Carbon fiber is increasingly being utilized as a reinforcing material due to its high strength
and high modulus, which is imparted into the properties of the final composite. A …

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and its co-polymers are among the best piezoelectric
polymer materials owing to the large piezoelectric coefficient and mechanical properties …

Polyacrylonitrile (PAN)/single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNT) fibers were gel spun at 0, 0.5,
and 1wt% SWNT content to a draw ratio of 51. Structure, morphology, and mechanical and …

Electrospinning of polymeric solutions entails high jet velocities which could orient the
polymer molecules along the jet direction. Polarized Fourier Transform IR spectroscopy …

In this paper, synthesis of very high molecular weight (VHMW) polyacrylonitrile-co-methyl
acrylate (PAN-co-MA) polymers with weight average molecular weights of at least 1.7 million …

Uniaxially oriented films with high mechanical properties were processed from ultra-high-
molecular-weight poly [(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate](P (3HB)) by two-step drawing procedure …

Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) has been playing an indispensable role in
revealing the interplay of structure and molecular dynamics in polymers at different states. In …

Polymer dielectrics possess excellent flexibility compared with inorganic ceramic materials.
However, the relatively low dielectric constant and working temperature significantly …

The effect of thermal history on the melt drawing of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene
(UHMWPE) reactor powder was studied. The samples for drawing were prepared by …

For the first time, a polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fiber with up to 15 wt% single-wall carbon
nanotubes (SWNTs) was produced by dry-jet wet-spinning while maintaining good SWNT …