Applied Microscopy

  • Volume 50
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  • Pages.4.1-4.10
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  • 2020
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  • 2287-5123(pISSN)
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  • 2287-4445(eISSN)
Korean Society of Microscopy (한국현미경학회)
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Microscopic analysis of metal matrix composites containing carbon Nanomaterials

  • Daeyoung Kim (School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University) ;
  • Hye Jung Chang (Advanced Analysis Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Hyunjoo Choi (School of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kookmin University)
  • Received : 2019.12.01
  • Accepted : 2019.12.23
  • Published : 2020.12.31
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Abstract

Metallic matrix composites reinforced with carbon nanomaterials continue to attract interest because of their excellent mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. However, two critical issues have limited their commercialization. Uniform distribution of carbon nanomaterials in metallic matrices is difficult, and the interfaces between the nanomaterials and matrices are weak. Microscope-based analysis was recently used to quantitatively examine these microstructural features and investigate their contributions to the composites' mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. The impacts of the microstructure on these properties are discussed in the first section of this review. In the second section, the various microscopic techniques used to study the distribution of carbon nanomaterials in metallic matrices and their interfaces are described.

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This study was supported by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Institutional Program (2 V06990).

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