Carbon fibre thermoplastics as next-generation carbon fibre composites

通过结合上浆、化学接枝和纳米增强策略，该项目开发了用于快速制造的碳纤维/热塑性复合材料的化学和热稳定的热塑性界面上浆。热冲压碳纤维/热塑性复合材料原型将用于验证尺寸。为了证明工业可行性，将进行可回收性和可再加工性分析。这种定型方法可以使高性能的热塑性复合材料在非航空航天应用与其原子级建模和全面的表征程序。这项研究的一个关键目标是生产可持续制造的复合材料，也是商业相关的。

By combining sizing, chemical grafting, and nano-reinforcement strategies, this project develops chemically and thermally robust thermoplastic interfacial sizing for carbon fiber/thermoplastic composites for rapid manufacturing. Thermostamped carbon fiber/thermoplastic composite prototypes will be used to verify the sizing. In order to demonstrate industrial viability, recyclability and reprocessability analyses will be conducted. This sizing method can enable high-performance thermoplastic composites in nonaerospace applications with its atomistic level modelling and comprehensive characterisation routine. A key objective of this study is to produce sustainably manufactured composite materials that are also commercially relevant.