Multi-functional skins incorporating carbon (MuSIC)

该项目是Haydale有限公司、泰利斯公司和巴斯大学的合作项目。该项目的目的是评估将石墨烯聚合物皮肤用于传感和除冰应用的可行性。与除冰有关的主要问题是飞机、机场、输电线路、仪器仪表、天线面罩、风力涡轮机和对寒冷环境(如石油和天然气)的勘探。这种传感表面可以与热活性(形状变化)结构集成在一起，以实现热-机械联合除冰的结构偏转。限制结构上结冰程度的机会具有广泛的应用机会，使轻质结构能够降低移动应用的材料成本和燃料节约，并提高仪器的性能。

This project is a collaboration between Haydale Ltd, Thales and University of Bath. The aim of the project is to assess thefeasibility of employing graphene based polymer skins for sensing and deicing applications. The are major issuesassociated with deicing are in aircarft, at airports, transmission power lines, instrumentation, antenna masks, wind turbinesand the exploration of cold environments (e.g. oil and gas). Such a sensing surface can be integrated with thermally active(shape changing) structures to achieve structural deflection for combined thermal-mechanical de-icing. The opportunity tolimit the extent of ice build-up on structures has broad application opportunities and enable light weight structures withreduced material costs and fuel saving for mobile applications and improved performance for instrumentation.