New research from engineers at Monash University and RMIT has revealed that moisture absorption is the most important factor in how carbon fiber used in aircraft degrades over time. The discovery ...

Carbon fibers consist of thin filaments (5–10 micrometers in diameter) made of long chains of carbon atoms arranged in a polycrystalline structure. These fibers contain 92–100 wt% anisotropic carbon ...

Researchers planned to test how carbon fiber reacted to intense heat and humidity, but they found out something else entirely.

Unfortunately, ZIBs batteries suffer from the insulating iodine, low utilization ratio of active source, and the shuttle effect, resulting in the fast capacity decay and undesirable self-discharging ...

“Self-responsive” nanomaterial-based composites AMRC’s Matthew Collinson (top photo) inspects a composite demonstrator component incorporating carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and copper contacts to enable ...

The latest research from Shenzhen University and Jinan University has unveiled advancements in the application of carbon fiber composites within civil engineering, with a focus on both the recycling ...

The 2002 Ferrari Enzo marked a turning point for Maranello’s road cars, taking the rarefied “halo” concept and rebuilding it around a full carbon fiber structure. Instead of simply borrowing styling ...

Biogear landing gear demonstrates a hybrid composite structure with visible carbon fiber/flax sections (black) and metallic interface components (silver). Source (All Images) | Fuko Substituting ...

Walk through any auto show floor or scroll through a performance car configurator and you'll find it everywhere. Carbon fiber mirror caps on family SUVs. Carbon fiber trim pieces on sedans that will ...

Recently, iodine has been increasingly used with zinc anodes to fabricate sustainable zinc–iodine (Zn–I 2) batteries (ZIBs) due to its high redox potential (I 2 /I-, 0.62 V vs. standard hydrogen ...