Nichtoxidkeramik aus siliciumorganischen Polymeren

Non-Oxide Ceramics from Silicon-Organic Polymers The aim of this paper is to complement the subject of the recent chemical review articles of Auner [1] and Sartori & Habel [2] by aspects of material sciences. After a short introduction demonstrating the general advantages of a polymer route for preparing non-oxide ceramics, in chapter 2 we consider the different objectives of this route in dependence on the dimensionality of the aimed materials (nanoscaled powder particles, fibres, coatings, sintered ceramics and composites). In chapter 3 a short review about the most important polymers and ceramic systems, respectively, here considered is given. In chapter 4 the different steps of the transformation of silicon organic polymer to ceramic material (modifying of the polymers, curing, pyrolysis, formation of an inorganic amorphous network, crystallization) are illustrated, whereas examples of applications of such materials, especially our own results in the development of ceramic fibres are represented in chapter 5.