A carbon fiber is prepared for mounting in a device to test its adhesion to a polymer matrix. ORNL researchers are using polymer nanofibers to increase the adhesion, and thus the performance, of ...

Matrix Composite Materials (Bristol, UK) will be exhibiting at the International Composites Summit (ICS) in Milton Keynes on 4-5th September. Their primary exhibit will be QUANTUM-ESC® carbon SMC ...

Flying at hypersonic speeds — defined as Mach 5 and above — is likely the toughest environment to engineer materials for. At these speeds, temperatures can reach beyond (1,727° C), straining even the ...

Carbon Fiber Market Outlook · GlobeNewswire Inc. Carbon Fiber Market Key Player Positioning Matrix Carbon Fiber Market Key Player Positioning Matrix · GlobeNewswire Inc. New York, NY, Feb. 24, 2026 ...

June 19, 2025: The Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility posted an update on the use of the Frontier exascale-class supercomputer’s role in materials simulations to make carbon fiber stronger and ...

ORNL researchers found a way to double the tensile strength of carbon-fiber composites by reinforcing the material with a thin layer of PAN nanofibers. A human hair is approximately 100 times wider ...

Carbon fibre changed Formula 1 permanently when the McLaren MP4/1 became the first carbon fibre monocoque chassis to race in 1981. In the four ...