Development of glass, ceramics and carbon based advanced materials for nuclear, defense, energy and biomedical applications
1. R&D on advanced non-metallic materials for structural, functional and energy storage applications
2. Development of carbon and ceramic fiber reinforced composites
3. Development of Radiation Shielding Window Glasses
4. Advanced Light-weight Materials for Ballistic Applications
5. Graphite and Ceramic based Structural Materials for Reactor Applications
26-09-2024Free standing Carbon Nanotube (CNT) sheets are highly sought after for high strength composites, EMI shielding, supercapacitor, battery electrodes, green catalysis, efficient drug delivery & biosensors, energy storage & energy conversion devices, transparent conducting films, field emission display, highly porous membrane, thermal interface, electrical interconnect, etc. due to their exceptional mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties.
\r\nFreestanding CNT sheet is produced by floating catalyst chemical vapour deposition method (FC-CVD) in one step process. This process is having advantage of being very simple, low cost and easy to further scale up. FC-CVD process is utilized to synthesize CNT aerogel, an ultra-lightweight material with a dense and continuous network of CNTs. CNT aerogel is further converted into CNT sheet by collecting on a rotating drum. This enables the production of highly uniform and aligned CNT sheets in a single step. These sheets are well-suited for a wide range of applications.