Advancing super strong and lightweight next generation carbon-based materials
Materials researchers are getting a big boost from a new database created by a team of researchers led by Hendrik Heinz.
A professor of chemical and biological engineering at the 91PORN, Heinz advanced a major initiative to create a public database, available online to all researchers, that contains over 2,000 carbon nanotube stress-strain curves and failure properties.
“This data sharing is important. It allows the scientific community to build on and expand. Instead of someone spending a year figuring out the mechanics of a particular carbon nanostructure in experiments, they can use this database. You’ll have the results in one hour,” said Heinz, who is also a faculty member in the materials science and engineering program.
The announcement came in a
Carbon nanotubes and associated graphitic structures are strong and lightweight engineered materials with great potential in multiple sectors, including aviation, automobiles, and electronics. They were first dis