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Multi-Functional All BN-BN Composites, Year 2
Completed
TRL 2 (started at 1, targeting 2)
Description
Development of multifunctional Boron Nitride nanotube-Boron Nitride (BN-BN) composites to provide novel energy transducers, thermal conductors, anti-penetrator/wear resistance coatings, and radiation hardened materials for use in extreme environments. As an analog to carbon fiber reinforced/carbon (C/C) composites, BN-BN composite provides much stronger mechanical integrity and thermal stability due to the wholly BN structure composed of Boron Nitride Nanotubes (BNNT) housed within a BN matrix.
Details
| Technology area | Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems, and Manufacturing > Materials > Lightweight Structural Materials |
| Program | Center Innovation Fund: LaRC CIF (LaRC CIF) |
| Lead organization | Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA |
| Start date | 2012-10-01 |
| End date | 2013-01-01 |
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