt.%Co cermets were obtained by a mechanically induced self-sustaining reaction (MSR) and sintered by spark plasma sintering (SPS) technique at different temperatures (1200-1400 degrees C) for 1 min in vacuum ...
Borrell Tomás, María Amparo; Salvador Moya, Mª Dolores; Rocha, Victoria G.; Fernandez, Adolfo; Molina, Tamara; Moreno, Rodrigo(Elsevier, 2013-04)
Full dense alumina + 40 vol.% aluminium titanate composites were obtained by colloidal filtration and fast reaction-sintering of alumina/titania green bodies by spark plasma sintering at low temperatures (1250-1400 degrees ...
Borrell Tomás, María Amparo; Salvador Moya, Mª Dolores; Rocha, Victoria G.; Fernández, Adolfo; Molina, Tamara; Moreno, Rodrigo(Elsevier, 2013-11-15)
Alumina-aluminium titanate (A-AT) composites and laminates have been recently investigated because they can provide improved flaw tolerance and toughness associated to a microcracking mechanism. A-AT composites have been ...
Borrell Tomás, María Amparo; Rocha, Victoria G.; Torrecillas, Ramon; Fernandez, Adolfo(Wiley, 2011-07)
The development of new carbon nanofibers (CNFs)–ceramic nanocomposite materials with excellent mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties is interesting for a wide range of industrial applications. Among the ceramic ...
Rocha, Victoria G.; Borrell Tomás, María Amparo; Torrecillas, Ramon; Fernandez, Adolfo(Elsevier, 2012-10-30)
The influence of the preparation route and composition on carbon nanofibers-silicon carbide (CNFs/SiC) nanocomposites' properties was studied. Nanopowders were mixed by ultrasonic dispersion or high attrition milling and ...
Borrell Tomás, María Amparo; Torrecillas, Ramón; Rocha, Victoria G.; Fernández, A; Bonache Bezares, Victoria; Salvador Moya, Mª Dolores(CSIC, 2011)
The development of new ceramic/carbon nanostructured materials is a very interesting option from the point of view of the automotive and aerospace industries. Its low density, high mechanical strength, high oxidation ...