A hairline crack in a composite wing panel or a bridge girder can propagate for months before anyone notices. By the time a ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

CW executive editor Ginger Gardiner discusses some of this year’s notable exhibits and new developments in composites.

Scientists have created a new kind of carbon material that could make carbon capture much cheaper and more efficient. By carefully controlling how nitrogen atoms are arranged, they found certain ...

Future rockets could fly with tanks made of lightweight carbon fiber reinforced plastic thanks to ground-breaking research carried out within ESA's Future Launchers Preparatory Program. A tank made ...

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 ...

Skoltech scientists, in collaboration with colleagues from China and Iran, have taken a major step toward creating highly ...