SBIR Phase I: Multifunctional NanoPapers for Structural, Wear-Resistant and Conducting Applications

该小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目旨在开发一种逐层喷涂技术，该技术能够通过静电结合将商业上可用的纳米颗粒（包括多壁碳纳米管（CNT）、碳纳米纤维（CNF）和纳米粘土）整合成稳定且坚固的纳米纸，以比现有方法低得多的成本和更高的生产率提供上级表面耐磨性和导电性。该项目的更广泛/商业影响将是提供具有上级电磁干扰（EMI）屏蔽能力和耐磨性的轻质、高强度和低成本纳米纸的潜力。预期纳米纸与基质树脂如环氧树脂形成强结合。 所得纳米复合材料可用作结构复合材料，用于广泛的应用，包括航空航天工业、风力发电机等。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project aims to develop a layer-by-layer spray technology capable of integrating commercially-available nanoparticles, including multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNT), carbon nanofibers (CNF) and nanoclays into stable and strong nanopapers by electrostatic bonding, offering superior surface wear resistance and electrical conductivity properties at much lower cost and higher production rate than existing methods. The broader/commercial impact of this project will be the potential to provide light-weight, high-strength and low-cost nanopapers with superior Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) shielding capability and wear resistance. The nanopapers are expected to form strong bonding with the matrix resin such as epoxy. The resulting nanocomposite materials can be used as structural composites for a broad range of applications including aerospace industry, wind energy generators and so on.