Multifaceted Hybrid Carbon Fibers: Applications in Renewables, Sensing and Tissue Engineering
The field of material science is continually evolving with first-class discoveries of new nanomaterials. The element carbon is ubiquitous in nature. Due to its valency, it can exist in various forms, also known as allotropes, like diamond, graphite, one-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotube (CNT), carbon...
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| author | Chandreyee Manas Das Lixing Kang Guang Yang Dan Tian Ken-Tye Yong |
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| description | The field of material science is continually evolving with first-class discoveries of new nanomaterials. The element carbon is ubiquitous in nature. Due to its valency, it can exist in various forms, also known as allotropes, like diamond, graphite, one-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotube (CNT), carbon fiber (CF) and two-dimensional (2D) graphene. Carbon nano fiber (CNF) is another such material that falls within the category of CF. With much smaller diameters (around hundreds of nanometers) and lengths in microns, CNFs have higher aspect (length to diameter) ratios than CNTs. Because of their unique properties like high electrical and thermal conductivity, CNFs can be applied to many matrices like elastomers, thermoplastics, ceramics and metals. Owing to their outstanding mechanical properties, they can be used as reinforcements that can enhance the tensile and compressive strain limits of the base material. Thus, in this short review, we take a look into the dexterous characteristics of CF and CNF, where they have been hybridized with different materials, and delve deeply into some of the recent applications and advancements of these hybrid fiber systems in the fields of sensing, tissue engineering and modification of renewable devices since favorable mechanical and electrical properties of the CFs and CNFs like high tensile strength and electrical conductivity lead to enhanced device performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b45c982139954bd6a4214541ae2198c62023-11-20T10:19:48ZengMDPI AGJournal of Composites Science2504-477X2020-08-014311710.3390/jcs4030117Multifaceted Hybrid Carbon Fibers: Applications in Renewables, Sensing and Tissue EngineeringChandreyee Manas Das0Lixing Kang1Guang Yang2Dan Tian3Ken-Tye Yong4School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, SingaporeSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, SingaporeSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, SingaporeCollege of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, ChinaSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, SingaporeThe field of material science is continually evolving with first-class discoveries of new nanomaterials. The element carbon is ubiquitous in nature. Due to its valency, it can exist in various forms, also known as allotropes, like diamond, graphite, one-dimensional (1D) carbon nanotube (CNT), carbon fiber (CF) and two-dimensional (2D) graphene. Carbon nano fiber (CNF) is another such material that falls within the category of CF. With much smaller diameters (around hundreds of nanometers) and lengths in microns, CNFs have higher aspect (length to diameter) ratios than CNTs. Because of their unique properties like high electrical and thermal conductivity, CNFs can be applied to many matrices like elastomers, thermoplastics, ceramics and metals. Owing to their outstanding mechanical properties, they can be used as reinforcements that can enhance the tensile and compressive strain limits of the base material. Thus, in this short review, we take a look into the dexterous characteristics of CF and CNF, where they have been hybridized with different materials, and delve deeply into some of the recent applications and advancements of these hybrid fiber systems in the fields of sensing, tissue engineering and modification of renewable devices since favorable mechanical and electrical properties of the CFs and CNFs like high tensile strength and electrical conductivity lead to enhanced device performance.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-477X/4/3/117carbon nano fibersensingtissue engineeringrenewables |
| spellingShingle | Chandreyee Manas Das Lixing Kang Guang Yang Dan Tian Ken-Tye Yong Multifaceted Hybrid Carbon Fibers: Applications in Renewables, Sensing and Tissue Engineering Journal of Composites Science carbon nano fiber sensing tissue engineering renewables |
| title | Multifaceted Hybrid Carbon Fibers: Applications in Renewables, Sensing and Tissue Engineering |
| title_full | Multifaceted Hybrid Carbon Fibers: Applications in Renewables, Sensing and Tissue Engineering |
| title_fullStr | Multifaceted Hybrid Carbon Fibers: Applications in Renewables, Sensing and Tissue Engineering |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multifaceted Hybrid Carbon Fibers: Applications in Renewables, Sensing and Tissue Engineering |
| title_short | Multifaceted Hybrid Carbon Fibers: Applications in Renewables, Sensing and Tissue Engineering |
| title_sort | multifaceted hybrid carbon fibers applications in renewables sensing and tissue engineering |
| topic | carbon nano fiber sensing tissue engineering renewables |
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