Abstract
This chapter summarizes the SiC nanowires with in-situ carbon coating by chemical vapor growth (CVG) process, which is widely considered as effective reinforcement materials for ceramic composites. A compliant (carbon) coming on the nanowires is necessary to reduce the interracial bonding strength between the nanowires and the matrix. A novel chemical vapor process for growth of SiC nanowires on reaction-sintered SiC plates is developed. The SiC nanowires are grown directly on Tyranno-SA fibers, and are successfully in-situ deposited with uniform thin (-5nm) carbon coming, aiming at an in-situ application in SiC nanowires-reinforced SiC composites. SiC nanowires are of great interests for many applications due to their excellent properties, such as high thermal stability, high thermal conductivity and large band gap. SiC nanowires have very high strength and toughness due to their very high elastic modulus and strength over their bulk counterparts.
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