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material
Research and waterjet technology lead
to advanced materials development
Florida State University’s High-Performance Materials
Institute is paving the way when it comes to narrowing
the gap between research and the practical use of a new,
high-performance composite material that could be up to
10 times lighter and 250 times stronger than steel, twice
as hard as diamond, and highly conductive to electricity
and heat.
A
s the gap continues to narrow,
this new material could revolutionize the world of manufacturing, from producing more energy-efficient aircraft to providing improved
protective equipment.
Buckypaper: made of nanotubes
The High-Performance Materials
Institute’s research of this extraordinary material, known as buckypaper,
has already shown promise in a wide
variety of real-world applications.
Consider the aerospace industry.
Instead of the current metal mesh
used in the structure of the composite
aircraft to disperse lightning strikes,
replacing the metal with buckypaper,
which has high current-carrying capacity, would allow lightning’s electrical
charge to flow around the plane and
dissipate without causing damage.
Buckypaper could also make aircraft
stronger and lighter for increasing
payloads and improving fuel efficiency.
Made of nanotubes, one of the most
thermally conductive materials
known, buckypaper might lend itself
to the development of heat sinks,
enabling computers and other electronic equipment to disperse heat
more efficiently than what is currently
possible. And if exposed to an electric
charge, buckypaper films could illuminate computer and television screens.
When compared to cathode ray tube
and liquid crystal display technology,
these screens could be lighter, more
energy efficient, and feature a more
uniform level of brightness.
By
steve Brown,
DireCtor oF governMent & eDuCational solutions
oMax
Furthermore, buckypaper is flame
retardant and could one day help
prevent fires on aircraft, ships and
other structures. Its amazing strengthto-weight ratio might also prove ideal
when making protective gear, including helmets and body armour, for the
military and police, as well as create
improved, more comfortable prosthetics for wounded soldiers.
To the naked eye, buckypaper looks
like ordinary carbon paper but under
Fig. 1: The High-Performance Materials Institute works with an extraordinary material known as
buckypaper. When sheets of buckypaper are stacked together to become part of a composite structure, it can transform into one of the strongest materials known to man.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013
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Point of view: hig-end solutuions
Contents
Agenda of Events
COMPANY & BUSINESS In Brief
APPLICATIONS
- Sports & leisure
- Renovation
MARKET
- Singapore
- Education
- Natural fibres
- Biocomposites
FEATURE AERONAUTICS
- Carbon
- Process
- Reinforcement
- Structure
- Bi-angle NCF
- RTM
- Sandwich
- Energy
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
- CAE tools
- CFRP
TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS
- Prepreg
- Material
Index
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - Point of view: hig-end solutuions
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - Contents
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - Agenda of Events
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - COMPANY & BUSINESS In Brief
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Sports & leisure
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Renovation
JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Singapore
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Education
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Natural fibres
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Biocomposites
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Carbon
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Process
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Reinforcement
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Structure
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Bi-angle NCF
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - RTM
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Sandwich
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Energy
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - CAE tools
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - CFRP
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Prepreg
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - - Material
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JEC COMPOSITES MAGAZINE - Issue #80 - April 2013 - Index
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