Carbon fibers are usually produced on an industrial scale from polyacrylonitrile (PAN). The stabilization and carbonization of the fibers takes place with long dwell times in high-temperature furnaces ...

CSIRO wet-spinning line in Waurn Ponds, Australia. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), an Australian research and development center, reports that it, in ...

Finished carbon fibers derived from bitumen. Photo Credit, all images: UBC Applied Science/Paul Joseph A new process developed at the University of British Columbia (UBC, Canada) has the potential to ...

Although nanofibers can be essentially aligned in single and multiple layers, tight control over the fiber diameter and spacing has yet to be realized. The deficiencies of the current state-of-the-art ...

The new process, called gel electrospinning, is described in a paper by MIT professor of chemical engineering Gregory Rutledge and postdoc Jay Park. The paper appears online and will be published in ...

Common material such as polyethylene used in plastic bags could be turned into something far more valuable through a new process. Common material such as polyethylene used in plastic bags could be ...

In the German research project bioPEtex, BB Engineering (BBE) is working with other partners to develop textiles made from 100% bio-based polyethylene (PE). The aim is to make use of this polymer, ...

Carbon fibers consist of thin filaments (5–10 micrometers in diameter) made of long chains of carbon atoms arranged in a polycrystalline structure. These fibers contain 92–100 wt% anisotropic carbon ...

The Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners will hold its monthly meeting Sept. 8 at the Wharfinger Building, 1 Marina Way in Eureka. This meeting is open to the public. Masking is optional, and masks will ...