Oxidation Stabilization of Spun Mesophase Pitch Fiber

Meltblown Solvated Mesophase Pitch-Based Carbon Fibers: Fiber Evolution and Characteristics

Potentially low-cost continuous carbon fibers are produced from solvated mesophase pitch through a patented meltblowing process. The structural evolution and properties of the fibers are characterized by various analytical methods. The meltblown fibers are continuous fibers which are collected into a fibrous web form, and the diameter of the filaments is attenuated by the flow rate of air strea...

Mesophase Pitch-based Carbon Fiber and Its Composites: Preparation and Characterization

Fibrillogenesis in continuously spun synthetic collagen fiber.

The universal structural role of collagen fiber networks has motivated the development of collagen gels, films, coatings, injectables, and other formulations. However, reported synthetic collagen fiber fabrication schemes have either culminated in short, discontinuous fiber segments at unsuitably low production rates, or have incompletely replicated the internal fibrillar structure that dictate...

Simulation of Flow–induced Texture Formation in Mesophase Pitch

Mesophase pitches are multicomponent discotic nematic liquid crystals (DNLCs), whose characteristic molecular weight is intermediate between low molar mass and polymeric nematic liquid crystals. The distinguishing features of the mechanical behavior can be summarized by stating that LC materials exhibit anisotropic, non-linear, viscoelastic behaviour quite distinct from Newtonian viscous materi...

High Thermal Conductivity Mesophase Pitch-Derived Graphitic Foams

1. Introduction In recent years there has been an increasing number of applications requiring more efficient and lightweight thermal management such as high-density electronics, hybrid diesel-electric vehicles, communication satellites, and advanced aircraft. The primary concerns in these thermal management applications are high thermal conductivity, low weight, low coefficient of thermal expan...