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Parallel, stretched and evenly arranged mesophase pitch based graphitized carbon fibers with diameters of 50–53 μm were coated with different amounts of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) resin, and hot-pressed to produce carbon fiber/ABS resin composites. The morphology, optical texture and crystal structure of the carbon fibers and their composites were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, polarized light microscopy and X-ray diffraction. The influence of the graphitization temperature and fiber content on the thermal conductivity of the composites was investigated. The thermal diffusivity and thermal conductivity of the composites along both fiber axial and radial directions showed an obvious difference, owing to the high orientation of the graphite crystals along the axial direction of the carbon fibers. The thermal diffusivity of the composites along the carbon fiber axial direction increased both with the graphitization temperature and fiber content. The composite with 54 vol.% carbon fibers graphitized at 2900 °C showed the highest thermal conductivity. [New Carbon Materials 2015, 30(1): 63–70] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The complex containing Zn2+ exhibits a hcb (3,3)-connected 2D network with the point symbol (63) and further forms a supramolecular 3D structure via hydrogen bonds. And the complex containing Cd2+ reveals a 1D straight chain constructed by units of [Cd(1)N 2 I 4 ] and hydrogen bonding further leads to the formation of supramolecular 3D system. Two new d10 metal coordination polymers (CPs), [Zn(L)NO 3 ] n (1) and [Cd(L)I 2 ] n (2) (L = 4-(3-Pyridyl)-2H-1,2,3-triazole), have been designed and synthesized from ZnII/CdII ions and the rigid L ligand. The CPs 1 and 2 have been structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses, elemental analysis, IR spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and thermal gravimetric analyses (TGA). CP 1 exhibits a hcb (3,3)-connected 2D network with the point symbol (63) and further forms a supramolecular 3D structure via hydrogen bonds. CP 2 reveals a 1D straight chain constructed by units of [Cd(1)N 2 I 4 ] and hydrogen bonding leads to the formation of supramolecular 3D system. In addition, time-dependent density functional theory calculations with B3LYP functional were performed on L , CPs 1 and 2 to rationalize their experimental absorption spectra. The luminescence properties of L , CPs 1 and 2 in solid-state and different solvents have been also investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]