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Carbon-based nanocomposite yarns reinforced with titanium carbide formed by internally reacted titanium and graphene

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Carbon-based twisted laminar yarns were fabricated by the homogeneous incorporation of titanium and graphene nanoparticles into carbon multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWNT) sheets. The titanium and graphene reacted to form titanium carbide (TiC) within the MWNT host matrix when ignited by heating. The reaction between titanium and graphene within the MWNT results in the generation of 50 J/g of released heat. This indicates a roughly 28% increase in heat discharge compared to the exothermic reaction when only pure titanium and graphene are involved. The produced yarns have a Young’s modulus of 1.9 GPa, indicating ~ 200% enhancement compared to the 0.63 GPa observed for the pristine yarn.

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Authors gratefully acknowledge the support received from National Science Foundation under PREM award DMR 2122178 and partial support by the National Science Foundation through the University of Minnesota MRSEC under Award Number DMR-2011401. Dedication to Alex Zakhidov: Alex has contributed a lot in the early research on dry spinable MWNT sheets and twisted yarns in NanoTech Institute at UTD: he has co-discovered the phenomenon of spark light emission and deposition of MWNTs in electric field from vertically oriented forests [A1] and coauthored a patent on this process [A2]. Alex has studied the cold electron emission from MWNT twist yarns [A3] and observed the untwisting of yarns during cold emission. Most importantly Alex is the first author of the study of the modification of electronic properties of MWNTs by ionic EDL charging [A4]. His contributions to CNT research are highly cited and this our present work is inspired by Alex’s spirit of inventing new properties by integration and in situ processing at nanoscale. A1. Alex A. Zakhidov, R Nanjundaswamy, M Zhang, SB Lee, AN Obraztsov, R.H. Baughman, A. Zakhidov, Spark light radiation coupled with the field electron emission from carbon nanotube forests, Journal of Applied Physics 100 (4) 2006. A2. Alex A Zakhidov, R Nanjundaswamy, S Li, A Zakhidov, M Zhang, R.H. Baughman, Method and apparatus for transferring an array of oriented carbon nanotubes, US Patent 7,718,230, 2010. A3. Alex A. Zakhidov, R. Nanjundaswamy, A.N. Obraztsov, M. Zhang, S. Fang, V.I. Klesch, R.H. Baughman & A.A. Zakhidov, Field emission of electrons by carbon nanotube twist-yarns, Applied Physics A, 88, 593–600, 2007. A4. Alex A. Zakhidov, D-S. Suh, A.A. Kuznetsov, J.N. Barisci, E. Muñoz, A.B. Dalton, S. Collins, V.H. Ebron, M. Zhang, J.P. Ferraris, A.A. Zakhidov, R.H. Baughman, Electrochemically Tuned Properties for Electrolyte-Free Carbon Nanotube Sheets, Adv. Funct. Mat. 19, 2266 (2009).

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78520, USA

    S. Sharifi, R. Shohan, M. A. Hobosyan, U. Lamichhane, M. Chipara & K. S. Martirosyan

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA

    K. A. Mkhoyan

  3. Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 75080, USA

    A. Zakhidov, Z. Wang & R. H. Baughman

  4. Samarkand Quantum Center, Samarkand National University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

    A. Zakhidov

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SS: data collection, analysis and interpretation of results. RS: data collection, analysis and interpretation of results. MAH: data collection, analysis and interpretation of results. UL: data collection, analysis and interpretation of results. MC: Data curation, Validation, Resources. KAM: Data curation, Validation, Resources, Reviewing. AZ: Methodology, Data curation, Validation, Resources, Reviewing, and Editing. ZW: Data curation, Validation, and Editing. RHB: Data curation, Validation, Resources, Reviewing, and Editing. KSM: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Resources, Writing, Reviewing, and Editing.

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Sharifi, S., Shohan, R., Hobosyan, M.A. et al. Carbon-based nanocomposite yarns reinforced with titanium carbide formed by internally reacted titanium and graphene. MRS Communications 14, 190–195 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-023-00512-5

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