Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Synthesis of porous biomorphic α/β-Si3N4 composite from sea sponge

  • Published:
Journal of Porous Materials Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Biomorphic α/β-Si3N4 composites were produced from natural sea sponge via replication method. The sponges were impregnated with a Si-containing slurry via dip-coating. After coating, the sponges were submitted to oxidation at 600°C for 1 h to decompose the bio-polymers followed by burning out of carbon, leading to a Si-skeleton. Subsequent thermal treatment at 1,450°C for 5 h under flowing nitrogen promoted the nitridation of the Si resulting in α/β-Si3N4 with an α/β fraction of 67%. The ceramic composite maintained the original morphology of the sea sponge and exhibited a porosity of 88%. The microstructure comprised whiskers, small irregular shaped particles and rod-like hexagonal grains.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. D.R. Lide, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 76th edn (CRC, Boca Raton, 1995)

    Google Scholar 

  2. F.L. Riley, J. Amer. Ceram. Soc. 83, 245 (2000)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. K.H. Jack, Mater. Sci. Forum 325–326, 255 (2000)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. G.E. Petzow, Microstruct Sci 23, 3 (1995)

    Google Scholar 

  5. G. Petzow, M. Hermann, in High Performance Non-Oxide Ceramics II, ed. by M. Jansen (Springer, Berlin, 2002), p. 47

  6. S. Hampshire, in Materials Science and Technology—A Comprehensive Treatment, ed. by M.V. Swain (VCH, Weinheim, 1995), p. 121

  7. F.F. Lange, Int. Metals Rev. 247, 1 (1980)

    Google Scholar 

  8. J. Marchi, J.C. Bressiani, A.H.A. Bressiani, Key Eng. Mat. 189, 120 (2001)

    Google Scholar 

  9. J. Dualibi Fh., J.C. Bressiani, Mater. Sci. Eng. A 209, 164 (1996)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. R.G. Pigeon, A. Varma, A.E. Miller, J. Mater. Sci. 28, 1919 (1993)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  11. R.G. Pigeon, A. Varma, J. Mater. Sci. 28, 2999 (1993)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. B.T. Lee, H.D. Kim, Mater. Sci Eng. A 364, 126 (2004)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. K.A. Appiagyei, Key Eng. Mat. 224–226, 309 (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  14. D.L. Segal, Chem. Ind. 16, 544 (1985)

    Google Scholar 

  15. P. Colombo, E. Bernardo, Composites Sci. Tech. 63, 2353 (2003)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  16. P. Ciambelli, V. Palma, P. Russo, S. Vaccaro, Catal. Today 75, 471 (2002)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. M.D.M. Innocentini, A.R.F. Pardo, B.A. Menegazzo, L.R.M.␣Bittencourt, R.P. Rettore, V.C. Pandolfelli, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 85, 1517 (2002)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. P. Sepulveda, Am. Ceram. Soc. Bull. 76, 61 (1997)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. L. Montanaro, Y. Jorand, G. Fantozzi, A. Negro, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 18, 1339 (1998)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  20. K. Schwartzwalder, A.V. Somers, Method of making porous ceramics articles (US Pat. No. 3 090 094, May 21, 1963)

  21. J. Saggio-Woyansky, C.E. Scottetal, Amer. Ceram. Soc. Bull. 71, 1674 (1992)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. E. Sousa, C.B. Silveira, T. Fey, P. Greil, D. Hotza, A.P.N. Oliveira, Adv. Appl. Ceram. 104, 22 (2005)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. P. Sepulveda, J.G.P. Binner, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 19, 2059 (1999)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. H.X. Peng, Z. Fan, J.R.G. Evans, J.J.C. Busfield, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 20, 807 (2000)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. A.H. Heuer, D.J. Fink, V.J. Arias, P.D. Calvert, K. Kendali, G.L.␣Messing, J. Blackwell, P.C. Rieke, D.H. Thompson, A.P.␣Wheeler, A. Veis, A.I. Caplan, Science 255, 1098 (1992)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  26. C.E. Byrne, D.E. Nagl, Mat. Res. Innovat. 1, 137 (1997)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. H. Sieber, Mat. Sci Eng A 412, 43 (2005)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  28. P. Greil, T. Lifka, A. Kaindl, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 18, 1961 (1998)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  29. E. Vogli, H. Sieber, P. Greil, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 22, 2663 (2002)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. C.R. Rambo, H. Sieber, Adv. Mater. 17, 1088 (2005)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. C.R. Rambo, F.A. Mueller, L. Mueller, H. Sieber, I. Hofmann, P.␣Greil, Mater. Sci. Eng. C 26, 92 (2006)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  32. C.R. Rambo, J. Cao, O. Rusina, H. Sieber, Carbon 43, 1174 (2005)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  33. T. Ota, M. Takahashi, T. Hibi, M. Ozawa, S. Suzuki, Y. Hikichi, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 78, 3409 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  34. M. Patel, B.K. Padhi, J. Mat. Sci. 25, 1335 (1990)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  35. J. Cao, C.R. Rambo, H. Sieber, J. Porous Mater. 11, 163 (2004)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  36. H. Sieber, A. Kaindl, D. Schwarze, J.-P. Werner, P. Greil, cfi/Ber. DKG 77, 21 (2000)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. H. Sieber, D. Schwarze, F. Mueller, P. Greil, in Advanced Ceramics, Materials, and Structures: B, ed. by M. Singh, T.␣Jensen (The American Ceramic Society, Westerville, OH, 2001), p.␣225

  38. C.R. Rambo, H. Sieber, J. Mater. Sci. 41, 3315 (2006)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  39. J. Zeschky, T. Hoefner, C. Arnold, R. Weihmann, D. Bahloul-Hourlier, M. Scheffler, P. Greil, Acta Mater. 53, 927 (2005)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  40. H.M. Jennings, J. Mater. Sci. 18, 951 (1983)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  41. F.-W. Chang, T.-H. Liou, F.-M. Tsai, Thermochimica Acta 354, 71 (2000)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  42. B. Lei, O. Babushkin, R. Warren, J. Eur. Cer. Soc. 17, 1113 (1997)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  43. W.B. Li, B.Q. Lei, T. Lindbäk, J. Eur Ceram. Soc. 17, 1119 (1997)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  44. H. Zhu, D. Yang, L. Wang, D. Due, Thin Solid Films 474, 326 (2005)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  45. J.-F. Yang, S.-Y. Shan, R. Janssen, G. Schneider, T. Ohji, S.␣Kanzaki, Acta Mater. 53, 2981 (2005)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  46. C. Gazzara, D. Messier, Am. Ceram. Soc. Bull. 56, 777 (1977)

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  47. T. Hildebrand, R. Rüegsegger, J. Microsc. 185, 67 (1997)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  48. H.J.G. Gundersen, R.W. Boyce, J.R. Nyengaard, A. Odgaard, Bone 14, 217 (1993)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  49. A.C. Jones, B. Milthorpe, H. Averdunk, A. Limaye, T.J. Senden, A. Sakellariou, A.P. Sheppard, R.M. Sok, M.A. Knackstedt, A.␣Brandwood, D. Rohner, D.W. Hutmacher, Biomaterials 25, 4947 (2004)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  50. L.J. Gibson, M.F. Ashby, Cellular Solids: Structure and Properties, 2nd edn (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997)

    Google Scholar 

  51. M.J. Hoffmann, G. Petzow, Pure Appl. Chem. 66, 1807 (1994)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  52. M.J. Hoffmann, Pure Appl. Chem. 67, 939 (1995)

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

The authors thank CNPq-Brazil. The Volkswagen Foundation is also thankfully acknowledged for the financial support under contract I/73 043.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Group of Ceramic and Glass Materials—CERMAT, Department of Chemical Engineering—EQA/UFSC, Federal University of Santa Catarina, P.O. Box 476, Florianopolis, 88040-900, SC, Brazil

    C. R. Rambo

  2. Department of Materials Science, Glass and Ceramics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Martensstrasse, 5, 91058, Erlangen, Germany

    H. Sieber

  3. Center of Materials Science and Technology, Energy and Nuclear Research Institute, Av. Lineu Prestes, 2242, Cidade Universitária, Sao Paulo, SP, 05588-900, Brazil

    L. A. Genova

Authors
  1. C. R. Rambo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. H. Sieber
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. L. A. Genova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to C. R. Rambo.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Rambo, C.R., Sieber, H. & Genova, L.A. Synthesis of porous biomorphic α/β-Si3N4 composite from sea sponge. J Porous Mater 15, 419–425 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-007-9101-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-007-9101-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation