Color construction of multi-colored carbon fibers using glucose

Sijie Zhou, Chunhua Zhang, Zhuan Fu, Qimeng Zhu, Zhaozixuan Zhou, Junyao Gong, Na Zhu, Xiaofeng Wang, Xinjie Wei, Liangjun Xia () and Weilin Xu ()
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Sijie Zhou: Wuhan Textile University
Chunhua Zhang: Wuhan Textile University
Zhuan Fu: Wuhan Textile University
Qimeng Zhu: Wuhan Textile University
Zhaozixuan Zhou: Wuhan Textile University
Junyao Gong: Wuhan Textile University
Na Zhu: Wuhan Textile University
Xiaofeng Wang: Wuhan Textile University
Xinjie Wei: Wuhan Textile University
Liangjun Xia: Wuhan Textile University
Weilin Xu: Wuhan Textile University

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Carbon fibers (CFs) have attracted attention in the automotive, aviation, and aerospace industries. However, the coloration of CFs is challenging due to their brittleness, inertness, complexity, and time/energy-intensive processes. Herein, inspired by the naturally grown protrusive nanostructures on the green central surface of peacock back feathers, we report an in-situ self-growing strategy for developing carbon spheres (CSs) on the CFs surface to achieve color tuning. This is achieved via the dynamic growth of CSs using glucose as the feeding material. Combined with the coloration process, the interaction between CSs and CFs promotes stable interfacial forces in integrated molding. This strategy allows the coloring system to continuously vary its color in a designated manner, thereby, endowing it with satisfactory mechanical robustness, acid durability, and light fastness. We anticipate this developed approach can be potentially competitive in the color construction of CFs with multi-colors due to its low-cost manufacturing.

Date: 2024
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