A SiC nanowire-toughened inlaid transition layer was obtained by a combined method of pre-oxidation treatment and chemical vapor deposition.
Oxidation resistance of the coated samples was improved by the as-obtained transition layer.
The transition layer with an inlaid structure and the pinning of the nanowires could alleviate the mismatch of thermal expansion coefficient between C/C substrate and SiC–MoSi2–ZrB2 coating.