Ceramic Coatings and Ultra-High Temperature Materials for Extreme Environments
This community develops ceramic coatings and structural ceramics designed to withstand extreme heat, oxidation, and mechanical stress in high-temperature industrial and aerospace applications.
The work centers on thermal barrier coatings, environmental barrier coatings, and ultra-high temperature ceramics. Recurring materials include yttria-stabilized zirconia, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and boron carbide. Researchers investigate oxidation resistance, hot corrosion behavior, and thermal shock durability. Manufacturing methods frequently involve plasma spraying, spark plasma sintering, and additive manufacturing. Applications range from protecting turbine blades and structural components to developing high-temperature membranes and refractory machining tools.
The largest share of the community's output is found in yttrium research, accounting for 12.2% of all yttrium research, and zirconium research, which represents 11.1% of zirconium research. Silicon contributes 4.7% of its total research volume to this group.
The community comprises 21,738 papers, published primarily in Ceramics International, the Journal of the American Ceramic Society, and the Journal of the European Ceramic Society.
Recent work includes the synthesis of high-entropy oxides, the development of SiC ceramic membranes for corrosion resistance, and the assessment of oxidation-creep damage in coated superalloy systems.
Papers behind this description
- Materials design of silicon based ceramic coatings for high temperature oxidation protection — Materials Science and Engineering R Reports, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.mser.2025.100936
- High-entropy ceramics: Review of principles, production and applications — Materials Science and Engineering R Reports, 2021 — doi:10.1016/j.mser.2021.100644
- Overview of high-entropy oxide ceramics — Materials Today, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.mattod.2024.06.005
- Advances in ultra-high temperature ceramics, composites, and coatings — Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2021 — doi:10.1007/s40145-021-0550-6
- Progress in ceramic materials and structure design toward advanced thermal barrier coatings — Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2022 — doi:10.1007/s40145-022-0581-7
- Pore size engineering of SiC ceramic membrane with pre-ceramic polymer for high retention performance and corrosion resistance — Ceramics International, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.10.279
- High-entropy ceramics — Nature Reviews Materials, 2020 — doi:10.1038/s41578-019-0170-8
- Rare-earth tantalates for next-generation thermal barrier coatings — Progress in Materials Science, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.pmatsci.2024.101265
- A Comprehensive Understanding of Thermal Barrier Coatings (TBCs): Applications, Materials, Coating Design and Failure Mechanisms — Metals, 2024 — doi:10.3390/met14050575
- Low-permittivity LiLn(PO 3 ) 4 (Ln = La, Sm, Eu) dielectric ceramics for microwave/millimeter-wave communication — Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2024 — doi:10.26599/jac.2024.9220882
- High-entropy rare earth materials: synthesis, application and outlook — Chemical Society Reviews, 2024 — doi:10.1039/d2cs01030e
- Effect of temperature and atmosphere on the fracture toughness and failure mechanisms of two-dimensional plain-woven SiCf/SiC composites: Experiments and modeling — Acta Mechanica Sinica, 2025 — doi:10.1007/s10409-024-24333-x
- Wetting and interfacial behavior of high entropy alloy filler on rare earth silicate system: Phase analysis and first-principles calculations — Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2025.02.029
- Impact of calcium silicate and titanium dioxide co-doping on the microstructure and bioactivity of 3D-Printed 3Y-ZrO2 ceramics — Ceramics International, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.ceramint.2025.10.264
- Achieving superior strength-toughness synergy in ZrC-based ceramics: An in situ multiscale construction strategy via a two-step reactive SPS process — Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2026 — doi:10.26599/jac.2026.9221263
- State-of-the-Art Zirconia and Glass–Ceramic Materials in Restorative Dentistry: Properties, Clinical Applications, Challenges, and Future Perspectives — Applied Sciences, 2025 — doi:10.3390/app152312841
- Non-destructive evaluation of defects in thermal barrier coating system using combined electromagnetic and thermographic signals — Nature Communications, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41467-025-63717-3
- Breaking the 3000 °C melting temperature barrier of oxide ceramics — Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2025 — doi:10.26599/jac.2025.9221193