SBIR/STTR Research Award
Nanotailored Carbon Fibers
Award amount
$99,999Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- NANO ENGINEERED MATERIALS CORP.
- Proposal award date
- 2009-09-23
- Contract end date
- 2009-06-23
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 2008.A
- Topic code
- AF08-T028
Research abstract
Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/carbon nanotube (CNT) composite fibers will be spun to obtain precursor fiber with about 2 micrometer diameter. By optimizing stabilization and carbonization conditions, high tensile strength carbon fiber will be obtained with a diameter of about 1 micrometer. CNT incoporation can lead to the ordered graphitic structure in the vicinity of CNT, which will improve the mechanical properties of the resulting carbon fiber. These nano-tailored carbon fibers will have superior tensile and compressive properties as well as better electrical conductivity as compared to the conventional carbon fiber.
Technology keywords
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