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Tougher ceramics with nanotubes

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Owing to their exceptional stiffness and strength, some of the first materials to use them were reinforced polymer composites. As toughening agents, carbon nanotubes now face a bigger challenge — reinforcing brittle ceramics.

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Figure 1: Nanotube-reinforced alumina composites (from Zhang et al.1).

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