Prospects of nanotechnology and design of materials based on refractory compounds

The prospects for the development of high-temperature ceramic materials science are consideredas a matter of discussion. The substantiation of the development of hetero-modulus ceramic composites asthe possibility to implement unique physicochemical features of refractory compounds (carbides, nitrides,borides, etc.) under their application conditions at high and ultrahigh temperatures is presented. The prospectsfor a nanotechnology-based approach to the fabrication of such materials in engineering are shown