Strategies for the production of PAN-Based carbon fibers with high tensile strength

D Jang, ME Lee, J Choi, SY Cho, S Lee - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon fibers (CFs) have been considered as a next-generation material in high-
performance applications such as aerospace, defense, sporting goods, wind energy …

CNT cluster arrays grown on carbon fiber for excellent green EMI shielding and microwave absorbing

X Gao, X Wang, J Cai, Y Zhang, J Zhang, S Bi, ZL Hou - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon fiber (CF) is a flexible shielding material with excellent electrical conductivity,
thermal stability and mechanical properties, which is crucial to solve electromagnetic …

Graphene reinforced carbon fibers

Z Gao, J Zhu, S Rajabpour, K Joshi, M Kowalik… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The superlative strength-to-weight ratio of carbon fibers (CFs) can substantially reduce
vehicle weight and improve energy efficiency. However, most CFs are derived from costly …

[HTML][HTML] 4D printed electro-induced continuous carbon fiber reinforced shape memory polymer composites with excellent bending resistance

C Zeng, L Liu, W Bian, Y Liu, J Leng - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Four-dimensional (4D) printing technology of continuous carbon fiber reinforced
shape memory polymer composites is a potential manufacturing process for lightweight 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 …

Low-temperature carbonization of polyacrylonitrile/graphene carbon fibers: A combined ReaxFF molecular dynamics and experimental study

S Rajabpour, Q Mao, Z Gao, MK Talkhoncheh, J Zhu… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Graphene inclusion in a polymer matrix is a promising route to significantly enhance the
mechanical properties of low-grade carbon fibers (CFs). Using ReaxFF molecular dynamics …

Cost-effective carbon fiber precursor selections of polyacrylonitrile-derived blend polymers: carbonization chemistry and structural characterizations

Q Mao, S Rajabpour, MK Talkhoncheh, J Zhu… - Nanoscale, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Blending polyacrylonitrile (PAN) with plastic wastes and bio-based polymers provides a
convenient and inexpensive method to realize cost-effective carbon fiber (CF) precursors. In …

Surface functionalization and CNT coating induced improved interfacial interactions of carbon fiber with polypropylene matrix: a molecular dynamics study

R Gogoi, SK Sethi, G Manik - Applied Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
An in-depth study of interfacial interactions between carbon fiber (CF) and polypropylene
(PP) matrix was carried out through a series of pull-out simulations using molecular …

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 …