The invention concerns a method of forming a graphene device, the method comprising: forming a graphene film (100) over a substrate; depositing, by gas phase deposition, a polymer material covering a surface of the graphene film (100); and removing the substrate from the graphene film (100), wherein the polymer material forms a support (102) for the graphene film (100).

An article includes a completed fabric structure that has multiple plies of fiber reinforced fabric. A first portion of the fabric structure has a three-directional fiber reinforced configuration and, exclusive of the first portion, a second portion of the fabric structure having a two-directional fiber reinforced configuration. In the three-directional fiber reinforced configuration there are multiple plies that are bound together via a matrix and a plurality of fibers normal through the multiple plies. In the two-directional fiber reinforced configuration the multiple plies are bound to one another via the matrix and not fibers normal through the multiple plies.

A fiber-reinforced resin material includes: a first fiber-reinforced resin layer; a second fiber-reinforced resin layer having higher ductility and lower elasticity than those of the first fiber-reinforced resin layer; and a third fiber-reinforced resin layer having higher ductility and lower elasticity than those of the second fiber-reinforced resin layer. The first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are laminated and integrated in this order is made of the fiber-reinforced resin material. The manufacturing method includes: stacking a sheet-shaped product obtained by forming continuous fibers into a sheet shape and a resin sheet that serves as a first thermoplastic resin, a second thermoplastic resin, or a third thermoplastic resin so as to obtain a laminated structure in which the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are laminated in this order; and heating and compressing the obtained stacked product in a stacking direction.

A carbon fiber reinforced plastic structure has a low surface roughness and has reduced deformation due to residual stress, changes in temperature, etc., and a processing apparatus that uses the structure, are disclosed. The carbon fiber reinforced plastic structure (CFRP structure) includes a carbon fiber reinforced plastic member (CFRP member), and a resin layer formed on a first surface of the carbon fiber reinforced plastic member, the resin layer including an opposite surface that is opposite to a surface facing the first surface, the opposite surface having a surface roughness that is less than a surface roughness of the first surface of the carbon fiber reinforced plastic member.

An aerospace component may comprise a fiber reinforced composite material. The fiber reinforced composite material includes a plurality of fiber layers and a carbon matrix surrounding the plurality of fiber layers. A plurality of ceramic particles is dispersed in the carbon matrix. A first fiber layer of the plurality of fiber layers may include a carbon fiber, and a second fiber layer of the plurality of fiber layers may include a non-carbon fiber. A hardness of the non-carbon fiber is greater than a hardness of carbon fiber.

[Object]

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a layered composite that is high in both flexural modulus and moldability.

[Solving Means]

Provided is a layered composite including a carbon-fiber-reinforced resin in which a chopped strand prepreg obtained by impregnating fiber in resin is oriented in such a manner as to exhibit pseudo-isotropic properties, and a steel plate that is layered on at least one surface of the carbon-fiber-reinforced resin and has a tensile breakage elongation ϕ of equal to or more than 20%, the flexural modulus in a flat plate state obtained in compliance with ASTM D-790 being equal to or more than 30 GPa.

Disclosed herein is an electrically conductive sized fiber including a fiber and a sizing composition adhered to a surface of the fiber, wherein the sizing composition includes at least one sizing compound and a plurality of graphene oxide nanoparticles, The present disclosure also discloses fiber-reinforced resin composites, articles including fiber-reinforced resin composites and methods of making such electrically conductive sized fiber and articles therefrom.

Provided is a method for making a porous graphene layer of a thickness of less than 100 nm, including the following steps: providing a catalytically active substrate, said catalytically active substrate on its surface being provided with a plurality of catalytically inactive domains having a size essentially corresponding to the size of the pores in the resultant porous graphene layer; and chemical vapour deposition and formation of the porous graphene layer on the surface of the catalytically active substrate;. The catalytically active substrate is a copper-nickel alloy substrate with a copper content in the range of 98 to less than 99.96% by weight and a nickel content in the range of more than 0.04-2% by weight, the copper and nickel contents complementing to 100% by weight of the catalytically active substrate.

A fiber reinforced resin hollow molded body 30 in which a resin-integrated fiber sheet is used. The resin-integrated fiber sheet includes unidirectional continuous fibers that are spread fibers of a continuous fiber group and arrayed unidirectionally in parallel, and thermoplastic resin that is present at least on a surface of the unidirectional continuous fibers. In the hollow molded body, in a state where the resin-integrated fiber sheet or a plurality of the resin-integrated fiber sheets 30 are stacked, the resin-integrated fiber sheet or the plurality of resin-integrated fiber sheets are wound to produce a wound body having an overlapping portion. The thermoplastic resin is impregnated in the unidirectional continuous fibers. The resin-integrated fiber sheet or the plurality of resin-integrated fiber sheets are consolidated.

High-performance metal matrix composites of copper, aluminum, and/or titanium are produced by embedding nanocarbon reinforcement into metal foil or sheet which is concurrently laminated into a multilayer structure to produce high- performance materials for thermal management, enhanced electrical conductivity, armor products and high-strength composite structures.