The new material is only 1.8 millimeters thick, combining carbon nanotubes with aramid polymers, the latter of which are also ...

Scientists create a composite fiber using nanotubes that stops bullet impacts better than Kevlar technology while using ...

DuPont will debut Kevlar ® EXO™ at the Best Ranger Competition (April 14-16, 2023), which brings together some of the United States military’s most talented soldiers to go head-to-head in a grueling ...

Aramid fiber is known as "super fiber" or "golden silk" because even though its weight is equivalent to only 20% of the weight of steel, it is more than five times as strong and does not burn, even at ...

Six times stronger than steel, aromatic polyamide (aramid) is a kind of synthetic, high-performance fiber commonly used in aerospace, automotive, and military applications. Recently, these advanced ...

Aramid nanofibers (ANFs) have emerged as a pivotal class of nanomaterials, distinguished by their exceptional tensile strength, high modulus, thermal stability and chemical resilience. Derived from ...

At the end of August, Arclin announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire DuPont’s aramid business, which includes the registered trademarks Kevlar and Nomex, for approximately ...

Shown here are PCS-coated carbon and aramid fibers. (A) depicts scanning electron microscope (SEM) micrographs of raw carbon fibers (B) PCS-coated carbon fibers, (C) raw aramid fibers and (D) ...