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- 2020Remanufacturing of woven carbon fibre fabric production waste into high performance aligned discontinuous fibre compositescitations
- 2020Pseudo-ductile behaviour in fibre reinforced thermoplastic angle-ply compositescitations
- 2020Characterisation of natural fibres for sustainable discontinuous fibre composite materialscitations
- 2019Cellulose nanocrystal-polyetherimide hybrid nanofibrous interleaves for enhanced interlaminar fracture toughness of carbon fibre/epoxy compositescitations
- 2017Polybenzimidazole carbon fibre composite – Utilising a high performance thermoplastic
- 2016Development of Sizing-free Multi-Functional Carbon Fibre Nanocompositescitations
- 2016Multi-Functional Carbon Fibre Composites using Carbon Nanotubes as an Alternative to Polymer Sizingcitations
- 2016Multi-Functional Carbon Fibre Composites using Carbon Nanotubes as an Alternative to Polymer Sizingcitations
- 2014Low temperature growth of carbon nanotubes on carbon fibre to create a highly networked fuzzy fibre reinforced composite with superior electrical conductivitycitations
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Multi-Functional Carbon Fibre Composites using Carbon Nanotubes as an Alternative to Polymer Sizing
Abstract
Carbon fibre reinforced polymers (CFRP) were introduced to the aerospace, automobile and civil engineering industries for their high strength and low weight. A key feature of CFRP is the polymer sizing - a coating applied to the surface of the carbon fibres to assist handling, improve the interfacial adhesion between fibre and polymer matrix and allow this matrix to wet-out the carbon fibres. In this paper, we introduce an alternative material to the polymer sizing, namely carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the carbon fibres, which in addition imparts<br/>electrical and thermal functionality. High quality CNTs are grown at a high density as a result of a 35 nm aluminium interlayer which has previously been shown to minimise diffusion of the catalyst in the carbon fibre substrate. A CNT modified-CFRP show 300%, 450% and 230% improvements in the electrical conductivity on the ‘surface’, ‘through-thickness’ and ‘volume’ directions, respectively. Furthermore, through-thickness thermal conductivity calculations<br/>reveal a 107% increase. These improvements suggest the potential of a direct replacement for lightning strike solutions and to enhance the efficiency of current de-icing solutions employed in the aerospace industry.