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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Ceramic Engineering

Background:

  • The precursor-derived ceramic route is advanced for fabricating ceramic matrix composites.
  • Microstructural tailoring of continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic matrix composites requires efficient fabrication techniques.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize a novel polyvinylsiloxane precursor for silicon oxycarbide ceramics.
  • To evaluate the precursor's properties and its suitability for ceramic matrix composite fabrication.
  • To investigate the dielectric properties of the resulting ceramic.

Main Methods:

  • Ring-opening polymerization of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane and tetravinylcyclotetrasiloxane.
  • Hydrosilylation reaction to form a 3D crosslinked polyvinylsiloxane network.
  • Polymer infiltration and pyrolysis (PIP) process for ceramic formation.

Main Results:

  • The synthesized polyvinylsiloxane precursor exhibited excellent fluidity, adjustable viscosity, and thermosetting properties.
  • Pyrolysis yielded silicon oxycarbide ceramics with a high ceramic yield (81.3%) and low carbon content.
  • The resulting ceramic demonstrated a stable dielectric constant (~2.5) and low dielectric loss (<0.01).

Conclusions:

  • The developed polyvinylsiloxane precursor is a promising system for fabricating high-performance ceramic matrix composites.
  • The polymer infiltration and pyrolysis route offers an efficient method for producing multifunctional ceramics.
  • The resulting silicon oxycarbide ceramics possess desirable dielectric properties for engineering applications.