Review- 2nd Dresden International Colloquium on Tailored Carbon Fibers 2021

Review

2021, the 2^nd International Colloquium on Tailored Carbon Fibers took place from 9 to 10 June as a two-day digital conference. The main topics were ‘Carbon Fibers from Renewable Resources and Process Optimization’ and ‘Multifunctional Carbon Fibers’. These sessions were completed by the presentation of advanced dissertation topics and recently graduated doctorates in a ‘Young Scientist Session’. The colloquium was attended by 50 participants from leading international research institutions. The speakers came from the fields of chemistry, physics, materials science, materials and process engineering as well as lightweight construction and textile technology, belonging for example to the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, South Korea), the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), Carbon Nexus (Australia) and Technological Center CANOE (France).

All of them deal with scientific topics along the entire production and process chain of carbon fibers, so that a mutual, profound understanding could be gained. At the 2^nd Dresden International Colloquium on Tailored Carbon Fibers, special emphasis was placed on carbon fibers from renewable resources, with cellulose-based precursors and the resulting carbon fibers being the focus of three presentations by Dr Celia Mercader, Dr Christoph Unterweger and Dr Nikals Garoff. These new precursor types require a significantly different process control in the production of carbon fibers during stabilization, carbonization, graphitization and surface functionalization, which is why the highly complex mechanisms of structure formation during fiber production and the cross-scale process parameter-structure-property relationships were specifically discussed on an interdisciplinary basis.

With great thanks to all presenters and all audience members, we look forward to the 3^rd International Colloquium on Tailored Carbon Fibers.

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