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Carbon Nanotubes: Catalytic Twist‐Spun Yarns of Nitrogen‐Doped Carbon Nanotubes (Adv. Funct. Mater. 5/2012)
Author(s) -
Lepró Xavier,
OvalleRobles Raquel,
Lima Márcio D.,
Elías Ana Laura,
Terrones Mauricio,
Baughman Ray H.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.201290029
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , catalysis , carbon fibers , doping , nanotechnology , composite material , nitrogen , chemical engineering , composite number , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , chemistry , engineering
Free‐standing sheets made of aligned nitrogen‐doped carbon nanotubes (CN x ) are reported on page 1069 by Xavier Lepró and co‐workers. Similar to undoped carbon nanotubes (CNTs), such sheets can be twisted into strong, weavable, sewable, and knottable CN x yarns without requiring the addition of CNT sheets to confine unaligned CN x material. These yarns exhibit catalytic activity and larger capacitances than typical twist‐spun CNT yarns.