JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #72 - April/May 2012 - 33

composite on a large scale [11]. Similar approaches have already been scaled to industrial levels to produce nanostructured carbon fibres, which are reported to be made of fibres surrounded by a combination of single-walled, multiwalled and highly branched forms [12]. These fibres have been used to prevent thermal blanketing and provide electrostatic discharge paths to the NASA’s Juno spacecraft headed to Jupiter [13]. In conclusion, designing materials from the nanoscale now makes it possible to tailor their macroscopic mechanical and multifunctional properties. The strategic placement of vertically aligned carbon nanotubes in a composite material improves its mechanical properties and confers multifunctional properties that can be used for non-destructive evaluation, de-icing and anti-icing capabilities. All these reasons make nano-engineered composite materials ideal for both aviation and space applications, as well as for transportation vehicles and infrastructures. n
More information: http://nano-architectures.com/ www.materiales.imdea.org/ References [1] T.-W. Chou, L. Gao, E. T. Thostenson, Z. Zhang, and J.-H. Byun, “An assessment of the science and technology of carbon nanotube-based fibers and composites,” Composites Science and

Technology, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 1–19, Jan. 2010. [2] L. Tong, A. P. Mouritz, and B. M. K., “3D Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites”, Oxford, 2002. [3] H. Qian, E. S. Greenhalgh, M. S. P. Shaffer, and A. Bismarck, “Carbon nanotube-based hierarchical composites: a review,” J. Mater. Chem., vol. 20, no. 23, pp. 4751–4762, 2010. [4] V. P. Veedu, A. Cao, X. Li, K. Ma, C. Soldano, S. Kar, P. M. Ajayan, and M. N. Ghasemi-Nejhad, “Multifunctional Composites Using Reinforced Laminae with Carbon Nanotube Forests,” Nature Materials, vol. 5, pp. 457–462, 2006. [5] Q. Zhang, J. Liu, R. Sager, L. Dai, and J. Baur, “Hierarchical composites of carbon nanotubes on carbon fiber: Influence of growth condition on fiber tensile properties,” Composites Science and Technology, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 594–601, 2009. [6] E. J. Garcia, B. L. Wardle, and A. J. Hart, “Joining Prepreg Composite Interfaces with Aligned Carbon Nanotubes,” Composites Part A, vol. 39, pp. 1065–1070, 2008. [7] S. Wicks, R. Guzman de Villoria, and B. L. Wardle, “Interlaminar Fracture Toughness of Nano-engineered Composites Reinforced with Aligned Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs),” in Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2008, p. poster.

[8] J. Blanco, E. J. Garcia, R. Guzman de Villoria, and B. L. Wardle, “Limiting Mechanisms in Mode I Interlaminar Toughness of Composites Reinforced with Aligned Carbon Nanotubes,” Journal of Composite Materials, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 825–841, 2009. [9] R. Guzman de Villoria, N. Yamamoto, A. Miravete, and B. L. Wardle, “Multi-Physics Damage Sensing in Nano-Engineered Structural Composites,” Nanotechnology, vol. 22, p. 185502 (7pp), 2011. [10] R. Guzman de Villoria, S. Wicks, B. L. Wardle, Miravete, and S. S. Kessler, “Multi-Physics Nano-Engineered Structural Damage Detection and De-Icing,” presented at the 18th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM), Jeju, Korea, 2011. [11] R. Guzman de Villoria, A. J. Hart, and B. L. Wardle, “Continuous High-Yield Production of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes on 2D and 3D Substrates,” ACS Nano, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 4850–4857, 2011. [12] S. Black, “Nanotechnology: Into the realm of real,” High-Performance Composites, p. 2011 May. [13] “Composites Today | Carbon Nanostructure Fibres Help Protect NASA Satellite.” [Online]. Available: http:// www.compositestoday.com/2011/08/carbon-nanostructure-fibres-help-protectnasa-satellite/. [Accessed: 15-Feb-2012].

No72 April - May 2012 /

jec composites magazine 33
http://www.nano-architectures.com/ http://www.materiales.imdea.org/ http://www.compositestoday.com/2011/08/carbon-nanostructure-fibres-help-protectnasa-satellite/ http://www.jecmagazine.com
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #72 - April/May 2012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #72 - April/May 2012
