Mechanical enhancement of carbon fiber-reinforced polymers: from interfacial regulating strategies to advanced processing technologies

Z Sun, Y Luo, C Chen, Z Dong, G Jiang, F Chen… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites with marked comprehensive properties,
such as lightweight, high specific strength, and stiffness, have attracted riveting attention in …

Molecular insight into pyrolysis processes via reactive force field molecular dynamics: A state-of-the-art review

G Li, F Zheng, Q Huang, J Wang, B Niu, Y Zhang… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Molecular simulations based on reactive force-fields (ReaxFF) have been applied as a
powerful tool for exploring the pyrolysis process of complex carbonaceous materials. It can …

Upgrading carbonaceous materials: Coal, tar, pitch, and beyond

X Zang, Y Dong, C Jian, N Ferralis, JC Grossman - Matter, 2022 - cell.com
Heavy carbonaceous materials (HCMs) such as coal are mostly used for nonrenewable
power generation, while derivatives such as tar and pitch are often discarded by-products …

Atoms to fibers: Identifying novel processing methods in the synthesis of pitch-based carbon fibers

A Jana, T Zhu, Y Wang, JJ Adams, LT Kearney… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Understanding and optimizing the key mechanisms used in the synthesis of pitch-based
carbon fibers (CFs) are challenging, because unlike polyacrylonitrile-based CFs, the …

Predicting char yield of high-temperature resins

JR Gissinger, SR Zavada, JG Smith, J Kemppainen… - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
A simulation technique has been developed for predicting the char yield of organic resins
during high-temperature processing. In silico methods can aid in the screening of new …

Large-scale atomistic model construction of subbituminous and bituminous coals for solvent extraction simulations with reactive molecular dynamics

P Yoo, GS Jung, MR Ryder, F Vautard, E Cakmak, S Wi… - Carbon, 2024 - Elsevier
Large-scale atomistic models for complex polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon systems help
understand the chemical properties and behaviors of complex feedstocks such as coal or …

Revealing mechanistic insights into amorphous graphite formation from oxygenated polar heavy-end aromatic feedstock

MS Nahian, R Pritom, MM Islam - The Journal of Physical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Carbon fibers exhibit a wide range of structures including crystalline, amorphous, and
partially crystalline arrangements. Research on disordered carbon has recently unveiled …

Effect of Methyl Groups on Formation of Ordered or Layered Graphitic Materials from Aromatic Molecules

A Jana, LT Kearney, AK Naskar, JC Grossman… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Developing functionally complex carbon materials from small aromatic molecules requires
an understanding of how the chemistry and structure of its constituent molecules evolve and …

Advances in developing cost-effective carbon fibers by coupling multiscale modeling and experiments: A critical review

J Zhu, Z Gao, Q Mao, Y Gao, Y Li, X Zhang… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon fibers (CFs) have received remarkable attention in recent decades because of their
excellent mechanical properties, low density, and outstanding chemical/thermal stability …

Atomistic modeling of tensile deformation and fracture of carbon fibers: Nanoscale stress redistribution, effect of local structural characteristics and nanovoids

M He, MI Arefev, K Joshi, LV Zhigilei - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
The mechanisms of tensile deformation and fracture of carbon fibers are investigated in
large-scale molecular dynamics simulations. The simulations performed for computational …