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MIT team devises approaches for practical carbon-nanotube-coated carbon fiber; stronger, more electrically conductive

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MIT scientists demonstrated two approaches for growing CNTs on carbon fiber without degrading the fiber strength. Researchers at MIT have demonstrated two approaches for producing carbon fibers coated in carbon nanotubes without degrading the underlying fiber’s strength.

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Lamborghini presents electric super sports car design concept, developed in collaboration with MIT labs

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Automobili Lamborghini, a member of the Volkswagen Group, unveiled its new design concept for a future Lamborghini electric super sports car: the “Lamborghini of the Terzo Millennio”, developed in collaboration with two MIT laboratories. Two MIT labs—the Dinca Research Lab, led by Prof. Propulsion system.

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Cornell team develops aluminum-anode batteries with up to 10,000 cycles

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This magnified image shows aluminum deposited on carbon fibers in a battery electrode. —lead author Jingxu (Kent) Zheng, currently a postdoc at MIT. It reacts chemically with the glass fiber separator, which physically divides the anode and the cathode, causing the battery to short circuit and fail.

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CNT nanostiches strengthen laminated composites

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A team from MIT and Saab AB has found a way to bond composite layers in such a way that the resulting material is substantially stronger and more resistant to damage than other advanced composites. The researchers found that the ∼10 nm diameter carbon nanotubes interdigitated between carbon fibers in the adjacent laminae—i.e.,

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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This project will develop a novel low cost route to carbon fiber using a lignin/PAN hybrid precursor and carbon fiber conversion technologies leading to high performance, low-cost carbon fiber. Plasan Carbon Composites. valve train vs. bearings). 962,497. . Zoltek Companies, Inc. Grantee Description.

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Airbus signs research agreement with MIT to explore use of digital manufacturing in aerospace vehicles

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Airbus has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the use of digital manufacturing in aerospace. Each of these processes multiplies the time, cost, and inflexibility of design, production, and certification. —Cheung and Gershenfeld (2013). Press the “i” key for index.)

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ARPA-E awards $175M to 68 novel clean energy OPEN 2021 projects

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Synteris’ technology would substantially improve the design, manufacturability, and function of power modules used in electric vehicles, aircraft, and other applications. PCI) will demonstrate a fundamentally new solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) architecture that permits a power dense, lightweight design ideal for transportation applications.

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