Recently, the Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology and Nano-Bionics of our Academy of Sciences officially signed a cooperation agreement with the European Airbus Engineering Technology Center and announced the establishment of the 'Aeronautical Nanomaterials Joint Laboratory'. The two sides will take the market as the direction and accelerate the nanomaterials in the large aircraft. The application, this is the first time that Airbus has signed a strategic cooperation with the Chinese side in the nano field.
Based on the domestic and international public information, this paper analyzes its technical background. Carbon nanotube material is a new generation of high-performance artificial laboratories with high hopes after nearly 20 years, following carbon fiber, aramid fiber and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fiber materials. Materials. Theoretical calculations and experimental results show that carbon nanotubes have excellent mechanical, electrical and thermal properties. Theoretically, the tensile strength can be as high as 100 GPa, which exceeds the tensile strength of T1000 grade carbon fiber of Toray Corporation of Japan. More than 10 times, it is 100 times that of steel, and the density is only one-sixth of that of steel, which makes the Japanese side pay close attention. The experts summed up one sentence: 'There is no precedent', as the world's largest carbon fiber country, Japan Toray Corporation monopolized the high 70% of the world's strength carbon fiber, this is the first new carbon nanotube material technology that exceeds T1000 carbon fiber.