Recently, the Suzhou Nanotechnology and Nanobionics Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Airbus (Beijing) Engineering Technology Center signed a cooperation agreement in the Suzhou Industrial Park, and simultaneously established the "Aeronautical Nanomaterials Joint Laboratory", which for the first time formed the domestic nanomaterials and aviation field The in-depth cooperation aims to explore the research and development and application of nanocomposite technology in the aviation field, promote the development of advanced materials in the aviation field, and provide technical support for the aviation industry such as aircraft design and manufacturing.
Advanced materials are an important way to effectively reduce the weight, cost, and safety of aircraft. Compared with traditional metal materials, the carbon fiber composite materials currently used have the advantages of low density, high strength, and strong designability. They are gradually replacing metal materials in aircraft applications and have become the main basic materials for advanced aircraft. Nanotechnology, as an emerging frontier technology field, effectively improves the interface performance of polymer materials through nano-modification, thereby improving the performance of composite materials, and has great potential for reducing aircraft weight and improving structural safety and comfort.
Since its establishment in 2006, the Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has been cultivating cutting-edge fields such as nanomaterials and nanodevices. Explore work. In terms of advanced nanomaterials, the continuous preparation of macromaterials such as carbon nanofibers and films has been realized earlier, and the performance and capacity levels are at the international advanced level. Airbus (Beijing) Engineering Technology Center is a joint venture established by European aviation giant Airbus and China Aviation Industry Corporation.It has extremely strong capabilities in aircraft structure design, advanced material development, and high-end manufacturing processes. Lead the development of advanced materials in the aerospace industry. It is understood that in the company's latest wide-body aircraft A350XWB, the amount of advanced composite materials is as high as 53%, which makes the aircraft lighter and the pressure environment more pleasant, achieving a leap in aircraft structural safety, economy and comfort.
This cooperation is the first in-depth cooperation in the field of nanomaterials and aerospace in China. It is expected to further deepen the mutual strategic trust between the two parties, leverage the advantages of resource integration, and achieve win-win cooperation in the development of aerospace materials. In the future, the two sides will take the demand for advanced materials in aircraft design and manufacturing as the traction, and focus on exploring high-toughness composite materials, high-conductivity composite materials, composite materials manufacturing processes, and service status monitoring technologies. On the one hand, it takes full advantage of the advanced nanomaterials and nanotechnology of Suzhou Nano, to focus on the research and development of high-toughness composite materials and high-conductivity composite materials through nanotechnology, optimize the composite material preparation process, and enhance service health monitoring technology; Relying on the joint laboratory, it will further promote the rapid verification of Suzhou nano-basic research results in the aviation field, enhance the efficiency of scientific research results transformation, thereby enhancing scientific research capabilities and international influence, and ultimately achieving win-win cooperation.