Composites microstructural design

Chou, T.W. (1992) Microstructural Design of Fiber Composites (Cambridge University Press. Cambridge). 

Norton, I.T, Frith, W.J. (2001). Microstructure design in mixed biopolymer composites. Food Hydrocolloids, 15, 543-553. 

Manurung, P. (2001) Microstructural design and characterisation of alumina/aluminium titanate composites. Ph.D Thesis, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. 

Zhang, Y. and Cheng, Y.-B. (2003), Microstructural design of Ca a-sialon ceramics effects of starting compositions and processing conditions , J. Euro. Ceram. Soc., 23 (9), 1531-41. 

Finally I will call attention to novel composite microstructures from lipids and minerals. When a-hydroxy fatty acid galactocerebroside and a mixture of anioic sulfated galactocerebrosides are suspended in ethylene glycol multilayer tubules are produced. When the tubule suspension is then treated with an acidic ferric chloride solution, the tubules became covered with shards of the mineral lepidocrocite (y-FeOOH).43 Although the direct application of this organic-inorganic composite is still uncertain, but it seems to have a possibility of designing new materials. 

Figure 15. Microstructural design for optimized crack deflection in composites (Courtesy R. Telle, RWTH Aachen/Germany [145].

Chou TW. Microstructural design of fiber composites. Cambridge solid state science series, Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1992. 

Biomaterials directly contact and interact with the body environment. Chemical composition, microstructure, surface properties and mechanical and biological performance are considered the most important aspects for designing and developing biomaterials. They serve as the building blocks for the fixations, prostheses, scaffolds, biosensors or other devices for various medical applications. 

In order to achieve good reversibility, the composite electrode microstructure must have the ability to accommodate any volume changes that might result from the reaction that takes place internally. This can be taken care of by clever microstructural design and alloy fabrication techniques. 

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