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Self-healing fiber ceramic matrix composite
Project
Self-healing fiber ceramic matrix composite 

Project


SAFER aims to research and develop a family of non-oxide ceramic matrix composites (CMC) with self-healing abilities. Since monolithic ceramics are brittle, their application is rather limited. With embedded carbon fibres, ceramics behave more ductile and have a high temperature resistance. Within SAFER, this outstanding material is further functionalised with carbon nano structures, to enhance its mechanical properties as well as generate self-healing. The production is done in a large-scale injection moulding process followed by a pyrolysis and LSI process. Furthermore, recycled material should be fed back into the process, to reduce the CO2 footprint and production cost. The project will be monitored by LCA to determine the impact on the environment and adapt the research if necessary. The fibre ceramic does not emit any fine dust in friction applications and as brake on a car it lasts its entire life. Besides, the material can be used in energy generation, e.g. in hydrogen engines.

In 2023, the SAFER project on “Self-healing fiber ceramic matrix composite” was granted by the M-ERA.NET programme.

The research project is led by Prof. Daisy Nestler from the University Technology in Chemnitz (TUC) in collaboration with the Technical University of Ostrava (VSB), the University of Sao Paulo (USP) and Diafrikt Components s.r.o (DC).

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