Advanced carbon fiber materials could be used in applications from wind turbine blades to biomedical implants following the ...

Schematic representation of carbon fiber preparation from polyacrylonitrile ... are as harmful as pitch CF fragments, or even asbestos fibers. This study by Kehren et al. looked at the amount ...

The carbon fiber industry, long seen as a niche market supplying high-tech and high-value applications, is undergoing significant transformation. Traditionally dominated by a few established players, ...

Carbon fiber is a super-strong, lightweight material used in everything from airplanes and wind turbines to sports equipment ...

“Crude oil is a resource with immense potential beyond fuels,” says Edwin Guevara Romero, a researcher in the labs of Mani Sarathy, who led the work. “Using oil residues as feedstocks for carbon ...

My focus at JEC World in Paris is always on what’s new, but this year, my highlights have a little bit of everything, from ...

The Giant Pre rCarbon kids has a frame, wheels, and handlebar made from recycled carbon fiber, a number of firsts at Taipei ...

Carbon-based materials show promise but typically require harsh ... the individual streams naturally merge into a single, interwoven fiber. This self-assembling process, driven by hydrogen bonding, ...

Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI have developed a technology that makes it possible to reclaim continuous carbon fibers from composite ...

Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites, also known as Fiber Reinforced Plastics, are a type of composite material made of a polymer matrix reinforced with fibers. They are designed to combine the ...

The proposed structural batteries could make EVs much lighter and more efficient. We’ve seen tons of advancements in the realm of EV batteries in the past few years, but this just might be one ...

a spool of carbon fiber and a piece of mined graphite. Image Credit: KTH Royal Institute of Technology Exfoliating carbon fibers with nitric acid produces high yields of one-atom-thick graphene oxide ...