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Very high laser-damage threshold of polymer-derived Si(B)CN-carbon nanotube composite coatings

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Romil Bhandavat, Ari Feldman, Christopher L. Cromer, John H. Lehman, Gurpreet Singh

Abstract

We study the laser irradiance behavior and resulting structural evolution of polymer-derived silicon −boron−carbonitride (Si(B)CN) functionalized multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) composite spray coatings on copper substrate. We report a damage threshold value of 15 kWcm‑2 and an optical absorbance of 0.97 after irradiation. This is an order of magnitude improvement over MWCNT (1.4 kWcm−2, 0.76), SWCNT (0.8 kWcm−2, 0.65) and carbon paint (0.1 kWcm−2, 0.87) coatings previously tested at 10.6 υm (2.5 kW CO2 laser) exposure. Electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and X- ray photoelectron spectroscopy suggests partial oxidation of Si(B)CN forming a stable protective SiO2 phase upon irradiation.
Citation
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
5
Issue
7
Pub Type
Journals

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Keywords

carbon nanotubes, coatings, laser irradiance, polymer-derived ceramic, radiometry, Si(B)CN, thermal detectors
Optical / photometry / laser metrology and Nanomaterials

Citation

Bhandavat, R. , Feldman, A. , Cromer, C. , Lehman, J. and Singh, G. (2013), Very high laser-damage threshold of polymer-derived Si(B)CN-carbon nanotube composite coatings, Journal of Applied Physics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1021/am302755x (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created March 18, 2013, Updated October 12, 2021
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