Performance and Scalability Make Advanced Carbon Materials Optimal for Air and Space Crafts

Abstract

Currently, there are several coatings used to protect various defense and space crafts, however, they fail to perform in extreme environments due to limitations in that they are designed and in operation for specific environments. While existing materials like aluminum alloys, steels, magnesium alloys and titanium alloys [1] suffer from surface oxidation, mismatch of thermal expansion coefficients, corrosions and poor mechanical strength, new research verified through the US Army’s Future Vertical Lift initiative shows that two carbon-based nanomaterials two-dimensional fluorinated graphene oxide (FGO) and nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) are amongst the most promising electro-optic materials to be applied to air and space crafts.