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 ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech’s (Blacksburg, Va., U.S.) College of Science have used block copolymers to create carbon fibers with uniform porous structure with the aim of using the material for energy ...

Thanks to research currently being conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, our unwanted plastic bags may one day be recycled into carbon fiber. Not only that, but ...

Alberta scientists have developed a new way to upgrade oilsands and the resulting product could one day end up in the hands ...

Nissan says it has achieved a breakthrough in the production of carbon fiber that will help the material find its way into more mass-market vehicles. We all know about the advantages of carbon fiber ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — The redesigned 2019 GMC Sierra has some pretty nifty features, and the one that has had the most attention is the MultiPro flipping and folding tailgate. But the Sierra also ...

When you think of a McLaren, you probably think of a maxed-out, barely street-legal hypercar that is practically dripping with carbon weave. And if you’re talking about something like a 675LT, P1, or ...

A couple of years ago, America witnessed the birth of Rift Carbon Campers, a travel trailer manufacturer aiming to build some of North America's lightest teardrops. But they've been offline for some ...

One of the most surprising things about Porsche's new 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport is the material it uses for its doors and wing. At a quick glance it looks like carbon fiber, but it's not. Instead, ...

It started with carbon fiber: that dark, woven-textured material with myriad industrial uses, familiar to consumers of performance-minded cars and bikes. Strong, lightweight and cool-looking, it found ...

Two months ago, the foundation was poured for CUBE, a 2,200-sf, two-story building on the premises of Technical University Dresden in Germany, that claims to be the world’s first building made ...