Carbon fiber is light and strong, making it suitable for aircraft, wind turbines, and medical equipment, but poor conductivity limits its use in electronic applications. This can be remedied with ...

Researchers have invented a system that captures carbon dioxide from ocean water and converts it to succinic acid, a key monomer used to make the commonly used biodegradable plastic polybutylene ...

Researchers have developed a new chemical process transforms plastic waste into an effective carbon capture material. The method works with polyethylene terephthalate (PET), the ubiquitous clear ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story. Carbon fiber is a brilliant high-performance material with excellent strength-to-weight properties, but it remains expensive and impractical to ...

Advanced Ceramic Fibers LLC (ACF, Idaho Falls, Idaho, U.S.) has developed patented processes and materials that enable ultra-high temperature (UHT) ceramic matrix composites (CMC) and metal matrix ...

“We developed this process in 2023 but have been focused lately on optimizing it and fully understanding the physical processes that enable these improvements,” said ORNL researcher Chris Bowland. “We ...

Carbon fiber's blend of incredible strength and low weight has revolutionized modern engineering. Today, you see it in everything from wind turbines and airplanes to carbon fiber car parts and sports ...

Motor1 reports that the European Parliament drafted an amendment to add carbon fiber to a list of hazardous materials in the European Union (EU). This would effectively ban the use of the lightweight ...