multifunctional materials – TechConnect Briefs

Scalable Manufacturing of High-Nanotube-Content Nanocomposite Fabrics

Martinez-Rubi Y., Jakubinek M.B., Ashrafi B., Simard B., Kingston C.T., Palumbo G., McCrea J., Pallotta R., Katugaha H., National Research Council Canada, CA

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have long been considered promising for development of advanced composite materials, due to their unsurpassed properties along with low density, and they are now appearing in an increasing number of industrial applications [...]

Optimized internal geometries for lightweighting and multifunctionality in additive manufacturing – an ideal processing target

Berger J., Nama Development LLC, US

One of the great opportunities in additive manufacturing is the ability to manufacture complex optimized internal geometries such as lattices and honeycombs for space filling applications. Some obvious applications including sandwich panels for lightweighting and [...]

Engineered response materials for oil and gas

Sherman A., Terves Inc, US

Engineered response materials- materials that are designed to respond to wellbore conditions to do something, enable significant reductions in drilling and completion costs. Specific responses now available for incorporation into new tools and processes include [...]

Multifunctional Nanocomposites for Oil and Gas

Sherman A., Powdermet Inc/Terves Inc, US

The ability to design and manufacture highly engineered multiphase materials enables the independent (actually interdependent) control over physical and mechanical properties, and kinetic response of structural materials. The production of "materials that do more" offer [...]

Single Wall Carbon Nanotube-Based Structural Health Monitoring Sensing Materials

Watkins A.N., Ingram J.L., Jordan J.D., Wincheski R.A., Smits J.M., Williams P.A., NASA Langley Research Center, US

Single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT)-based materials represent the future aerospace vehicle construction material of choice based primarily on predicted strength-to-weight advantages and inherent multifunctionality. As such, it is prudent to pursue the development of SWCNT-based sensing [...]