Graphene and CNT‐based smart fiber‐reinforced composites: a review

MH Islam, S Afroj, MA Uddin… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Multifunctional fiber‐reinforced polymer (FRP) composites provide an ideal platform for next‐
generation smart composites applications including structural health monitoring, electrical …

Properties and applications of FRP in strengthening RC structures: A review

YHM Amran, R Alyousef, RSM Rashid… - Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
In civil and structural engineering, building structures with robust stability and durability
using sustainable materials is challenging. The current technological means and materials …

Self‐sensing cementitious composites with hierarchical carbon fiber‐carbon nanotube composite fillers for crack development monitoring of a maglev girder

S Ding, X Wang, L Qiu, YQ Ni, X Dong, Y Cui, A Ashour… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In view of high‐performance, multifunctional, and low‐carbon development of
infrastructures, there is a growing demand for smart engineering materials, making …

A MXene‐based wearable biosensor system for high‐performance in vitro perspiration analysis

Y Lei, W Zhao, Y Zhang, Q Jiang, JH He, AJ Baeumner… - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wearable electrochemical biosensors for sweat analysis present a promising means for
noninvasive biomarker monitoring. However, sweat‐based sensing still poses several …

Keratin: Structure, mechanical properties, occurrence in biological organisms, and efforts at bioinspiration

B Wang, W Yang, J McKittrick, MA Meyers - Progress in materials science, 2016 - Elsevier
A ubiquitous biological material, keratin represents a group of insoluble, usually high-sulfur
content and filament-forming proteins, constituting the bulk of epidermal appendages such …

Carbon nanotubes: present and future commercial applications

MFL De Volder, SH Tawfick, RH Baughman, AJ Hart - science, 2013 - science.org
Worldwide commercial interest in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) is reflected in a production
capacity that presently exceeds several thousand tons per year. Currently, bulk CNT …

Recent advances in fiber/matrix interphase engineering for polymer composites

J Karger-Kocsis, H Mahmood, A Pegoretti - Progress in Materials Science, 2015 - Elsevier
This review summarizes the recent (from year 2000) advancements in the interphase
tailoring of fiber-reinforced polymer composites. The scientific and technological …

Solution-processed transparent electrodes for emerging thin-film solar cells

Y Zhang, SW Ng, X Lu, Z Zheng - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Solution-processed solar cells are appealing because of the low manufacturing cost, the
good compatibility with flexible substrates, and the ease of large-scale fabrication. Whereas …

Polymer nanocomposites with ultrahigh energy density and high discharge efficiency by modulating their nanostructures in three dimensions

X Zhang, J Jiang, Z Shen, Z Dan, M Li, Y Lin… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Manipulating microstructures of composites in three dimensions has been a long standing
challenge. An approach is proposed and demonstrated to fabricate artificial nanocomposites …

Biological materials: functional adaptations and bioinspired designs

PY Chen, J McKittrick, MA Meyers - Progress in Materials Science, 2012 - Elsevier
Biological materials are typically multifunctional but many have evolved to optimize a chief
mechanical function. These functions include impact or fracture resistance, armor and …