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- Title
Macroscopic fibers and ribbons of oriented carbon nanotubes.
- Authors
Vigolo, B; Pénicaud, A; Coulon, C; Sauder, C; Pailler, R; Journet, C; Bernier, P; Poulin, P
- Abstract
A simple method was used to assemble single-walled carbon nanotubes into indefinitely long ribbons and fibers. The processing consists of dispersing the nanotubes in surfactant solutions, recondensing the nanotubes in the flow of a polymer solution to form a nanotube mesh, and then collating this mesh to a nanotube fiber. Flow-induced alignment may lead to a preferential orientation of the nanotubes in the mesh that has the form of a ribbon. Unlike classical carbon fibers, the nanotube fibers can be strongly bent without breaking. Their obtained elastic modulus is 10 times higher than the modulus of high-quality bucky paper.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2000, Vol 290, Issue 5495, p1331
- ISSN
0036-8075
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.290.5495.1331