Applications and Markets

Meso-C™ is a precursor material that brings the best properties of carbon forward. Shaping Meso-C™ into the three different and basic forms of foam, fiber and powder allows applications engineers to apply transformative properties to new designs. The applications of Meso-C™ spans a multitude of markets and industrial segments from Aerospace to Automotive, from Industrial to Medical, and from Electrical to Energy Storage.

Critical load-bearing structures in the transportation sector will benefit with stiff, high modulus Meso-C™ pitch carbon fibers resisting deflection in open members structures such as door frames in automobiles and wing-to-fuselage zones in aircraft. Pitch carbon fibers are low weight providing added fuel economy.

High temperature applications such as rocket nozzles, hypersonic leading edges, and electronics can leverage Meso-C™’s powerful and rapid heat conducting properties in the form of carbon foams for thermal management and cooling. Densification of carbon-carbon preforms can directly benefit from petroleum-based Meso-C™ surpassing mesophase materials made from coal tar and naphthalene.

The extreme thermal stability of ultra-light Meso-C™ foam can be specified for optical benches supporting precision instrumentation on satellites and military aircraft. In space, optical benches made of Meso-C™ foam remain dimensionally stable even with vast temperature changes during in-and-out exposure to sunlight.

Shedding heat from satellite electronics has long relied on heavy aluminum radiators. Meso-C™ foam is replacing existing hardware with light-weight, more conductive alternatives.

Additive manufacturing is constantly seeking and demanding new printable materials. Carbon powder made of Meso-C™ is a material that is neither metal nor plastic, enabling builds of advanced technology artifacts that are lighter with disruptive properties.

Carbon powder made of Meso-C™ is sinterable and used in the metal powder industry. They can be pure carbon or a matrix of metal/carbon. These small, mass produced carbon parts are light-weight with customized novel thermal properties.