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B4C-Nanowires/Carbon-Microfiber Hybrid Structures and Composites from Cotton T-shirts

  1. Xinyong Tao1,2,
  2. Lixin Dong3,
  3. Xinnan Wang1,
  4. Wenkui Zhang2,
  5. Bradley J. Nelson3,
  6. Xiaodong Li1,*

Article first published online: 8 MAR 2010

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200903071

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 22, Issue 18, pages 2055–2059, May 11, 2010

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How to Cite

Tao, X., Dong, L., Wang, X., Zhang, W., Nelson, B. J. and Li, X. (2010), B4C-Nanowires/Carbon-Microfiber Hybrid Structures and Composites from Cotton T-shirts. Adv. Mater., 22: 2055–2059. doi: 10.1002/adma.200903071

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina 300 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (USA)

  2. 2

    College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Zhejiang University of Technology Hangzhou 310014 (P. R. China)

  3. 3

    Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems ETH Zurich CH-8092 Zurich (Switzerland)

*Department of Mechanical Engineering University of South Carolina 300 Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208 (USA).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 3 MAY 2010
  2. Article first published online: 8 MAR 2010
  3. Manuscript Revised: 23 NOV 2009
  4. Manuscript Received: 9 SEP 2009

Funded by

  • National Science Foundation. Grant Numbers: CMMI-0653651, CMMI-0824728, EPS-0296165
  • ACS Petroleum Research Fund. Grant Number: ACS PRF 40450-AC10
  • Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province. Grant Number: Y4090420
  • University of South Carolina NanoCenter

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Keywords:

  • Boron carbide;
  • Elastic modulus;
  • Nanocomposites;
  • Nanowires
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B4C-nanowire/carbon-microfiber hybrid structures are synthesized using cotton T-shirts as both the template and carbon source. The B4C nanowires exhibit a high elastic modulus of 428.1 ± 9.3 GPa and elastic recovery after multiple high-strain bending cycles without brittle failure or obvious residual deformation for the strain up to 45%. The hybrid structures can block 99.8% UV irradiation and achieve a superior reinforcing effect in epoxy composites.

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