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High Performance Fibres from ‘Dog Bone’ Carbon Nanotubes
Author(s) -
Motta M.,
Moisala A.,
Kinloch I. A.,
Windle Alan H.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.200700516
Subject(s) - materials science , carbon nanotube , composite material , spinning , stiffness , carbon fibers , mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes , carbon nanofiber , fracture (geology) , nanotube , composite number
The direct spinning of carbon nanotubes yields fibres with distinctly encouraging mechanical properties. While the best strength (2.2 N/tex) and stiffness (160 N/tex) promise competition for established carbon fibres, the maximum energy absorbed at fracture (46 J/g) is somewhat higher. The fibres consist of very long double‐walled nanotubes of surprisingly large diameter (in the 5–10 nm range), which collapse to give a dog‐bone cross section.