{"id":146557,"date":"2025-04-25T08:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=146557"},"modified":"2025-05-09T17:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T21:33:02","slug":"ucf-research-team-discovers-breakthrough-for-3d-carbon-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-research-team-discovers-breakthrough-for-3d-carbon-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"麻豆原创 Research Team Discovers Breakthrough for 3D Carbon Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The research teams of Laurene Tetard, professor of physics<\/a> at 麻豆原创, and Richard Blair, researcher professor at 麻豆原创\u2019s Florida Space Institute<\/a>, have discovered how to produce strong micro and nanofibers of carbon at room temperature, which can be implemented in a unique 3D printing process they have developed.<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s research, published in Nature Communications<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>studies how when exposed to light, boron-based catalysts can break down hydrocarbons into their component elements, such as hydrogen and carbon. Blair says that while carbon printing is common, their team has unexpectedly discovered an approach mild enough to print carbon fibers onto easily damaged materials like cotton.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s exciting about this is that we\u2019re essentially 3D printing carbon structures at room temperature,\u201d Blair says. \u201cThis has been done before, but usually at very high temperatures. We\u2019re able to do it at much lower temperatures and even on flexible materials like fabric.\u201d<\/p>\n

He says that this was not the team\u2019s initial focus; the research team was originally researching catalysts for converting propylene into propane. By analyzing the catalyst surface exposed to the gas propylene with a laser, the researchers expected to gain insight into the reaction studied.<\/p>\n

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