Jacob Peled of Pelmar Engineering says advances and lessons learned could help pyrolysis systems capture more than 40 percent ...

Clean, safe water is vital for human health and well-being. It also plays a critical role in our food security, supports high ...

Photothermal AFM-IR offers detailed insights into polymer chemistry, aiding in the identification and quantification of ...

Carbon nanotube wetting is the critical parameter for the development of nanocomposites yet, due to the lack of suitable methods of qualifying and, more importantly, quantifying nanoscale wetting and ...

Deconstructing epoxy resins with hot acetic acid has the potential to provide a scalable and affordable solution for ...

Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum, carbon fiber is a staple in aerospace and high-performance vehicles — and now, ...

Developing next-generation energy storage technologies that can deliver both high power and high capacity at the same time. A ...

Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPs) are widely used materials with outstanding mechanical properties. The wettability between the polymer matrix and carbon fiber in the interphase region ...

Carbon fiber, pivotal in aerospace and high-performance automotive design for its unrivaled strength and lightness, just got an upgrade thanks to some advanced simulation at the Department of ...

The temperature response of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) embedded in carbon fiber reinforce polymers (CFRPs) is investigated in this paper. To provide strain-free temperature measurements, two pieces ...

Once the image (b) of Figure 1 (SEM) showed the width of external layer measures about 3.7 µm, it is clear that the IR beam penetrates the external side of fiber and did not reach the core of fiber, ...

Lightweight yet strong and resistant to corrosion and weathering, carbon fiber–reinforced polymers (CFRPs) are used in aircraft, shipping containers, natural gas storage tanks, wind turbine ...